244 sessions, 652 papers

44th Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics Association
Complete List of All Sessions

  

Session 1: Conférence CLSRN conference: Training / Formation
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session type: contributed
Date: May 27, 2010
Time: 8:45 - 10:15
Location: S. des Inters
Retraining following job displacement: does it pay, and how common is it?
JEL codes: J01
Presented by: Marc Frenette, Statistics Canada
Did a training levy really increase training levels in Quebec?
Presented by: Katherine Meredith, UBC

  

Session 2: Conférence CPEG conference. Session 1: Federalism / Fédéralisme.
Session Organizer: Arnaud Dellis, Universite Laval
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: H0
Date: May 27, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: Café Théatre

  

Session 3: Conférence CLSRN Conference: Incentives / Incitatifs
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session type: contributed
Date: May 27, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: S. des Inters
Multitasking at Work: Theory and Evidence from a Service Establishment
JEL codes: C93, J24, J31
Presented by: sacha kapoor, University of Toronto
Responding to Performance-Based Pay: The Impact of Accountability
Presented by: Hugh Macartney,

  

Session 4: Conférence CLSRN Conference: Immigration / Immigration
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session type: contributed
Date: May 27, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: S. des Grands
Immigrants and the Dynaimics of High-Wage Jobs: Evidence from the Candian labour Force Survey
JEL codes: J61, J31, J24
Presented by: Katherine Meredith, UBC
Visible Minority Status, Immigrant Status, Gender and Earnings in Canada: A Cohort Analysis
Presented by: Katherine Meredith, UBC

  

Session 5: Conférence CPEG Conference. Session 2: Minimum Wages / Salaire minimum
Session Organizer: Arnaud Dellis, Universite Laval
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: HO
Date: May 27, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: Café Théatre

  

Session 6: Conférence CPEG Conference. Session 3: Keynote Address / Discours d'ouverture - P. Pestieau (Universite de Liege)
Session Organizer: Arnaud Dellis, Universite Laval
Session Chair: Robin Boadway, Queen's University
Session type: invited
Session JEL code: HO
Date: May 27, 2010
Time: 13:30 - 14:45
Location: Café Théatre

  

Session 7: Conférence CLSRN Conference: Experiments / Expériences de laboratoire
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session type: contributed
Date: May 27, 2010
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: S. des Inters
Estimating Treatment Effects in the Presence of Non-Market Interactions and Psychological Biases in Education Experiments
JEL codes: J01
Presented by: Weili Ding, Queen's University
Experimental Estimates of the Impact of Labour Market Activities on Volunteering and Health
Presented by: Steven Lehrer, Queen's University and NBER

  

Session 8: Conférence CLSRN Conference: Education / Éducation
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session type: contributed
Date: May 27, 2010
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: S. des Grands
The Determinants of Mismatch Between Students and Colleges
JEL codes: J01
Presented by: Katherine Meredith, UBC
Why do women leave science and engineering?
Presented by: Katherine Meredith, UBC

  

Session 9: Conférence CPEG Conference. Session 4: Optimal Redistribution / Redistribution optimale
Session Organizer: Arnaud Dellis, Universite Laval
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: HO
Date: May 27, 2010
Time: 15:00 - 16:30
Location: Café Théatre

  

Session 10: Discours d'ouverture CLSRN Keynote Lecture: Henry Farber (Princeton University)
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session type: invited
Session JEL code: J01
Date: May 27, 2010
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Location: S. des Inters
Job Displacement
JEL codes: J01
Presented by: Katherine Meredith, UBC

  

Session 11: Conseil exécutif ACE/CEA Executive Council Meeting I
Session Organizer: Victoria Zinde-Walsh, McGill University
Session type: invited
Date: May 27, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 413

  

Session 12: Conférence CPEG Conference. Session 5: Local Finance / Finances locales
Session Organizer: Arnaud Dellis, Universite Laval
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: HO
Date: May 27, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: Café Théatre

  

Session 13: PEF I: Was Financialization Rational for Capital? / La financialisation était-elle rationnelle pour le capital ?
Session Organizer: Nick Falvo, Carleton University
Session Chair: Nick Falvo, Carleton University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: B5
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 423
Why Financialisation? Why Now?
JEL codes: B51, E44
Presented by: Fletcher Baragar, University of Manitoba
From Growth Stagnation to Financial Crisis: A Missing Link in Mainstream Theory.
Presented by: Robert Chernomas, University of Manitoba
Financialization, Enabling Policy, and Elite Policy Networks in the USA
Presented by: Mark Hudson, University of Manitoba
The Financialization Crisis and Sovereign Debt
Presented by: John Loxley, University of Manitoba

  

Session 14: CDESG 1: Foreign Aid / Aide internationale
Session Organizer: Franque Grimard, McGill University
Session Chair: Kurt Annen, University of Guelph
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: O1, F3
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 315
Foreign Aid and Economic Growth in Developing Countries: Revisiting the evidence by using a threshold regression approach
JEL codes: F35, O4, C2.
Presented by: Aurangzeb Zeb, University of Guelph
Discussant: Luiggi Donayre, Washington University in St. Louis
The Allocation of Aid for Trade: What Does the Cross-National Evidence Tell Us?
[slides]
Presented by: Yiagadeesen Samy, Carleton University
Discussant: Kurt Annen, University of Guelph
The International Monetary Fund and Low Income Countries
Presented by: Dane Rowlands, Carleton University
Discussant: Charalambos Tsangarides, International Monetary Fund

  

Session 15: Factor Analysis: Macro / Analyse des facteurs en macro
Session Organizer: Dalibor Stevanovic, Université de Montréal
Session Chair: Dalibor Stevanovic, Université de Montréal
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E0,C0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 414
Banks' financial conditions and the transmission of monetary policy: a FAVAR approach
JEL codes: E44;E52;G21
Presented by: Jean-Stéphane Mésonnier, Banque de France
Dynamic effects of credit shock in a data-rich environment
Presented by: Dalibor Stevanovic, Université de Montréal
Identifying monetary policy shock using generalized timing restrictions
Presented by: Minkee Song, Columbia University

  

Session 16: CWEN 1: Education / Éducation
Session Organizer: Joanne Roberts, University of Calgary
Session Chair: Elizabeth Dhuey, University of Toronto
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: I1
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 308
The Effects of School Choice: Evidence from Ontario
JEL codes: I20
Presented by: Elizabeth Dhuey, University of Toronto
Discussant: Justin Smith, University of Manitoba
The Long-Run Impacts of Early Childhood Education: Evidence from a Failed Policy Experiment
Presented by: Justin Smith, University of Manitoba
Discussant: Melanie O'Gorman, University of Winnipeg
The Optimality of Universal Primary Education in Developing Countries
Presented by: Melanie O'Gorman, University of Winnipeg
Discussant: Elizabeth Dhuey, University of Toronto

  

Session 17: CESG 1: Nonparametrics / non paramétrique
Session Organizer: Shinichi Sakata, University of British Columbia
Session Chair: Hiroyuki Kasahara, University of British Columbia
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: C0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 303
Nonparametric Identification and Estimation of Multivariate Mixtures
JEL codes: C14
Presented by: Hiroyuki Kasahara, University of British Columbia
Uniform in Bandwidth Tests of Specification For Conditional Moment Restrictions Models
Presented by: Pierre Evariste Nguimkeu, Simon Fraser University
Diagnostic Analysis and Computational Strategies for Estimating Single Spell Discrete Time Duration Models – A Monte Carlo Study
Presented by: Xianghong Li, York University (Toronto)
Regression and Inference Under Smoothness Restrictions
[slides]
Presented by: KAI SUN, Binghamton University

  

Session 18: International economics 11: finance and heterogeneous firms / Économie internationale 11 : finance et firmes hétérogènes
Session Organizer: Ngo Long, McGill University
Session Chair: Ben Li, University of Colorado at Boulder
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: F1
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 506
Access to finance and the margins of imports: Firm level evidence from India
JEL codes: F10, F14, D24
Presented by: Antoine Berthou, CEPII
Discussant: Ben Li, University of Colorado at Boulder
Financial Constraints and Export Participation
Presented by: Priya Nagaraj, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Discussant: Antoine Berthou, CEPII
Manufacturer Heterogeneity and Technology Transfer: On the Choice of Exporting Regime
Presented by: Ben Li, University of Colorado at Boulder
Discussant: Priya Nagaraj, The Graduate Center, CUNY

  

Session 19: CPEG - Empirical Public Economics / Économie publique empirique
Session Organizer: Arnaud Dellis, Universite Laval
Session Chair: Branko Boskovic, University of Toronto
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: H0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 503
Small Business Set-asides in Procurement Auctions: An Empirical Analysis
JEL codes: D44, H23, H57,
Presented by: Jun Nakabayashi, University of Tsukuba
Noise or News? Learning About the Content of Test-Based School Achievement Measures
[slides]
Presented by: Mohsen Javdani, Simon Fraser University
Tax Exemptions, Traditions and Social Interactions: What Explains Tobacco use in Canada's Aboriginal Populations?
Presented by: Jesse Matheson, University of Calgary
The Impact of Decentralization on the Provision of Public Health Insurance: Evidence from Canadian Formulary Adoption Decisions
Presented by: Branko Boskovic, University of Toronto

  

Session 20: Effects of Immigration / L'Impact de l'immigration
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session Chair: Mikal Skuterud, University of Waterloo
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: J0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 415
Differences in education between children of natives and children of immigrants: The impact of preferences, family background and abilities
[slides]
JEL codes: I21 J24
Presented by: Xingfei Liu, Concordia University
Discussant: Thomas Walter, ZEW Centre for European EconomicResearch
Native-Born Mobility Responses to Immigrant Inflows in Canada: a Panel-Data Analysis
Presented by: Yigit Aydede, Saint Mary's University
Discussant: Casey Warman, Queen's University

  

Session 21: Macro: Open Economy / Business Cycles / Macroéconomie : cycles économiques en économie ouverte
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Serdar Kabaca, University of British Columbia
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 405
Volatility of Labor Income Share in Emerging Markets
JEL codes: E25, F41, J20
Presented by: Serdar Kabaca, University of British Columbia
Sovereign borrowing and the global dispersion of external imbalances
Presented by: Nelnan Koumtingué, University of Montreal
On the Impact of Openness and Regulatory Quality on Saving- Investment Dynamics in Emerging Economies
Presented by: Sal AmirKhalkhali, Saint Mary's University

  

Session 22: IO: Vertical Relationship / Relations verticales en organisation industrielle
Session Organizer: Maxim Sinitsyn, McGill University
Session Chair: Bruno Versaevel, EMLYON Business School & CNRS, GATE
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: L0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 305
Timing Vertical Relationships
Presented by: Bruno Versaevel, EMLYON Business School & CNRS, GATE
Discussant: Piin-hueih Chiang, University of Texas at Austin
Product Competition, Uncertainty and Strategic Adoption of Trade Credit by Upstream Firms
Presented by: Yang Song, University of Calgary and CEA
Discussant: Tat-kei Lai, University of Toronto
Sticks and Carrots: Is Resale Price Maintenance Necessary?
[slides]
Presented by: Dimitrios Dimitropoulos, University of Toronto
Discussant: Florencia Jaureguiberry, UBC/PRGS

  

Session 23: Economic Dynamics / Dynamique économique
Session Organizer: Takashi Kunimoto, McGill University
Session Chair: Robert D. Cairns, McGill University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: D0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 421
A Dynamic Model of Altruistically-Motivated Transfers
JEL codes: D64, C73, D91
Presented by: Daniel Barczyk, New York University
Discussant: Richard Barnett, Villanova University
An Evolutionary Theory of the Emergence of Property Rights
Presented by: Hugh M. Neary, UNIV OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Discussant: Robert D. Cairns, McGill University
Discrete Projects and Capital Theory
[slides]
Presented by: Robert D. Cairns, McGill University
Discussant: Tao Wang, Queen's University

  

Session 24: Political economy / Économie politique
Session Organizer: John Galbraith, McGill University
Session Chair: Natalya Brown, Nipissing University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: Z9
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 317
Does Exposing Corrupt Politicians Reduce Corruption?
JEL codes: P16; D73
Presented by: Gustavo Bobonis, University of Toronto
Corruption in International Trade: Evidence from the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program
Presented by: Yujin Jeong, George Washington University
Candidate Recruitment Under Term Limits
Presented by: Natalya Brown, Nipissing University

  

Session 25: International economics 17: Trade, Aid, and Development / Économie internationale : commerce, aide et développement
Session Organizer: Ngo Long, McGill University
Session Chair: Shengzu Wang, International Monetary Fund
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: O1
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 507
The Curse of the Elders? Aid Effectiveness and Gerontocracy in Developing Countries
JEL codes: F35 F43 O11 O19
Presented by: Baptiste Venet, Université Paris-Dauphine
Discussant: Shengzu Wang, International Monetary Fund
Allocation of Foreign Aid in Developing Countries
Presented by: Anupam Das, University of Manitoba
Discussant: Baptiste Venet, Université Paris-Dauphine
China's Trade Liberalization and Globalization between Two Crises: Evidence from 1864-1936
Presented by: Shengzu Wang, International Monetary Fund
Discussant: Anupam Das, University of Manitoba

  

Session 26: International Economics 1: exchange rates and capital flows / Économie internationale 1 : taux de change et flux de capitaux
Session Organizer: Ngo Long, McGill University
Session Chair: Zsolt Darvas, Corvinus University of Budapest
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: F3
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 505
Distinguishing Across Dynamic Models of International Capital Flows
JEL codes: F2, E2, C6
Presented by: Alexander Karaivanov, Simon Fraser University
Discussant: Zsolt Darvas, Corvinus University of Budapest
The GCC Single Currency and Competing Views on Regime Choice Determinants
Presented by: Ghada Mohamed, Alexandria University
Discussant: Alexander Karaivanov, Simon Fraser University
Forecasting exchange rates of major currencies with long maturity forward rates
[slides]
Presented by: Zsolt Darvas, Corvinus University of Budapest
Discussant: Fuchun Li, Bank of Canada

  

Session 27: Topics in Finance I / Sujets en finance I
Session Organizer: Taoufik Bouezmarni, McGill University
Session Chair: Benoit Perron, Universite de Montreal
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: G0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 409
Market Freeze and Recovery: Trading Dynamics under Optimal Intervention by a Market-Maker-of-Last-Resort
JEL codes: E0, G0
Presented by: Jonathan Chiu, Bank of Canada
The Impact of Illiquidity and Higher Moments of Hedge Fund Returns on their Risk-Adjusted Performance and Diversification Potential
Presented by: Alain Coën, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM)
Does Relationship Banking Adds More Financial Flexibility to A Firm?
Presented by: Bo Li, Queen's University

  

Session 28: Business Cycles and Capital Regulation of Financial Institutions / Cycle économique et réglementation du capital des institutions financières
Session Organizer: Taoufik Bouezmarni, McGill University
Session Chair: Julia Le Blanc, Deutsche Bundesbank
Session type: contributed
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 323
Counter-Cyclical Substitution Between Trade Credit and Bank Credit
Presented by: Hui Huang, Department of Economics
Individual Accounts and Pension Reform
Presented by: Julia Le Blanc, Deutsche Bundesbank

  

Session 29: CEBERG 1: Information, Beliefs and Belief Dependent Preferences / Information, croyances et préférences contingentes
Session Organizer: Sabine Kröger, Laval University
Session Chair: Charles Bellemare, Université Laval
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: D8
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 404
Information Order and Financial Decision-Making
JEL codes: C91, D81, G11
Presented by: Eric Terry, Ryerson University
Forecasting and Decision making: what points of distributions from random variables are used?
Presented by: Sabine Kröger, Laval University
Testing a Class of Belief-Dependent Preferences Without Information on Beliefs
Presented by: Charles Bellemare, Université Laval

  

Session 30: Environment 6: International Waste Prevention and Clean Up / Environnement 6 : réduction internationale et nettoyage des déchets
Session Organizer: Andrew Leach, University of Alberta
Session Chair: Steven Renzetti, Brock University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: Q5
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 313
On the Tying of Foreign Aid to Environmental Clean-Up
JEL codes: F18,F35,O13,Q28
Presented by: Horatiu Rus, University of Waterloo
Discussant: Martin Farnham, University of Victoria
Household Waste Prevention and Recycling: A Cross-Country Empirical Analysis
Presented by: Ida Ferrara, York University
Discussant: Diane Dupont, Brock University
Pollution Abatement and Export Dynamics
Presented by: Joel Rodrigue, Vanderbilt University
Discussant: Alain Gabler, Université Laval

  

Session 31: CMSG: Monetary Policy and Inflation / Politique monétaire et inflation
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Jean-Paul Lam, University of Waterloo
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E3
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 419
The Orphanides' Hypothesis and the Great Inflation of the 1970s
JEL codes: E52, E58
Presented by: Jean-Paul Lam, University of Waterloo
Price level targeting: What is the right price?
Presented by: Malik Shukayev, Bank of Canada
The NIRCU and the Phillips curve – An Approach Based on Micro Data
Presented by: Eva Koeberl, ETH Zurich

  

Session 32: CMSG 1: Labour, Credit and Cycles / Travail, crédit et cycles
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Igor Livshits, University of Western Ontario
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 408
TFP during a Credit Crunch: The Macroeconomics of Credit and Job Destruction
Presented by: Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau, Carnegie Mellon University
Business Cycles, Unsecured Credit and Bankruptcy
Presented by: Igor Livshits, University of Western Ontario

  

Session 33: Short presentations. Labour: Migration and inequality / Présentations courtes : migration et inégalités
Session Organizer: Markus Poschke, McGill
Session Chair: Aloysius Siow, University of Toronto
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: J0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 402
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Schooling Choices and Labour Market Outcomes
JEL codes: J1, J3, I2, C5
Presented by: Miroslav Kucera, Concordia University
Ethnic Occupational Distribution and the Quality of the First Occupations of Recent Immigrants
Presented by: Javier Torres, University of British Columbia
Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants in Atlantic Canada
Presented by: Ather Akbari,
Welfare comparisons when populations differ in sizes: an application to Canadian data
Presented by: Wendgloumdé Zabsonré, Université Laval
Knowledge Composition, Emigration and Economic Growth
Presented by: Zhaobin Fan, University of Saskatchewan

  

Session 34: Issues in International Economics / Questions en économie internationale
Session Organizer: Markus Poschke, McGill
Session Chair: Alice Nakamura, ALBERTA UNIV
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: F3
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 404
The Sustainability of the U.S. Trade Deficit and the Dollar
JEL codes: F31; F32; F34
Presented by: Young Cheol Jung, University of New Brunswick
Consumption-Smoothing Current Account and International Capital Mobility - Evidence from Time Series and Panel Data
Presented by: Tzvetana Rakovski, McGill University
The Impact of Exchange Rate Volatility on ASEAN-5 Exports - A Preliminary Study
Presented by: Xiaonan Li, Carleton University

  

Session 35: CDESG 10: Africa / L'Afrique
Session Organizer: Franque Grimard, McGill University
Session Chair: Talan Iscan, Dalhousie University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: O1,R0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 314
Dynamique de la pauvreté au Bénin : Approche par le processus Markovien
JEL codes: C23, C25, D31,
Presented by: Assogba Hodonou, Ministère Agriculture Elevage & Pêche
Discussant: Paul Makdissi, University of Ottawa
A Test of Collective Rationality within Bigamous Households in Burkina Faso
Presented by: Anyck Dauphin, Université du Québec en Outaouais
Discussant: Helene Couprie, THEMA, Université de Cergy-Pontoise

  

Session 36: Conférence CPEG Conference. Session 6: Public Goods and Externalities / Biens publics et externalités
Session Organizer: Arnaud Dellis, Universite Laval
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: HO
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 413

  

Session 37: CSLS: Aboriginal Education / Éducation des autochtones
Session Organizer: Victoria Zinde-Walsh, McGill University
Session Chair: Jean-Francois Tremblay, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: I2
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 309
The Labour Market and Economic Performance of Canada's First Nations Reserves: The Effect of Educational Attainment and Remoteness
Presented by: Simon Lapointe, CSLS
Discussant: Richard E. Mueller, University of Lethbridge
A Comparison of Resources Available for Second-level Educational Services in Saskatchewan First Nationas Schools and Saskatchewan School Divisions: A Case Study
Presented by: Jim Marshall, University of Regina
Discussant: Ken Horsman, Government of Saskatchewan
Accountability Frameworks in Education: The Saskatchewan K-12 Context in Provincial and First Nations Systems
Presented by: Larry Steeves,
Discussant: Ken Horsman, Government of Saskatchewan
Non-Standard English at School: Can Targeted Funding Improve Student Achievement?
Presented by: Jane Friesen, Simon Fraser University
Discussant: John Richards, Simon Fraser University

  

Session 38: PEF II: Canada's Economic Security and the Great Recession: What Have We Learned? / La Sécurité économique canadienne et la grande récession : qu'avons-nous appris ?
Session Organizer: Nick Falvo, Carleton University
Session Chair: Jennifer Robson,
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: B5
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 423
Employment Insurance
JEL codes: I3
Presented by: Andrew Jackson, Canadian Labour Congress
Rethinking Economic Security
Presented by: Armine Yalnizyan, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Welfare Programs after the Great Recession: What have we learned?
Presented by: John Stapleton, Open Policy
The Great Recession's Impact on Homelessness
[slides]
Presented by: Nick Falvo, Carleton University

  

Session 39: Financial Literacy: Opportunities and Challenges / Alphabétisation financière : opportunités et défis
Session Organizer: Marc-Andre Pigeon, Government of Canada
Session Chair: Jacques Menard, BMO Nesbitt Burns
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: A1
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 309
Opening Remarks for the Financial Literacy Roundtable at the Canadian Economics Association
JEL codes: A10, A20, A29
Presented by: Jacques Menard, BMO Nesbitt Burns
Financial Literacy - It's Time Has Come - But We Better Get It Right
Presented by: Gary Rabbior, Canadian Foundation for Economic Educat.
The incremental impact of financial literacy training on the savings for education or training of low-income Canadians; results of a demonstration project
Presented by: Jean-Pierre Voyer, Social Research and Demonstration Corp.
An Investigation of Entitlement and Discount Rtaes in a Laboratory Experiment
Presented by: William Morrison, Wilfrid Laurier University

  

Session 40: CDESG 2: Education / Éducation
Session Organizer: Franque Grimard, McGill University
Session Chair: Kim Lehrer, University of Oxford
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: O1,I2
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 315
Simulating the Impact of the Global Economic Crisis and Policy Responses on Children in West and Central Africa
JEL codes: D58 H30 I18 I32
Presented by: John Cockburn, Université Laval
Discussant: Beyza Ural Marchand, University of Alberta
Services sociaux d’éducation et de santé en Guinée : Effets redistributifs de la politique gouvernementale
Presented by: Sékou Falil Doumbouya, GRADES
Discussant: Araar Abdelkrim, PEP and CIRPÉE
Childhood Interrupted: How Conflict-Induced Shocks Shape Human Capital Formation in Northern Uganda
Presented by: Kim Lehrer, University of Oxford
Discussant: Jennifer Stewart, Carleton University

  

Session 41: Factor Analysis: Finance / Analyse des facteurs en finance
Session Organizer: Dalibor Stevanovic, Université de Montréal
Session Chair: Marie-Hélène Gagnon, public
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: G0.C0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 415
Estimating and Testing Cross-Sectional Asset Pricing Models: A Robust IV Econometric Technique
JEL codes: G12, G11, C12
Presented by: Lynda Khalaf, Carleton University
Optimal Portfolio Selection with Regularization
Presented by: Marine Carrasco, Universite de Montreal
Further evidence on multivariate conditionnal asset pricing and financial market integration
Presented by: Marie-Hélène Gagnon, public

  

Session 42: CWEN 3: Immigration / Immigration
Session Organizer: Joanne Roberts, University of Calgary
Session Chair: Ana Ferrer, University of Calgary
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: J0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 308
Differences in Fertility Decisions of Canadian Immigrant Households
JEL codes: J13
Presented by: Ana Ferrer, University of Calgary
Discussant: Arthur Sweetman, Queen's University
Minimum Wages and the Informal Sector
Presented by: Joanne Roberts, University of Calgary
Discussant: David Green, University of British Columbia
Community Diversity and Giving
Presented by: Abigail Payne, McMaster University
Discussant: Rose Anne Devlin, University of Ottawa

  

Session 43: CESG 2:Time Series Econometrics / Économétrie des séries chronologiques
Session Organizer: Shinichi Sakata, University of British Columbia
Session Chair: John Galbraith, McGill University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: C0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 302
Forecasting expected shortfall with the generalized asymmetric Student-t and asymmetric exponential power distributions
JEL codes: c16, g10
Presented by: John Galbraith, McGill University
Inference in Predictive Quantile Regressions
Presented by: Yini Wang, Queen's University
On Loss Functions and Ranking Forecasting Performances of Multivariate Volatility
Presented by: Jeroen Rombouts, HEC Montreal, CIRANO, CIRPEE and CORE

  

Session 44: International economics 4; monopolistic competition and trade / Économie interntionale 4 : concurrence monopolistique et commerce
Session Organizer: Ngo Long, McGill University
Session Chair: Yao Li, The University of Western Ontario
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: F1
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 505
Multi-Country Tariff Wars and Economic Integration
JEL codes: F11, F13, F15
Presented by: Constantinos Syropoulos, Drexel University
Discussant: Yao Li, The University of Western Ontario
The Gains from Variety in the European Union
Presented by: Michael Seitz, LMU University of Munich
Discussant: Constantinos Syropoulos, Drexel University
International Trade, Technology Diffusion, and the Role of Diffusion Barriers
Presented by: Yao Li, The University of Western Ontario
Discussant: Michael Seitz, LMU University of Munich

  

Session 45: CEBERG 2: Expected Utility: Mathematics and Philosophy / Utilité espérée : aspects mathématiques et philosophiques
Session Organizer: Ricardas Zitikis, The University of Western Ontario
Session Chair: Ricardas Zitikis, The University of Western Ontario
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: D8
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 323
The Foundations of Subjective Probability with Black Swans
JEL codes: D, G
Presented by: Graciela Chichilnisky, Columbia University
Rationality and Maximizing Expected Utility
Presented by: Byeong-Uk Yi, University of Toronto
Investors, Risk Preferences, and Valuation Rates
Presented by: Ricardas Zitikis, The University of Western Ontario

  

Session 46: CPEG - Taxation 1 / Taxation 1
Session Organizer: Arnaud Dellis, Universite Laval
Session Chair: Michael Jetter, University of Memphis
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: H0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 503
Production efficiency and excess supply
JEL codes: H21
Presented by: Leslie Reinhorn, University of Durham
Corporate Income Taxation of Multinationals and Fiscal Equalization
Presented by: Caterina Liesegang, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
A comparison of optimal tax policies when compensation or responsibility matter
Presented by: Laurence Jacquet, Norwegian School of Economics and Business
A Tax Amnesty in the Context of a Developing Economy
Presented by: Michael Jetter, University of Memphis

  

Session 47: Immigration and Labour Market Outcomes / Immigration et résultats sur le marché du travail
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session Chair: Christopher Worswick, Carleton University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: J0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 506
Immigrants’ Labour Market Performance and Language of Work: A Comparison between Montreal and Toronto
JEL codes: J24, J62
Presented by: Serge Nadeau, University of Ottawa
Discussant: Mikal Skuterud, University of Waterloo
Immigrants' Earnings Growth: Selection Bias or Real Progress?
Presented by: Patrizio Piraino, Statistics Canada
Discussant: Yigit Aydede, Saint Mary's University
Occupation Matching, Skill Requirements and Labour Mobility of Immigrants to Canada
Presented by: Casey Warman, Queen's University
Discussant: Christopher Worswick, Carleton University

  

Session 48: Gender and Labour Markets / Les sexes et le marché du travail
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session Chair: Marie Drolet, Statistics Canada
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: J0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 507
Gender Based Self-Selection into Industries and Occupations: Evidence from Displaced Workers
JEL codes: J16, J24, J62
Presented by: Ioana Dan, University of Toronto
Discussant: Janice Compton, University of Manitoba
Occupational Segregation and The Gender Wage Gap in Canada
Presented by: Eyob Fissuh, HRSDC-Labour program
Discussant: Frances Woolley, Carleton University
Gender and Labor Retrenchment in Chinese State Owned Enterprises: Investigation using firm level data
Presented by: Manish Pandey, University of Winnipeg
Discussant: Merwan Engineer, University of Victoria

  

Session 49: Wage Determination and Occupations / Professions et détermination des salaires
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session Chair: Craig Riddell, UBC
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: J0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 402
Occupational Mobility, Occupation Distance and Basic Skills: Evidence from Job-based Skill Measures
JEL codes: J24
Presented by: Chris Robinson, University of Western Ontario
Discussant: Craig Riddell, UBC
Investment in Human Capital and the Output of the Education Sector in Canada
Presented by: Wulong Gu, statistics canada
Discussant: Ross Finnie, University of Ottawa
Occupational Mobility and the Specificity of Human Capital
Presented by: Guido Cortes, University of British Columbia
Discussant: Chris Robinson, University of Western Ontario

  

Session 50: Macro: Taxes and Fiscal Policy / Macroéconomie : taxation et politique fiscale
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Nurlan Turdaliev, University of Windsor
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 405
Tax Evasion and Information Sharing in International Taxation
JEL codes: E26,E52,E62,H21
Presented by: Nurlan Turdaliev, University of Windsor
On the Effects of Tax-Deferred Saving Accounts
Presented by: Anson Ho, The University of Iowa
Dividend and Capital Gains Taxation under Incomplete Markets
Presented by: Alexis Anagnostopoulos, Stony Brook University

  

Session 51: Macroeconomic Theory / Théorie macroéconomique
Session Organizer: Takashi Kunimoto, McGill University
Session Chair: Shutao Cao, Bank of Canada
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 421
Are the Joneses making you financially vulnerable?
JEL codes: D01, R21
Presented by: Richard Barnett, Villanova University
Discussant: Daniel Barczyk, New York University
Inflation, Nominal Debt, Housing, and Welfare
Presented by: Shutao Cao, Bank of Canada
Discussant: Ryuichi Nakagawa, KANSAI UNIVERSITY
Learnability of Heterogeneous Misspecification Equilibrium
Presented by: Ryuichi Nakagawa, KANSAI UNIVERSITY
Discussant: Shutao Cao, Bank of Canada

  

Session 52: Productivity in Canada / La Productivité au Canada
Session Organizer: John Galbraith, McGill University
Session Chair: Robert Gagné, HEC Montréal
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: O3
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 317
Fundamental Sources of Long-run Labour Productivity Improvements: A Canadian Case Study
JEL codes: C5, J1, O51
Presented by: Massoud Khazabi, University of Ottawa
Labour Productivity in the Canadian Hospitality and Tourism Sector
Presented by: Xiaofeng Li, University of Guelph
Labour Market Regulation and Economic Performance: Evidence from Interprovincial Differences in Canada
Presented by: Robert Gagné, HEC Montréal
Canada's productivity performance in the context of federal jurisdiction
Presented by: Weimin Wang, Labour Program

  

Session 53: Industrial Organization / Organisation industrielle
Session Organizer: Takashi Kunimoto, McGill University
Session Chair: Marc Santugini, HEC Montreal
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: L0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 419
Optimal Initial Public Offering Design with Aftermarket Trading
JEL codes: D82;G24; G32
Presented by: Sarah Parlane, University College Dublin
Discussant: Marc Santugini, HEC Montreal
The Theory of the Firm with Shareholders
Presented by: Marc Santugini, HEC Montreal
Job Induced Herding
Presented by: Tao Wang, Queen's University
Discussant: Tadashi Sekiguchi, Kyoto University

  

Session 54: IO: Contracts and Patents / Contrats et brevets
Session Organizer: Maxim Sinitsyn, McGill University
Session Chair: Veikko Thiele, Queen's University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: L0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 305
Contracting among Founders
JEL codes: O31, L22, M12
Presented by: Veikko Thiele, Queen's University
Discussant: Travis Ka Ho Ng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Patent fit, firm size, and technology linkages: The determinants of patent trading flows in the market for innovations
Presented by: Carlos Serrano, University of Toronto and NBER
Discussant: Anna Lejpras, German Institute for Economic Research
Subjective Performance of Patent Examiners and Implicit Contracts
Presented by: Corinne Langinier, University of Alberta
Discussant: Carlos Serrano, University of Toronto and NBER

  

Session 55: Financial Crisis / Crise financière
Session Organizer: Taoufik Bouezmarni, McGill University
Session Chair: Yuliya Romanyuk, Bank of Canada
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: G0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 414
Adverse Selection, Liquidity, and Market Breakdown
JEL codes: G01, G11, D82
Presented by: Koralai Kirabaeva, Bank of Canada
Identifying Currency Crises
Presented by: Mohammad Karimi, University of Ottawa
The Global Financial Crisis: World Market or Regional Contagion Effects?
Presented by: Lucia Morales,

  

Session 56: SES, Health, and Human Capital / Statut socioéconomique, santé et capital humain
Session Organizer: Erin Strumpf, McGill University
Session Chair: Sarah A. MacPhee, Dalhousie University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: I1
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 504
Birth Weight and Developmental Outcomes Among Canadian Children
JEL codes: J13
Presented by: Sarah A. MacPhee, Dalhousie University
Discussant: Logan McLeod, University of Alberta
Why Recessions are Good for Seniors' Health: Attentive Children and Unemployed Neighbours
Presented by: Hideki Ariizumi, Wilfrid Laurier University
Discussant: Marie Connolly Pray, UQAM
Health and income redistribution in Canada
Presented by: Damien Échevin, University of Sherbrooke
Discussant: Coady Wing, Maxwell School of Syracuse University

  

Session 57: Environment 7: Energy and Biofuels / Environnement 7 : énergie et bioénergie
Session Organizer: Andrew Leach, University of Alberta
Session Chair: Linda Nøstbakken, University of Alberta
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: Q5
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 313
The Economics of Oil, Biofuel and Food Commodities
JEL codes: Q20, Q30, Q40
Presented by: Walid Marrouch, CIRANO and Lebanese American University
Discussant: Anna Kormilitsina, Southern Methodist University
Why energy efficiency policies may be useful in a non cooperative world
Presented by: Philippe Barla, Université Laval
Discussant: Philippe Marcoul, University of Alberta
Energy Efficiency and Household Behaviour in OECD Countries
Presented by: Jingsong Yu, University of Ottawa
Discussant: Patrick Richard, Université de Sherbrooke

  

Session 58: Macro-micro Interface / L'Interface entre la macroéconomie et la microéconomie
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Malick Souare, Government of Canada
Session type: contributed
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 414
Macroeconomic Factors as Drivers of Deceptive Advertising: An Empirical Analysis
JEL codes: L5, L6, M3
Presented by: Sebnem Ucar, Competition Bureau
Productivity Growth, Trade and FDI Nexus: Evidence from the Canadian Manufacturing Sector
Presented by: Malick Souare, Government of Canada
Evaluation of the economic impacts of extreme events in the Mediterranean countries
Presented by: Celine GIMET, Group for Economic Analysis and Theory GATE UMR 5824 CNRS

  

Session 59: Monetary Policy I / Politique monétaire I
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Yahong Zhang, Bank of Canada
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E3
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 408
Asset Prices, Monetary Policy, and Financial Regulation
JEL codes: E52, E58, E44
Presented by: Yahong Zhang, Bank of Canada
Monetary policy and stock price dynamics with limited asset market participation
Presented by: Marco Airaudo, Drexel University, LeBow College of Busi
Investigating the Zero Lower Bound in the Nominal Interest Rate under Financial Instability
Presented by: Julio Carrillo, Maastricht University

  

Session 60: CMSG 2: Labour Markets and Business Cycles / Marché du travail et cycles économiques
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Justin Barnette, University of Minnesota
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 409
Real Wage Growth over the Business Cycle: Contractual versus Spot Markets
JEL codes: E32, J31, J41
Presented by: Baris Kaymak, Universite de Montreal
The Great Increase in Relative Volatility of Real Wages in the United States
Presented by: Julien Champagne, Université du Québec à Montréal
Job Loss Over the Business Cycle
Presented by: Justin Barnette, University of Minnesota

  

Session 61: State of the Art Lecture / Conférence État des connaissances: Joan Esteban (Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (CSIC)): Inequality, polarization and conflict / Inégalité, polarisation et conflit. Introduction: Michel Poitevin (Universite de Montreal)
Session Organizer: Victoria Zinde-Walsh, McGill University
Session Chair: Jean-Yves Duclos, Universite Laval
Session type: invited
Session JEL code: Z9
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: Café Théatre

  

Session 62: Short presentations session: Finance / Présentations courtes : finance
Session Organizer: Markus Poschke, McGill
Session Chair: Sharon Kozicki, Bank of Canada
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: G0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 404
Applying Stress Tests to Market Risk Modeling
JEL codes: G32
Presented by: Niloufar Owlam, Concordia University
Market reaction to negative environmental events: An event study of 10 Oil and Gas Companies
Presented by: Vitali Alexeev, University of Guelph
Public Policy and Venture Capital
Presented by: Jeffrey Peter, University of Ottawa
Assessing the economic impact of a UNESCO World Heritage designation
Presented by: Cevat Kayahan, Acadia University
Illiquid Collateral
Presented by: Babak Ayough, Queen's University

  

Session 63: Conférence CPEG Conference. Session 7: Elections / Élections
Session Organizer: Arnaud Dellis, Universite Laval
Session Chair: Arnaud Dellis, Universite Laval
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: HO
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 413

  

Session 64: Dîner CWEN lunch. Speaker / Conférencière: Emanuela Cardia (Universite de Montréal), The Household Revolution: Housework, Childcare and Female Labor Force Participation / Travail domestique, garde d'enfants et participation féminine à la population
Session Organizer: Victoria Zinde-Walsh, McGill University
Session type: invited
Session JEL code: J0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 12:30 - 14:30
Location: S. des Inters

  

Session 65: PEF III: Panel - Is There a Market Fundamentalist Message in the Introductory Textbooks? R. Hill (UNB); T. Myatt (UNB); A. Cohen (York); M. Cross (Dalhousie); B. MacLean (Laurentian); M. Lavoie (U. Ottawa); M. Seccareccia (U. Ottawa); C. Ragan (McGill)
Session Organizer: Nick Falvo, Carleton University
Session Chair: Jennifer Robson,
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: B5
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 423

  

Session 66: CEA-CIFAR Special Session - Social Interactions, Identity and Well-Being / Interactions sociales, identité et bien-être: George Akerlof (Berkeley), Alex Haslam (Exeter) and Eldar Shafir (Princeton)
Session Organizer: John Helliwell, University of British Columbia
Session Chair: John Helliwell, University of British Columbia
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: Z9
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: Café Théatre
Identity Economics
JEL codes: Z9
Presented by: George Akerlof, University of California
The social cure: Exploring the role that social identity plays in promoting health and well-being
Presented by: Alex Haslam,
A Behavioral Perspective on Decision Making & Policy
Presented by: Eldar Shafir, Princeton University

  

Session 67: CWEN 4: Women, Families and Well-Being / Femmes, ménages et bien-être
Session Organizer: Joanne Roberts, University of Calgary
Session Chair: Azim Essaji, Wilfrid Laurier University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: I3
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 308
Families, Time and Well-Being in Canada
[slides]
JEL codes: I3, J1
Presented by: Shelley Phipps, Dalhousie University
Discussant: Hideki Ariizumi, Wilfrid Laurier University
No Exit: Women in Poverty
Presented by: Kathleen (Kate) Rybczynski, University of Waterloo
Discussant: Courtney Ward, Dalhousie University
Women in Academia
Presented by: Nusrat Aireen, Grant MacEwan University
Discussant: Elizabeth Dhuey, University of Toronto

  

Session 68: CESG 3: Microeconometrics / Micro-économétrie
Session Organizer: Shinichi Sakata, University of British Columbia
Session Chair: Shinichi Sakata, University of British Columbia
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: C0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 302
m-Testing of Stratum-Wise Model Specification in Complex Survey Data
JEL codes: C12
Presented by: Shinichi Sakata, University of British Columbia
Measuring low-income: what happens when variations in costs of living are taken into consideration?
Presented by: Xuelin Zhang, Statistics Canada
Are There Common Values in BC Timber Sales? A Tail-Index Nonparametric Test
Presented by: Artyom Shneyerov, Concordia University, CIRANO, CIREQ

  

Session 69: International Economics 3: outsourcing and foreign inputs / Économie internationale 3 : externalisation et inputs étrangers
Session Organizer: Ngo Long, McGill University
Session Chair: Xinpeng Xu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: F10
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 505
Trade, foreign inputs and firms' decisions: Theory and Evidence.
JEL codes: F10, F12 and F4
Presented by: Maria BAS, PSE and CEPII
The Empirics of Exchange Rate Regimes and Trade: Words vs. Deeds
[slides]
Presented by: Mahvash Qureshi, International Monetary Fund
International Trade and Local Outsourcing
Presented by: Xinpeng Xu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  

Session 70: International economics 13: multinationals and firm dynamics / Économie internationale 13 : multinationales et dynamique de la firme
Session Organizer: Ngo Long, McGill University
Session Chair: Loretta Fung, National Tsing Hua University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: F1
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 507
Spécialisation appauvrissante et intégration à des processus de production fragmentés : le cas du secteur textile habillement
JEL codes: F14 F16 L67
Presented by: Nathalie Roux, DEFI EA 4265 University of the Mediterra
Discussant: Loretta Fung, National Tsing Hua University
Exchange Rate Movements and Firm Dynamics in Canadian Retail Industries
Presented by: Loretta Fung, National Tsing Hua University
Discussant: Nathalie Roux, DEFI EA 4265 University of the Mediterra

  

Session 71: Defence & Security Economics / Économie de la défense et de la sécurité
Session Organizer: Ugurhan Berkok, RMC/Queen's University
Session Chair: Bryan Paterson, Royal Military College
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: Z9
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 408
Ethnic Polarization and the Incentives for Terrorism
JEL codes: D72, D74
Presented by: Bryan Paterson, Royal Military College
Discussant: Kevin Siqueira, University of Texas at Dallas
Peacekeeping Private Benefits and Common Agency
Presented by: BINYAM SOLOMON, DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA
From More Butter to Less Guns, from More Guns to Less Butter? Causality Between Terrorism and Economic Development
[slides]
Presented by: Daniel Meierrieks, University of Paderborn
Discussant: Dane Rowlands, Carleton University
Understanding Homeland Security: Theory and UK-Evidence
Presented by: Otto Reich, Massey University
Discussant: Afrasiab Mirza, Queen's University

  

Session 72: CPEG - Taxation 2 / Taxation 2
Session Organizer: Arnaud Dellis, Universite Laval
Session Chair: Paul Makdissi, University of Ottawa
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: H0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 503
Rank-Dependent Measures of Bi-Polarization and Marginal Tax Reforms
JEL codes: D63, H20
Presented by: Paul Makdissi, University of Ottawa
Ad-valorem tax incidence and after-tax price adjustments: evidence from Brazilian basic basket food.
[slides]
Presented by: Ricardo Politi, FGV-EESP
Estimating the Incremental Impacts of Provincial R&D Tax Credit on Business R&D Expenditures Using a Natural Experiment in British Columbia
Presented by: Dany Brouillette, Industry Canada
Property Tax Regressivity, Property Tax Relief Programs, Across Provinces in Canada
[slides]
Presented by: David Murrell, UNB

  

Session 73: CNEH 1 - Learning from History and Economists / Apprendre de l'histoire et des économistes
Session Organizer: Frank Lewis, Queen's University
Session Chair: Almos Tassonyi, Ontario Ministry of Finance/University of Calgary
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: B3, N0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 415
Tobin as an Econometrician
JEL codes: B23, C50
Presented by: Robert Dimand, Brock University
Discussant: Douglas Hodgson, University of Quebec at Montreal
Learning from the Great Depression
Presented by: Thomas Velk, McGill University
Discussant: Almos Tassonyi, Ontario Ministry of Finance/University of Calgary
Agrarian change and crisis in Europe, 1200-1500
Presented by: Hary Kitsikopoulos, NYU
Discussant: Mauricio Drelichman, University of British Columbia

  

Session 74: CWEN 10: Women's Economic Opportunities / Perspectives économiques des femmes
Session Organizer: Joanne Roberts, University of Calgary
Session Chair: Rosa Sánchez Garcia, University of Manitoba
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: O1
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 308
Manitoban Aboriginal women economic inequality and Canadian economic development policies
JEL codes: J16,J18,038
Presented by: Rosa Sánchez Garcia, University of Manitoba
Discussant: Murshed Chowdhury, University of Manitoba
Virginity and Educational Attainment: Evidence from the NLSCY
Presented by: Jennifer Stewart, Carleton University
Discussant: Hari Nagarajan, NCAER
Can Changes in Inheritance Legislation Improve Female Asset Ownership?:Evidence from India’s Hindu Succession Act
[slides]
Presented by: Hari Nagarajan, NCAER
Discussant: Sophie Bernard, University of Ottawa

  

Session 75: Unions and Labour Disputes / Syndicats et conflits de travail
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session Chair: Rafael Gomez,
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: J0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 506
A Latent Competing Risks Model for Structural Estimation of Strike Lengths
JEL codes: J52, C41
Presented by: Sadat Reza, York University
Discussant: Angelo Melino,
Labor Unions, Globalization, and Mercantilism
[slides]
Presented by: Wolf-Heimo Grieben, University of Konstanz
Discussant: Rafael Gomez,

  

Session 76: Labour Markets and Retirement Decisions / Marché du travail et prise de retraite
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session Chair: Simon Harvey, Federal Government
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: J0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 402
Involuntary Retirement and the Resolution of the Retirement-Consumption Puzzle
JEL codes: D91 I31 J26
Presented by: Matthew Brzozowski, York University
Discussant: Bruno Rainville, Human Resources and Skills Development
What are the Economic and Welfare Effects of a Permanent versus a Temporary Tax Reduction Targeted at Older Workers?
Presented by: Simon Harvey, Federal Government
Discussant: James Davies,

  

Session 77: CIREQ Students Session: Econometrics / Séance étudiante en économétrie
Session Organizer: Constant Lonkeng Ngouana, Université de Montréal and CIREQ
Session Chair: Rami Tabri, McGill Univeristy
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: C0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 305
The Role of Long Memory in Hedging Strategies for Canadian Commodity Futures
[slides]
JEL codes: C22 G1 Q14
Presented by: Janelle Mann, Queen's School of Business
Discussant: Hua (Helen) Shang, concordia university
Estimation of Continuous-Time Stochastic Volatility Model Using Model-Free Realized and Implied Volatilities
Presented by: Linlan Xiao, Central Michigan University
Discussant: Rachidi Kotchoni, Université de Montréal
Structural Transformation and the Volatility of Output: A Cross-Country Analysis
Presented by: Constant Lonkeng Ngouana, Université de Montréal and CIREQ
Discussant: Janelle Mann, Queen's School of Business

  

Session 78: CETC 1: Behavioral Economics / Économie comportementale
Session Organizer: Takashi Kunimoto, McGill University
Session Chair: Bernard Beaudreau, Université Laval
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: D3
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 421
A Humanistic Theory of Economic Behavior
Presented by: Bernard Beaudreau, Université Laval
Discussant: Daniel Martin, New York University
How Rational are your Choice Data?
Presented by: Daniel Martin, New York University
Discussant: Bernard Beaudreau, Université Laval

  

Session 79: Well-being of groups / Le Bien-être des groupes
Session Organizer: John Galbraith, McGill University
Session Chair: James Herbert Townsend, University of Winnipeg
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: I3
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 317
Social Capital and Labour Market Outcomes for South Asia Born Immigrants In Canada
JEL codes: J6
Presented by: ARTI NANAVATI, MSUNIVERSITY OF BARODA
Union Membership and Perceived Job Security: 30 Years of Evidence from the American General Social Survey?
Presented by: Louis-Philippe Morin, University of Ottawa
Ten Years After the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People: A Wasted Decade?
Presented by: Donna Feir, University of British Columbia
Are Canadian Immigrants Happy? Immigration, Integration, and Self-Reported Happiness
Presented by: James Herbert Townsend, University of Winnipeg

  

Session 80: Returns and Volatility / Taux de rendement et volatilité
Session Organizer: Taoufik Bouezmarni, McGill University
Session Chair: Jason Stevens, Cape Breton University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: G0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 409
Volatility is Double Trouble in the Financial Sector: Time-varying Betas by Industry
JEL codes: G11 G32
Presented by: Lealand Morin, Queen's University
Segregating Continuous Volatility from Jumps in Long-Run Risk-Return Trade-Offs
[slides]
Presented by: Cedric OKOU, HEC Montreal
The Relationship Between Stock Market Returns and Volatility: The Role of Volatility Surprises
Presented by: Jason Stevens, Cape Breton University
LONG-RUN CROSS-SECTIONAL RETURNS AND MARKET VARIANCE
Presented by: Benoit Perron, Universite de Montreal

  

Session 81: Physician Payment and Supply / Rémunération des médecins et offre
Session Organizer: Erin Strumpf, McGill University
Session Chair: Sisira Sarma, University of Western Ontario
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: I1
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 414
Primary Care Physician Responses to Pay-for-Performance: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
JEL codes: I11,I18
Presented by: Jinhu Li, McMaster University
Discussant: Sisira Sarma, University of Western Ontario
The Effect of Physician Supply on the Mix of Generalist and Specialist Services
Presented by: Logan McLeod, University of Alberta
Discussant: Robert Gagné, HEC Montréal
Payment mechanisms for primary care physicians: À la carte vs. table d'hôte
Presented by: Olga Milliken, Public Health Agency of Canada
Discussant: Luc Bissonnette, Tilburg University

  

Session 82: CREE Student Session 1: Growth, Natural Resources and Environment / Séance étudiante sur la croissance, les ressources naturelles et l'environnement
Session Organizer: Andrew Leach, University of Alberta
Session Chair: Robert Weiner, George Washington University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: Q56
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 504
Growth and the Environment in a Small Open Economy
JEL codes: F18, F43, Q56
Presented by: Jevan Cherniwchan, University of Calgary
Discussant: Werner Antweiler, University of British Columbia
News and the Management of Natural Resource Assets
Presented by: Justin Johnson Kengne, Université de Montréal
Discussant: Takuro Miyamoto, University of British Columbia
Why Voluntary Programs Have Been Adopted: A Theoretical Analysis of Voluntary Pollutant Reduction Programs
Presented by: Takuro Miyamoto, University of British Columbia
Discussant: Louis Hotte, University of Ottawa
The Stock Market Effect of Carbon Emissions Disclosure Decisions
Presented by: Julie Mallory, University of Toronto
Discussant: Bo Li, Queen's University
Estimates of the In-situ Price of Non-Renewable Natural Resources
Presented by: Calvin Atewamba, University of Montreal, Cireq
Discussant: Alain-Desire Nimubona, University of Waterloo

  

Session 83: CDESG 12: General Development - Remittances / Développement général - remises
Session Organizer: Franque Grimard, McGill University
Session Chair: Edgard Rodriguez, IDRC
Session type: contributed
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 314
Impact of HIV/AIDS on international financial flows: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
[slides]
JEL codes: F24; 055
Presented by: Olayemi Olabiyi, The University of Texas at Dallas
Discussant: Garth Frazer, University of Toronto
What Determines Bilateral Remittance Flows?
Presented by: Mak Arvin, Trent University
Discussant: Edgard Rodriguez, IDRC
Remittances, Household Expenditure and Investment in Guatemala
Presented by: Alfredo Cuecuecha, Universidad Iberoamericana
Discussant: Yiagadeesen Samy, Carleton University

  

Session 84: CDESG 15: General Development - Institutions and Growth / Développement général - institutions et croissance
Session Organizer: Franque Grimard, McGill University
Session Chair: Ken Jackson, Wilfrid Laurier University
Session type: contributed
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 313
Who gets the subsidy in subsidized credit programs? Some evidence from India
[slides]
JEL codes: O17,K42
Presented by: Nishant Chadha, University of British Columbia
Discussant: Kurt Annen, University of Guelph
Panel Evidence on Economic Freedom and Growth in the United States
Presented by: Ryan Compton, University of Manitoba
Discussant: Sylvain Dessy, Universite Laval
Policy Regimes, Foreign Direct Investment, Exports and Economic Growth: An Empirical Investigation
Presented by: Wimal Rankaduwa, University of Prince Edward Island
Discussant: Sourabh Paul, University of British Columbia

  

Session 85: CPEG Conference. Session 8: Political Economy
Session Organizer: Arnaud Dellis, Universite Laval
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: HO
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 413

  

Session 86: PEF/URPE IV: Labour in a Time of Crisis, Comparing Experiences and Prospects in Canada and the U.S. : Le travail durant une période de crise : une comparaison des expériences et perspectives canadiennes et américaines
Session Organizer: Nick Falvo, Carleton University
Session Chair: Marc-Andre Pigeon, Government of Canada
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: J0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 423
Hydraulic Relationships: Labour Law and Economic Inequality
JEL codes: J0
Presented by: Michael Lynk, The University of Western Ontario
Transformers: Recession's Impacts on Canada's Labour Market
Presented by: Armine Yalnizyan, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Class Politics and American Emploer Exceptionalism: Why is the US so Conservative?
Presented by: Michael Hillard, University of Southern Maine
Policy considerations to guarantee workers a decent living standard in the United States
Presented by: Jeannette Wicks-Lim, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

  

Session 87: CWEN 5: Health / Santé
Session Organizer: Joanne Roberts, University of Calgary
Session Chair: Lori Curtis, University of Waterloo
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: I1
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 308
‘Social Assistance Participation and Health: Are some paths better than others?’
JEL codes: I18
Presented by: Lori Curtis, University of Waterloo
Discussant: Courtney Ward, Dalhousie University
Air Pollution and Respiratory Disease
Presented by: Courtney Ward, Dalhousie University
Discussant: Stéphanie Lluis, University of Waterloo
Consequences of an Increase in Employment Insurance Allowable Earnings On Working While on Claim Behaviour in Canada
Presented by: Stéphanie Lluis, University of Waterloo
Discussant: Lori Curtis, University of Waterloo

  

Session 88: CESG 4: Empirical Analysis in Environmental Economics / Analyses empiriques en économie de l'énvironnement
Session Organizer: Shinichi Sakata, University of British Columbia
Session Chair: Dimitri Laroutis, Esitpa
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: C0,Q0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 302
Discriminant Analysis versus Random Forests on Qualitative data: Contingent Valuation Method applied to Seine Estuary Wetlands
JEL codes: C02, Q5
Presented by: Dimitri Laroutis, Esitpa
Making Inferences About Rich Country-Poor Country Convergence: The Polarization Trapezoid and Overlap Measures
Presented by: Teng Wah Leo, St. Francis Xavier University
Kyoto and the carbon content of trade
Presented by: Gabriel Felbermayr, University of Hohenheim

  

Session 89: Macro: Theory and Optimal Policy / Macroéconomie : théorie et politiques optimales
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Xue Zhao, Carleton University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 402
Optimal Taxation of Labor Income and Social Networks
JEL codes: D85, E62, H21,
Presented by: Marcelo Arbex, University of Windsor
Time Preference and the Distributions of Wealth and Income
Presented by: Richard M. H. Suen, University of California, Riverside
Physical Investment and Optimal Monetary Policy in a ‘Sudden Stop’
Presented by: Xue Zhao, Carleton University

  

Session 90: CDESG 7, Funding for Development Economics Research in Canada / Financement de la recherche sur le développement économique au Canada
Session Organizer: Franque Grimard, McGill University
Session Chair: Ryan Compton, University of Manitoba
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: O1
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 314

  

Session 91: International Economics 2: trade and protection / Économie internationale 2 : commerce et protection
Session Organizer: Ngo Long, McGill University
Session Chair: Yang Seung Lee, Economics
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: F10
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 505
Uncertain Productivity Growth And The Choice Between FDI and Export
JEL codes: F17 F21 F23
Presented by: Erdal Yalcin, Hohenheim University
Discussant: Yang Seung Lee, Economics
Timing of Protectionism
Presented by: César Luchtenberg, University of Castilla la Mancha
Discussant: Erdal Yalcin, Hohenheim University
Repeated Trade Policy Game and Export Insurance Subsidy
Presented by: Yang Seung Lee, Economics
Discussant: César Luchtenberg, University of Castilla la Mancha

  

Session 92: Corporate Finance I / Finance corporative I
Session Organizer: Kim Huynh, Indiana University
Session Chair: Kim Huynh, Indiana University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: G3
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 408
Examining the Post-entry and Pre-exit Dynamic Process of Manufacturing Firms from a Financial Perspective
JEL codes: L60, L10, G30
Presented by: Robert Petrunia, Lakehead Universtiy
Incentive Contracts, Payout Policy and Financial Flexibility
Presented by: James Thompson, School of Accounting and Finance
Corporate Cash Savings: Precaution versus Liquidity
Presented by: Martin Boileau, University of Colorado

  

Session 93: PBO: Fiscal Challenges (Panel Discussion) / Table ronde sur les défis en politique budgétaire
Session Organizer: Stephen Tapp, Parliamentary Budget Office
Session Chair: William Watson, McGill University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: H0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 415
Parliamentary Budget Office Panel: Fiscal Challenges (Pierre Fortin; Kevin Page and Chris Ragan)
[slides]
JEL codes: E62, H6
Presented by: Kevin Page, Parliamentary Budget Officer
Is Quebec's Fiscal Position Sustainable?
Presented by: Pierre Fortin, UQAM; CSLS

  

Session 94: CPEG - Taxation 3 / Taxation 3
Session Organizer: Arnaud Dellis, Universite Laval
Session Chair: Al Slivinski, University of Western Ontario
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: H0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 503
Taxation Mechanisms and Growth in Medieval Paris
JEL codes: H21,H31
Presented by: Al Slivinski, University of Western Ontario
New Evidence on Taxes and Portfolio Choice
Presented by: Kadir Atalay, UNSW
The Sensitivity of Tax Bases to Tax Rates and the Marginal Cost of Public Funds: Evidence from Canadian Provinces
Presented by: Ergete Ferede, Grant MacEwan University
Tax Competition: Location and Transfer Pricing Decisions of Canadian Firms
Presented by: Kazuko Miyamoto, Queen's University

  

Session 95: Search and Wages / Appariement et salaires
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session Chair: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: J0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 507
To What Extent Do High Wages Kill Jobs? Estimating the Elasticity of the Job Creation Curve
JEL codes: J31, J2, E2
Presented by: Benjamin Sand, University of British Columbia
Discussant: Natalya Dygalo,
Unemployment Insurance and Wage Bargaining with Costly Search
Presented by: Katarina Mayer, KAIST Graduate School of Management
Discussant: Stephen Jones, McMaster University

  

Session 96: Public Economics / Économie publique
Session Organizer: Takashi Kunimoto, McGill University
Session Chair: Carolyn Pitchik, University of Toronto
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: H0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 421
Mobility, Taxation and Welfare
JEL codes: D31; D63; H24
Presented by: Sami Bibi,
Discussant: Craig Brett, Mount Allison University
Efficiency and Policy in the Presence of Indivisible Goods and Negative Externalities
Presented by: Carolyn Pitchik, University of Toronto
Discussant: Hugh M. Neary, UNIV OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
How Optimal Nonlinear Taxes Change When the Distribution of the Population Changes
Presented by: Craig Brett, Mount Allison University
Discussant: Sami Bibi,

  

Session 97: Empirical microeconomics / Microéconomie empirique
Session Organizer: John Galbraith, McGill University
Session Chair: Roberto Martínez-Espiñeira, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: D0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 317
Survival Analysis of Patents in Canada
JEL codes: O34
Presented by: Rashid Nikzad, Industry Canada
Discussant: Alexander Ebertz, ifo Institute
Correcting for the endogeneity of pro-environment behavioral choices in contingent valuation
Presented by: Roberto Martínez-Espiñeira, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Discussant: Catherine Liston-Heyes, Royal Holloway, University of London
The Determinants of Joint Residential and Job Location Choices: A Mixed Logit Approach
Presented by: Alexander Ebertz, ifo Institute
What's in a Name?: A Hedonic Pricing Model for Okanagan Valley Wines
Presented by: Hannes Edinger, University of British Columbia
Discussant: Ida Liu, University of Ottawa

  

Session 98: Recent Developments in Canadian Labour Markets / Développements récents sur les marchés du travail au Canada
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session Chair: Herbert Emery,
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: J0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 506
Layoffs in the recent downturn: Who are they and how are they doing?
JEL codes: J21, J63
Presented by: Ping Ching Winnie Chan, Statistics Canada
Local Labor Market Impacts of Energy Boom-Bust-Boom in Western Canada
[slides]
Presented by: Joseph Marchand, University of Alberta
Discussant: Herbert Emery,
Industry Firm Instability and Employee Separations Using the Canadian Longitudinal Worker File
Presented by: Yuri Ostrovsky, Statistics Canada
Discussant: James Herbert Townsend, University of Winnipeg

  

Session 99: Political Economy II / Économie politique II
Session Organizer: John Galbraith, McGill University
Session Chair: Sebastian Hauptmeier, ECB
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: Z9
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 313
Democratic Interdependence, Total Factor Productivity and Economic Growth
JEL codes: O10; P16; C10
Presented by: Osman Ouattara, University of Swansea
Private Interest Based Multilateral Loans
Presented by: Julien Vauday, Université Paris 13
The impact of numerical expenditure rules on budgetary discipline over the cycle
[slides]
Presented by: Sebastian Hauptmeier, ECB

  

Session 100: IO: Determinants of Firms' Strategy / Organisation industrielle : déterminants de la stratégie des firmes
Session Organizer: Maxim Sinitsyn, McGill University
Session Chair: Justin Bayard, Federal Government
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: L0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 305
Market Incentives for Business Innovation:Canadian Results
JEL codes: L1 O3
Presented by: Charles Berube, Industry Canada
Discussant: Catherine Beaudry, École Polytechnique de Montréal
Information Acquisition and Institutions: An Organizational Perspective
Presented by: Travis Ka Ho Ng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Discussant: Veikko Thiele, Queen's University
How Does Information and Communication Technology Affect Workplace Organization?
Presented by: Tat-kei Lai, University of Toronto
Discussant: Yang Song, University of Calgary and CEA
Exploring e-Business ICTs in Canada
Presented by: Justin Bayard, Federal Government
Discussant: Sui Sui, Carleton University

  

Session 101: Dependence and Time Varying Risk Premia / Dépendance et Variation temporelle des primes de risque
Session Organizer: Taoufik Bouezmarni, McGill University
Session Chair: Razvan Sufana, York University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: G0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 409
Comparing forward markets in emerging markets to advanced currency markets: an econometric analysis of time varying risk premia
JEL codes: G15, F31
Presented by: Richard Watuwa, Cape Breton University
Market Regimes, Sectorial Investments, and Time-Varying Risk Premiums
Presented by: Yonggan Zhao, Dalhousie University
Marginalization of Wishart processes
Presented by: Razvan Sufana, York University

  

Session 102: Health and Health Care I / Santé et soins de santé I
Session Organizer: Erin Strumpf, McGill University
Session Chair: Casey Warman, Queen's University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: I1
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 414
The impact of tobacco prices on smoking onset in Vietnam: Duration analyses of retrospective data
JEL codes: I18; I12; C41
Presented by: G Emmanuel Guindon, McMaster University
Discussant: Myra Yazbeck, Universite Laval
Comparative Efficiency Assessment of Primary Care Models Using Data Envelopment Analysis
Presented by: Rose Anne Devlin, University of Ottawa
Discussant: Jinhu Li, McMaster University
Do New Cohorts of Family Physicians Work Less Compared to their Older Predecessors? The Evidence from Canada
Presented by: Sisira Sarma, University of Western Ontario
Discussant: Koffi Kpelitse, HEC Montréal

  

Session 103: CEBERG 3: Social Dilemma and Trust / Dilemmes sociaux et confiance
Session Organizer: Sabine Kröger, Laval University
Session Chair: Alexis Garapin, Université de Grenoble II
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: D8
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 419
Do spouses cooperate ? And if not: why ?
JEL codes: C72 C91 D13
Presented by: Helene Couprie, THEMA, Université de Cergy-Pontoise
Voluntary Counseling And HIV Testing In Malawi: What Can We Learn From An Incentive Based Experimental Design?
Presented by: Coady Wing, Maxwell School of Syracuse University
Information sharing in vertical relations: Experimental evidence
Presented by: Alexis Garapin, Université de Grenoble II

  

Session 104: Macro: General Equilibrium / Macroéconomie : équilibre général
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Daniel O. Beltran, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 404
Global Equilibrium Real Interest Rates
JEL codes: E43, E44
Presented by: James Rossiter, Bank of Canada
Are There Any Spillovers between Household and Firm Financing Frictions? A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis
Presented by: Daniel Solomon, Universite de Montreal
Estimating the parameters of a small open-economy dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model: identifiability and robust policy
Presented by: Daniel O. Beltran, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

  

Session 105: CMSG 4: Finance and Macro / Finance et macroéconomie
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Francisco Rivadeneyra, Bank of Canada
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 405
A General Equilibrium Analysis of the Term Structure
JEL codes: E43, E44
Presented by: Some Modeste, Université de Montréal
Do Sticky Prices Increase the Real Exchange Rate Volatility?
[slides]
Presented by: Mario Crucini, Vanderbilt University
Limited Asset Market Participation and the Variation of Real Risk Premia
Presented by: Francisco Rivadeneyra, Bank of Canada

  

Session 106: CDESG 13: General Development - Rural Markets / Développement général : marchés ruraux
Session Organizer: Franque Grimard, McGill University
Session Chair: Russell Toth, Cornell University
Session type: contributed
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 315
When a Son is Born: The Impact of Fertility Patterns on Family Finance in Rural China
JEL codes: R51D14J13C34O17
Presented by: Weili Ding, Queen's University
Discussants:      Russell Toth, Cornell University
Land Markets and Tenure Insecurity
Presented by: Derek Stacey, Queen's University
Discussant: Weili Ding, Queen's University
Is Credit Really the Problem? Entrepreneurial Human Capital and Enterprise Dynamics in a Developing Country Setting
Presented by: Russell Toth, Cornell University
Discussant: Derek Stacey, Queen's University

  

Session 107: State of the Art Lecture / Conférence État des connaissances: Hal White (UC SanDiego), Granger Causality and Dynamic Structural Systems / Causalité à la Granger et systèmes dynamiques structurels. Introduction: Silvia Goncalves (U. de Montreal)
Session Organizer: Victoria Zinde-Walsh, McGill University
Session Chair: Shinichi Sakata, University of British Columbia
Session type: invited
Session JEL code: C0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: Café Théatre

  

Session 108: Conférence CPEG Conference. Session 9: Tax Progressivity / Progressivité de la taxation
Session Organizer: Arnaud Dellis, Universite Laval
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: HO
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 413

  

Session 109: CSLS: New Productivity Estimates for Canada / De Nouveaux estimés sur la productivité au Canada
Session Organizer: Victoria Zinde-Walsh, McGill University
Session Chair: Alice Nakamura, ALBERTA UNIV
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: O3
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 309
Employment and Productivity: Distangling Employment Structure and Qualification Effects
JEL codes: O3
Presented by: Gilbert CETTE, Banque de France
Discussant: Jeannine Bailliu, Bank of Canada
Productivity Performance of Canadian Industries Relative to their U.S. Counterparts: A Consensus Estimate
Presented by: Someshwar Rao, Industry Canada
Discussant: Weimin Wang, Labour Program
Insights into Canada's Abysmal post-2000 Productivity Performance from Decompositions of Labour Productivity Growth by Industry and Province
Presented by: Eric Thomson, CSLS
Discussant: Doug May, Memorial University

  

Session 110: Assemblée générale annuelle CDESG annual general meeting
Session Organizer: Franque Grimard, McGill University
Session type: invited
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Location: 413

  

Session 111: Conférence Innis Lecture. Russell Davidson (McGill University): Inference on Income Distributions / Inférence sur la répartition des revenus. Introduction: J-Y.Duclos (Université Laval)
Session Organizer: Victoria Zinde-Walsh, McGill University
Session Chair: James MacKinnon, Queens University
Session type: invited
Session JEL code: C0
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 18:15 - 19:30
Location: Chapelle

  

Session 112: Rencontre sociale PEF Social
Session Organizer: Nick Falvo, Carleton University
Session type: contributed
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 18:30 - 20:30

  

Session 113: IDRC Breakfast book launch / Lancement de livre et déjeuner. presentation of four new titles / quatre nouveaux titres: Fighting Poverty with Facts, Valuing the Environment, Taxation and Gender Equity, Child Welfare in Developing Countries.
Session Organizer: Victoria Zinde-Walsh, McGill University
Session type: contributed
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 8:00 - 9:00
Location: S. des Grands

  

Session 114: PEF/CSLS V: Perspectives on Happiness in Canada and the United States / Perspectives sur la félicité au Canada et aux États Unis
Session Organizer: Nick Falvo, Carleton University
Session Chair: Pierre Fortin, UQAM; CSLS
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: B5
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 423
Explaining geographic variation in happiness in Canada
JEL codes: I1
Presented by: Andrew Sharpe, Centre for the Study of Living Standards
Discussant: John Helliwell, University of British Columbia
Should I stay or should I go now: The effects of Community Satisfaction on the Decision to Stay or Move
Presented by: Kevin Stolarick, University of Toronto
Discussant: John Helliwell, University of British Columbia
Canadian life satisfaction over time
Presented by: Christopher Barrington-Leigh, University of British Columbia
Discussant: Roderick Hill,
The Effect of Weather on Subjective Well-being
Presented by: Marie Connolly Pray, UQAM
Discussant: Roderick Hill,

  

Session 115: International Economics 15: Exchange Rates, Foreign Reserves and Investment / Économie internationale 15 : Taux de change, réserves internationales et investissement
Session Organizer: Ngo Long, McGill University
Session Chair: Raul Razo-Garcia, Carleton University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: F3
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 505
Accounting for Real Exchange Rates using Micro-Data
JEL codes: F3, F4
Presented by: Anthony Landry, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
The Role of IMF Relative Quotas on the Demand of Foreign Reserves
Presented by: Raul Razo-Garcia, Carleton University
L'impact de l'investisment direct étranger sur la performance financière: résultats d'enterprises Canadiennes 1999-2005
Presented by: Etienne Musonera, Wayne State University

  

Session 116: Bank of Canada / Banque du Canada - Productivity in Canada / La Productivité au Canada
Session Organizer: Jeannine Bailliu, Bank of Canada
Session Chair: Jeannine Bailliu, Bank of Canada
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E3
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 408
The Effect of Exchange Rate Movements on Heterogeneous Plants: A Quantile Regression Analysis
JEL codes: F00, O4, C3
Presented by: Ben Tomlin, Bank of Canada
Discussant: Alice Nakamura, ALBERTA UNIV
Financial Shocks and TFP Growth
Presented by: Marcello Estevao,
Discussant: Geoffrey Dunbar, Simon Fraser University
Evolution of Firm Distributions Through the Lens of Functional Principal Components Analysis
Presented by: Kim Huynh, Indiana University
Discussant: Shutao Cao, Bank of Canada

  

Session 117: CDESG 3: Micro Aid / Aide micro
Session Organizer: Franque Grimard, McGill University
Session Chair: Wimal Rankaduwa, University of Prince Edward Island
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: O1
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 315
Scaling up infrastructure spending in the Phillipines: a top-down bottom up microsimulation approach
JEL codes: C68, D68, E62,
Presented by: Luc Savard, Université de Sherboorke
Discussant: Wimal Rankaduwa, University of Prince Edward Island
Entrepreneurial Capacity in Poverty Related Microenterprise Development Programmes in Sri Lanka: An Empirical Assessment
Presented by: Ranjith Bandara, University of Colombo
Discussant: Richard Watuwa, Cape Breton University
Individual Preferences over NGO Projects: Evidence from Microlending on Kiva
Presented by: Pierre Ly, University of Puget Sound
Discussant: Ranjith Bandara, University of Colombo

  

Session 118: Factor Analysis: Theory / Approches théoriques à l'analyse des facteurs
Session Organizer: Dalibor Stevanovic, Université de Montréal
Session Chair: Dalibor Stevanovic, Université de Montréal
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: C0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 409
A Factor-GMM Estimator: Dealing with Weak and Invalid Instruments
JEL codes: C13, C22, C43
Presented by: Mohammed Bouaddi, HEC Montreal
Discussant: Mehmet Caner, North Carolina State University
Selecting the Number of Factors in Approximate Factor Models: The Large Panel Case with Bridge Estimators
Presented by: Mehmet Caner, North Carolina State University
Discussant: Ryan Chahrour, Columbia University
Secret Ingredients? The Informational Contribution of Factors to Standard VAR Analysis
[slides]
Presented by: Ryan Chahrour, Columbia University
Discussant: Mohammed Bouaddi, HEC Montreal

  

Session 119: CWEN 6: Law and Economics / Droit et économie
Session Organizer: Joanne Roberts, University of Calgary
Session Chair: Phil Curry, Simon Fraser University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: K0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 308
Social Welfare and the Benefits to Crime
[slides]
JEL codes: K14,
Presented by: Phil Curry, Simon Fraser University
Discussant: Christian Dippel, University of Toronto
Banking on the Household: Gender Bargaining and Other Crime Stories
Presented by: Louis Hotte, University of Ottawa
Discussant: Mohsen Javdani, Simon Fraser University
On the Selection of Property Crime with Private Protection
[slides]
Presented by: Steeve Mongrain, Simon Fraser University
Discussant: Jean-Denis Garon, Queen's University

  

Session 120: Institut C.D. Howe Institute - Measurements of Postsecondary Education (PSE) and PSE Quality / Mesures de l'éducation post secondaire et de sa qualité
Session Organizer: Colin Busby, C.D. Howe Institute
Session Chair: John Richards, Simon Fraser University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: I2
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 317
2006 Census Update for Wage Premiums and Rate of Returns for all PSE Streams
Presented by: Daniel Boothby, Industry Canada
Post-Schooling Outcomes Among PSE Graduates
Presented by: Ross Finnie, University of Ottawa
Proprietary Survey Results on Student Measures of PSE Quality
Presented by: Alex Usher,

  

Session 121: CNEH 2 - Women and the Family / Femmes et la famille
Session Organizer: Frank Lewis, Queen's University
Session Chair: Gillian Hamilton,
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: N0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 419
The Worth of Children and Women: Life Insurance in Early Twentieth Century Canada
JEL codes: N31
Presented by: Peter Baskerville, U of Alberta
Discussant: Gillian Hamilton,
Famille, travail et croissance démographique dans une petite ville industrielle : le cas de Trois-Rivières au début du XXe siècle
Presented by: France Normand, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Discussant: Frank Lewis, Queen's University
Women, Work and Wages in Early Twentieth-Century Canada
Presented by: Eric Sager, University of Victoria
Discussant: Gillian Hamilton,
Labour market dynamics in Canada, 1891-1911
Presented by: Kris Inwood, University of Guelph
Discussant: Rowena Gray, University of California, Davis

  

Session 122: Inequality / Inégalités
Session Organizer: John Galbraith, McGill University
Session Chair: Francisco Alvarez-Cuadrado, McGill University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: I3
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 504
Inequality and the Stability of Democracy
JEL codes: P10
Presented by: Florian Jung, University of St. Gallen
Envy and Inequality
Presented by: Francisco Alvarez-Cuadrado, McGill University
On inflation, wealth inequality and welfare in emerging economies
[slides]
Presented by: Enes Sunel, University of Maryland

  

Session 123: Incentives, Wage-Setting and Worker Productivity / Incitatifs, fixation des salaires et productivité du travail
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session Chair: Myriam Fortin, Government of Canada
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: J0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 506
The Distributional Efficacy of Collaborative Learning Recitation Sessions on Student Outcomes
JEL codes: A22; C13; C14;
Presented by: James Self, Indiana University--Bloomington
Discussant: Ross Hickey, University of British Columbia
Early Starters versus Late Beginners' Probability of Moving to a Higher-Wage Firm
Presented by: Natalya Dygalo,
Discussant: Jane Friesen, Simon Fraser University

  

Session 124: IO: Determinants of Firms' Survival and Export Decisions / Organisation industrielle : déterminants de la survie des firmes et de leurs décisions quant aux exportations
Session Organizer: Maxim Sinitsyn, McGill University
Session Chair: Catherine Beaudry, École Polytechnique de Montréal
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: L0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 305
What influences survival and growth of Canadian biotechnology firms?
JEL codes: M13; O31; O33
Presented by: Catherine Beaudry, École Polytechnique de Montréal
Discussant: Andreas Pollak, University of Saskatchewan
Determinants of Internationalization: Differences Between Service and Manufacturing SMEs
Presented by: Anna Lejpras, German Institute for Economic Research
Discussant: Hugo Pedro Boff, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Born Global, Gradual Global, and their Determinants of Exit from Exporting
Presented by: Sui Sui, Carleton University
Discussant: Tarcisio da Graca, Canadian Competition Bureau

  

Session 125: International environmental issues / Questions en environnement international
Session Organizer: John Galbraith, McGill University
Session Chair: Catherine Liston-Heyes, Royal Holloway, University of London
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: Q3
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 507
Perceptions of How Regulators Respond to Environmental Performance: Evidence from Argentina
JEL codes: Q56, Q58, M21,L
Presented by: Catherine Liston-Heyes, Royal Holloway, University of London
Discussant: Jose Tapia Granados, University of Michigan
A threatening link between world economic growth and atmospheric CO2 concentrations
Presented by: Jose Tapia Granados, University of Michigan
Discussant: Eleftherios Filippiadis, Concordia University
Environmental Kuznets Curves in a Multicountry Setting
Presented by: Eleftherios Filippiadis, Concordia University
Discussant: Catherine Liston-Heyes, Royal Holloway, University of London

  

Session 126: Health Insurance / Assurance maladie
Session Organizer: Erin Strumpf, McGill University
Session Chair: Pallab Mozumder, Florida International University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: I1
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 414
The Role of Supplemental Coverage in a Universal Health Insurance System: Some Canadian Evidence
JEL codes: I11;I12;I18
Presented by: Qi Zhang, University of Ottawa
Why Do the Insured Use More Health Care?
Presented by: Yingying Dong, Calfornia State University - Fullerton
Natural Disaster and Sickness Shocks: Evidence of Informal Insurance from Bangladesh
Presented by: Pallab Mozumder, Florida International University
An Experimental Investigation of the Demand for Private Insurance and of Health Systems Outcomes under Mixed Systems of Public and Private Finance
Presented by: Katherine Cuff, McMaster University

  

Session 127: CEBERG 4: Auctions / Enchères
Session Organizer: Sabine Kröger, Laval University
Session Chair: Quazi Shahriar, San Diego State University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: C9
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 421
Effects of Neutral Ratings on Sales and Revenue - Evidence from Ebay
[slides]
JEL codes: C90, C93, D44
Presented by: Md Rabby, Missouri State University
Jump Bidding in Takeover Auctions: an Experimental Study
Presented by: Yuri Khoroshilov, University of Ottawa
Identity in a Second-price Sealed Bid Auction: An Experimental Investigation
Presented by: Quazi Shahriar, San Diego State University

  

Session 128: Monetary Economics / Économie monétaire
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Vadym Lepetyuk, University of Alicante
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E3
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 402
Money and Reality
JEL codes: E32, C51, E52
Presented by: Alexander Kriwoluzky, Universiteit van Amsterdam
A Simple Model of a Monetary Union
[slides]
Presented by: Stefanie Flotho, Albert-Ludwigs-University
Time Consistency Problem in a Monetary Union
Presented by: Vadym Lepetyuk, University of Alicante

  

Session 129: Macro: Fiscal Policy / Macroéconomie : politique fiscale
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Etienne Farvaque, Université de Lille 1
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 404
Monetary and Fiscal Policy under Deep Habits
JEL codes: E21, E63, E61
Presented by: Ioana Moldovan, University of Glasgow
Implementable Fiscal Policy Rules
Presented by: Martin Kliem, Deutsche Bundesbank
Leviathan under influence: Country interactions in discretionary fiscal policy
Presented by: Etienne Farvaque, Université de Lille 1

  

Session 130: CMSG 5: Technical Change / Changement technologique
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Rui Castro, University of Montreal
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 405
ICT and Total Factor Productivity Growth: Intangible Capital or Productive Externalities?
JEL codes: O3; O4
Presented by: Ram C. Acharya, Economic Research and Policy Analysis
The Media is the Measure: Technical change and employment, 1909-49
Presented by: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Public Policy, Technological Change, and the Evolution of Educational Attainment
Presented by: Rui Castro, University of Montreal

  

Session 131: CDESG 14: General Development - ICT / Développement général : technologies de la communication et de l'information
Session Organizer: Franque Grimard, McGill University
Session Chair: Yiagadeesen Samy, Carleton University
Session type: contributed
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 314
Policy distortions, optimal technology, and the pattern of development: Story of an outlier
JEL codes: O11
Presented by: Giang Ho, University of California, Los Angeles
Discussant: Garth Frazer, University of Toronto
Mobile Phones and Growth in Africa
Presented by: Garth Frazer, University of Toronto
Discussant: Ayoub Yousefi, King's University College at the UWO
The Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Economic Growth: Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries
Presented by: Ayoub Yousefi, King's University College at the UWO
Discussant: Giang Ho, University of California, Los Angeles

  

Session 132: PEF VI: Integrating Climate and Industrial Policies / Intégrer les politiques climatiques et industrielles
Session Organizer: Nick Falvo, Carleton University
Session Chair: Marc Lee, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: Q3
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 423
So What's a Green Job Anyway?
JEL codes: Q5
Presented by: Marc Lee, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Industrial Policy Lessons for a Climate Mitigation Strategies
Presented by: Kenneth Carlaw, University of British Columbia
The Case for Carbon Tariffs
Presented by: Erin Weir, United Steelworkers
From Staples Trap to Carbon Trap
Presented by: Brendan Haley, Carleton University

  

Session 133: Bank of Canada / Banque du Canada - Commodity Prices / Prix des matières premières
Session Organizer: Ilan Kolet, Bank of Canada
Session Chair: Ilan Kolet, Bank of Canada
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: D4
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 413
A Larger Slice of a Growing Pie: The Role of Emerging Asia in Forecasting Commodity Prices
JEL codes: E37, C53, q47
Presented by: Olivier Gervais, Bank of Canada
Discussant: Marco Lombardi,
An Update to the Bank of Canada Commodity Price Index
Presented by: Ilan Kolet, Bank of Canada
Discussant: Russell Barnett, Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer
Global Demand Shocks and Commodity Prices: Evidence from Growth Forecast Revisions
Presented by: Garima Vasishtha, Bank of Canada
Discussant: Stephen Tapp, Parliamentary Budget Office

  

Session 134: Bank of Canada / Banque du Canada - Aggregate Shocks and the Behaviour of Households and Businesses / Chocs agrégés et comportement des ménages et des firmes
Session Organizer: Jeannine Bailliu, Bank of Canada
Session Chair: Jeannine Bailliu, Bank of Canada
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E3
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 408
Consumption, the Distribution of Debt and the Financial Accelerator
JEL codes: E20,E30,E40
Presented by: Katya Kartashova, Bank of Canada
Discussant: Alexander Ueberfeldt, Bank of Canada
Credit Crunches and Credit Allocation in a Model of Entrepreneurship
Presented by: Marco Bassetto, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Discussant: Igor Livshits, University of Western Ontario

  

Session 135: CDESG Policy Panel / Panel sur les politiques
Policy Panel: Hossein Rostami (CIDA), Kerry Max (CIDA), Carol Nelder-Corvari (Finance), and Rohinton Medhora (IDRC). Questions to be explored by the Panel: 1. How does economic development research currently find its way into policy discussions and policies? 2. What are the best venues to disseminate research to catch the attention of policy makers? 3. What are the sorts of topic areas policymakers look for development research in, and what are the best ways to identify development economics research topics of interest to policymakers. 4. What are the methodological and other characteristics that make research in development economics research more useful for policymakers? What features make it less useful?
Session Organizer: Franque Grimard, McGill University
Session Chair: Franque Grimard, McGill University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: O1
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: S. des Grands

  

Session 136: Factor Analysis: Applications / Analyse des facteurs: Applications
Session Organizer: Dalibor Stevanovic, Université de Montréal
Session Chair: Dalibor Stevanovic, Université de Montréal
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E0,C0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 415
Dimension reduction and model averaging for estimation of artists' age-valuation profiles
JEL codes: C13, C22
Presented by: Douglas Hodgson, University of Quebec at Montreal
Growth, Financial Markets and Markov-Switching Regimes: Canadian Evidence
Presented by: Murshed Chowdhury, University of Manitoba
Separating the Integrated Volatility into its Latent Factors
Presented by: Rachidi Kotchoni, Université de Montréal

  

Session 137: CESG 5: Financial Econometrics / Économétrie financière
Session Organizer: Shinichi Sakata, University of British Columbia
Session Chair: Yu Ren, Xiamen University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: C0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 302
Nonparametric Estimation and Instrument Selection in the Conditional Capital Asset Pricing Model
JEL codes: C13; C52; G12
Presented by: Yu Ren, Xiamen University
Modeling the Contemporaneous Duration Dependence for High-Frequency Stock Prices
Presented by: Marcel Voia, Carleton University
Bootstrapping realized multivariate volatility measures
Presented by: Silvia Goncalves, Université de Montréal
Day-Varying Weights in Mixtures of Stochastic Volatility Diffusion Processes
Presented by: Christos Ntantamis, CREATES, Aarhus University

  

Session 138: CNEH 3 - Volatility and Government Policy / Volatilité et politiques publiques
Session Organizer: Frank Lewis, Queen's University
Session Chair: Herbert Emery,
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: N0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 419
Fiscal Policy in Export-Led Depression: Canada, Finland, and Sweden in the 1930s
JEL codes: E32, E65, N10
Presented by: Gregor Smith, Queen's University
Discussant: Patrick Coe, Carleton University
The Impact of Commodity Price Volatility on Resource Intensive Economies
Presented by: Ian Keay, Queen's University
Discussant: Herbert Emery,
Risk Sharing with the Monarch: Excusable Defaults and Contingent Debt in the Age of Philip II, 1556–1598
Presented by: Mauricio Drelichman, University of British Columbia
Discussant: Livio Di Matteo, Lakehead University

  

Session 139: International economics 6: tariffs and protection / Économie internationale 6 : tarifs et protection
Session Organizer: Ngo Long, McGill University
Session Chair: Peri Silva, University of North Dakota
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: F1
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 505
The Customs Union issue: Why do we observe so few of them?
JEL codes: F10, F11, F13
Presented by: Peri Silva, University of North Dakota
Discussant: Amelie Guillin, UCD, University of Paris-Sorbonne
US Lobby Activity and Antidumping Outcomes
Presented by: Nicoleta Iliescu, University of Connecticut
Discussant: Peri Silva, University of North Dakota
Assessment of Tariff Equivalents for Services considering the Zero-Flows
Presented by: Amelie Guillin, UCD, University of Paris-Sorbonne
Discussant: Nicoleta Iliescu, University of Connecticut

  

Session 140: CPEG - Political Economics 1 / Économie politique 1
Session Organizer: Arnaud Dellis, Universite Laval
Session Chair: Mario Jametti, University of Lugano
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: H0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 504
Intermediated Corruption with Reputation
JEL codes: O17,O43,H83
Presented by: Elton Dusha, University of Toronto
When politicians make inefficient decisions. A common agency model of political corruption
Presented by: Octavian Strimbu, Université Laval
The Political Economy of Fiscal Decentralization: Evidence from the Canadian Federation
Presented by: Mario Jametti, University of Lugano
Issue Emphasis & Opportunistic Redistribution in US Presidential Elections
[slides]
Presented by: Ioanna Grypari, University of Minnesota

  

Session 141: Empirical Studies of the Canadian Income Distribution / Études empiriques sur la répartition des revenus au Canada
Session Organizer: Michael Veall, McMaster University
Session Chair: Armine Yalnizyan, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: I3
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 317
An historical perspective on middle-income Canadians (1993-2007)
JEL codes: I
Presented by: Myriam Fortin, Government of Canada
Discussant: Kuan Xu, Dalhousie University
Top Income Shares in Canada: Updates and Extensions
[slides]
Presented by: Michael Veall, McMaster University
Discussant: Xuelin Zhang, Statistics Canada
Social Classes, Inequality and Redistributive Policies in Canada
Presented by: Araar Abdelkrim, PEP and CIRPÉE
Discussant: Rob Gillezeau, University of Michigan

  

Session 142: Education: Aspirations and Expectations / Aspirations et attentes
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session Chair: Arthur Sweetman, Queen's University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: I2
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 506
The Implications of Aspirations, Peer Effects, and Parental Influence on University Attendance: A Gender Comparison
JEL codes: I20, J00
Presented by: Joniada Milla, University of Guelph
Discussant: Jinwen Xu,
Socioeconomic differences in how children’s expectations about further education form during high school
Presented by: Kelly Foley, Copenhagen Business School
Discussant: Arthur Sweetman, Queen's University
Anticipated Wage Growth as a Factor of Educational Attainment
Presented by: Hye Mi You, State University of New York at Buffalo
Discussant: Kelly Foley, Copenhagen Business School

  

Session 143: Human Capital Decision Making / Prise de décision en matière de capital humain
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session Chair: Ross Finnie, University of Ottawa
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: J0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 507
Risk Preferences in College Applications
JEL codes: I2, J1, D81
Presented by: Jonathan Smith, Boston University
Discussant: Philippe Belley, The University of Western Ontario
Stay in school or start working? - The human capital investment decision under uncertainty and irreversibility
[slides]
Presented by: Natasa Bilkic, University of Paderborn
Discussant: Artyom Shneyerov, Concordia University, CIRANO, CIREQ
Post-Secondary Attendance by Parental Income: A Canada -- U.S. Comparison
Presented by: Philippe Belley, The University of Western Ontario
Discussant: Alex Usher,

  

Session 144: Theoretical Analysis of Labour Markets / Analyses théoriques du marché du travail
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session Chair: Alok Kumar, University of Victoria
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: J0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 315
How does social housing affect the rate of equilibrium unemployment?
JEL codes: J61, J64, R23,
Presented by: Ménard Sébastien, GAINS-TEPP
Discussant: Yuri Ostrovsky, Statistics Canada
The Effect of Market Structure and Public Policy on Segregation and Discrimination.
Presented by: Julien Picault, HEC Montréal
Discussant: Katherine Cuff, McMaster University
Should You Stay or Should You Go? Endogenous Contract Duration in Search Equilibrium
Presented by: Pedro Silos, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Discussant: Katarina Mayer, KAIST Graduate School of Management

  

Session 145: IO: Mergers / Organisation industrielle : fusions
Session Organizer: Maxim Sinitsyn, McGill University
Session Chair: Jason Allen, Bank of Canada
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: L0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 305
The Price Effects of a Large Merger of Manufacturers: A Case Study of Maytag-Whirlpool
JEL codes: L4
Presented by: Matthew Weinberg, Cornell University
Discussant: Oana Secrieru, Bank of Canada
The Effect of Horizontal Mergers on Negotiated Prices
[slides]
Presented by: Jason Allen, Bank of Canada
Discussant: Georges Dionne, HEC Montreal
Local Competition in the Presence of Imports
Presented by: Tarcisio da Graca, Canadian Competition Bureau
Discussant: Erik Pot, Maastricht University
Mergers, Managerial Incentives, and Social Welfare
Presented by: Jean-Etienne de Bettignies, Queen's University
Discussant: Timothy Brennan, University of Maryland Baltimore County

  

Session 146: IO: Empirical Pricing Issues / Questions empiriques reliées à la fixation des prix
Session Organizer: Maxim Sinitsyn, McGill University
Session Chair: Joseph I. Daniel, University of Delaware
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: L0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 309
Pricing Canadian Airports
Presented by: Joseph I. Daniel, University of Delaware
Discussant: Ahmed Sydee, Carleton University
Imperfect Information and Market Power in the Retail Gasoline Market
[slides]
Presented by: Florencia Jaureguiberry, UBC/PRGS
Discussant: Matthew Weinberg, Cornell University
Modeling the Brazilian Ethanol Market - How flex-fuel vehicles are shaping the long run market equilibrium
Presented by: Hugo Pedro Boff, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Discussant: Donald Dewees, University of Toronto

  

Session 147: Financial Risk and Loss I / Risque et perte financiers I
Session Organizer: Taoufik Bouezmarni, McGill University
Session Chair: Evren Damar, Bank of Canada
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: G0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 409
Performance, risk and capital buffer under business cycles and banking regulations: Evidence from the Canadian banking sector
JEL codes: G21, G28
Presented by: Van Son Lai, Laval University
Islamic Financial Institutions and Risks
Presented by: Henda Bensalah, University of Montreal
The Impact of Taxation on Project Portfolio Risk Diversification
[slides]
Presented by: Jean-Paul Paquin, Université du Québec en Outaouais

  

Session 148: CEBERG 5: Theory / Théorie
Session Organizer: Sabine Kröger, Laval University
Session Chair: Stephan Schott, Carleton University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: D3
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 421
Living in Unstable Times
JEL codes: D81, D03
Presented by: Michele Battisti, SFU
A Neural Model of Stochastic Behaviour in Mixed Strategy Games
Presented by: Ryan Webb, Queen's University
Join the Leader, Imitate or Follow: Evolutionary Stable Strategies in the Commons
Presented by: Stephan Schott, Carleton University

  

Session 149: Environment 1: Technology and Sustainability / Environnement 1 : technologie et durabilité
Session Organizer: Andrew Leach, University of Alberta
Session Chair: Juan B. Moreno-Cruz, University of Calgary
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: Q5
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 313
Environmental R&D in the Presence of an Eco-industry
JEL codes: L13;O32;Q55;Q58
Presented by: Alain-Desire Nimubona, University of Waterloo
Discussant: Steven Renzetti, Brock University
Endogenous Technological Change and Output-Based Emissions Allowances
Presented by: Faisal Arif, University of Ottawa
Discussant: Horatiu Rus, University of Waterloo
Constant-utility paths in a resource-based economy
Presented by: Andrei Bazhanov, Queen's University
Discussant: Madanmohan Ghosh, Government of Canada

  

Session 150: Macro: Empirical Macro I / Macroéconomie : macroéconomie empirique I
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Cathy Ning, Ryerson University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 404
Central Bank Balance Sheets and Long-term Forward Rates
JEL codes: E43, E52, E58
Presented by: Sharon Kozicki, Bank of Canada
Discussant: Monica Jain, Queen's University
Forecaster Heterogeneity and Perceived Inflation Persistence
Presented by: Monica Jain, Queen's University
Discussant: Cathy Ning, Ryerson University
Asymmetric Dependence in US Financial Risk Factors?
Presented by: Cathy Ning, Ryerson University
Discussant: Sharon Kozicki, Bank of Canada

  

Session 151: Macro: Search and Matching / Macroéconomie : recherche d'emploi et appariement
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Mei Dong, Bank of Canada
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 402
Mechanism Design and Competitive Markets in a Quasi-linear Environment
JEL codes: E42, D82, D41
Presented by: Janet Jiang, University of Manitoba
Optimal Policy in a Labor Market with Adverse Selection
Presented by: Mathieu Taschereau-Dumouchel, Princeton University
Inflation and Unemployment in Competitive Search Equilibrium
Presented by: Mei Dong, Bank of Canada

  

Session 152: Growth and Development / Croissance et développement
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Garett Jones, George Mason University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: O4
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 414
Ethnicity and Trust in Africa: An Empirical Investigation
JEL codes: E02; 011; 055
Presented by: Douwere GREKOU, University of Western Ontario
The Resource Curse in Perspective
Presented by: Zacharie Liman-Tinguiri, University of Ottawa
IQ in the Utility Function: Cognitive skills, time preference, and cross-country differences in savings rates
Presented by: Garett Jones, George Mason University

  

Session 153: CMSG 6: Growth and Macroeconomics / Croissance et macroéconomie
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Craig Burnside, Duke University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 405
Risk, Volatility, and the Global Cross-Section of Growth Rates
[slides]
JEL codes: E32, E44, F21
Presented by: Craig Burnside, Duke University
Growth Determinants Revisited
Presented by: Charalambos Tsangarides, International Monetary Fund
Regions, Frictions, and Migrations in a Model of Structural Transformation
[slides]
Presented by: Trevor Tombe, University of Toronto

  

Session 154: Issues in Macro and Finance / Questions en macroéconomie et finance
Session Organizer: John Galbraith, McGill University
Session Chair: David Dupuis, Bank of Canada
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: Z9
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 503
A Model of Housing Stock for Canada
JEL codes: R21, C20, C23
Presented by: David Dupuis, Bank of Canada
Private Equity Returns in a Model of Entrepreneurial Choice with Learning
[slides]
Presented by: Claudio Campanale, University of Alicante
Assembling a Real-Financial Micro-Dataset for Canadian Households
Presented by: Umar Faruqui, Bank of Canada
Interstate Home Mortgage Lending and the Subprime Crisis
Presented by: Yilan Xu, University of Pittsburgh

  

Session 155: State of the Art Lecture / Conférence État des connaissances: Martin Browning (Oxford), On economics of the family / Sur l'économie de la famille
Session Organizer: Victoria Zinde-Walsh, McGill University
Session Chair: Aloysius Siow, University of Toronto
Session type: invited
Session JEL code: J0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: Café Théatre

  

Session 156: Assemblée générale annuelle PEF AGM (lunch provided / dîner servi)
Session Organizer: Nick Falvo, Carleton University
Session type: contributed
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 12:30 - 14:30
Location: S. des Grands

  

Session 157: Dîner Purvis lunch. Speaker / Conférencier: John Taylor (Stanford)
Session Organizer: Victoria Zinde-Walsh, McGill University
Session Chair: Victoria Zinde-Walsh, McGill University
Session type: invited
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 12:30 - 14:30
Location: S. des Inters

  

Session 158: PEF VII: Canadian Public Finances and Monetary Policy: Sound Finance or Functional Finance / Finances publiques et politique monétaire canadiennes : finances saines ou fonctionnelles
Session Organizer: Nick Falvo, Carleton University
Session Chair: Marc Lavoie, University of Ottawa
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: B5,E3
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 423
Reflections on Canadian Fiscal nd Monetary Policy during the Great Recessions
JEL codes: H0
Presented by: Andrew Jackson, Canadian Labour Congress
Do Taxes and Bonds Pay for Government Expenditures?
Presented by: Keith Newman, CEP
Is Functional Finance 'Sound' Long-Term Policy or Is There a Need for an 'Exit Strategy' to Ensure Balanced Budgets?
Presented by: Mario Seccareccia,

  

Session 159: CDESG 4: Informal Institutions / Institutions informelles
Session Organizer: Franque Grimard, McGill University
Session Chair: Christian Dippel, University of Toronto
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: O1
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 317
Small Firms and Cooperative Competition in Developing Countries
JEL codes: O12
Presented by: Kurt Annen, University of Guelph
Discussant: Ranjith Bandara, University of Colombo
Social Norms as Constraints on Local Governance: Evidence from Native American Reservations
Presented by: Christian Dippel, University of Toronto
Discussant: Ken Jackson, Wilfrid Laurier University
Trust and Vulnerability: The Role of Social Protection in the Promotion of Trade
Presented by: Ken Jackson, Wilfrid Laurier University
Discussant: Christian Dippel, University of Toronto

  

Session 160: CDESG 5: Child Health / Santé des enfants
Session Organizer: Franque Grimard, McGill University
Session Chair: John Cockburn, Université Laval
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: O1, I1
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 315
Fertility and Child Mortality: Unintended Consequences of Family Formation in India
JEL codes: J13, J16, O12
Presented by: Daniel Rosenblum, Dalhousie University
Discussant: Assogba Hodonou, Ministère Agriculture Elevage & Pêche
Does money matter? The effects of the Child Support Grant on child fostering in South Africa.
Presented by: Habiba Djebbari, Laval University
Discussant: Ana Laura Fernandez, Universidad Nacional de Gral. Sarmiento
Long-term implications of malnutrition on non-cognitive skills: evidence from four developing countries
Presented by: Alan Sanchez, Oxford University
Discussant: Sékou Falil Doumbouya, GRADES

  

Session 161: CWEN 7: Development/Regulation / Développement/réglementation
Session Organizer: Joanne Roberts, University of Calgary
Session Chair: Itziar Lazkano, University of Calgary
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: O1
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 308
Generational Conflict and Sustainable Development
JEL codes: O, Q
Presented by: Itziar Lazkano, University of Calgary
Discussant: Azim Essaji, Wilfrid Laurier University
Child Labor, Crime, and Human Capital
Presented by: Irving Rosales, University of Calgary
Discussant: Jevan Cherniwchan, University of Calgary
Long term effects of civil conflict on women’s outcomes in Peru
Presented by: Sonia Laszlo, McGill University
Discussant: Irving Rosales, University of Calgary

  

Session 162: CWEN/RFE Corner Cafe / Petit café du coin
Session Organizer: Joanne Roberts, University of Calgary
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: Z9
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 224

  

Session 163: CESG 6: Empirical Analysis / Analyses empiriques
Session Organizer: Shinichi Sakata, University of British Columbia
Session Chair: Morteza Haghiri, Memorial University - Corner Brook
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: C0,L0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 302
Comparing Nonparametric to Parametric Interaction Terms in Generalized Additive Models: Production Technology in the Canadian Cable Television Industry
JEL codes: C13, C14, L51
Presented by: Morteza Haghiri, Memorial University - Corner Brook
On the Optimal Construction of the World Governance Indicators
Presented by: Mehmet PINAR, University of Guelph
FDI and Change in Factor Intensity of Exports and Imports of Emerging Markets (1991-2005): A Panel Cointegration Approach
Presented by: Faruk Aydin, The Central Bank of Turkey

  

Session 164: CNEH 4 - Human Capital and Technology / Capital humain et technologie
Session Organizer: Frank Lewis, Queen's University
Session Chair: Byron Lew, Trent University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: N0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 419
Taking Technology to Task: The Skill Content of Technological Change in Early Twentieth Century United States
JEL codes: N31; N32; J23
Presented by: Rowena Gray, University of California, Davis
Discussant: Byron Lew, Trent University
Education performance: was it all determined 100 years ago?
Presented by: Irineu de Carvalho Filho, International Monetary Fund
Discussant: Ian Keay, Queen's University
The tenant system and off-farm labor in Japan and Korea in the early twentieth century
Presented by: Yi-Taek Park, Sungkyunkwan University
Discussant: Anirban Mukherjee, University of British Columbia

  

Session 165: International economics 7: open economy macro issues / Économie internationale 7 : questions en macroéconomie ouverte
Session Organizer: Ngo Long, McGill University
Session Chair: Ashraf Zaman, Saint Mary's University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: F3
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 505
The balance of payments constraint growth model and the effect of trade liberalization on the trade balance and income growth in Ghana
JEL codes: F13; F14; F32;
Presented by: Alexander Darku, University of Lethbridge
Discussant: Robinson Kruse, CREATES, Aarhus University
Trading Friction and Risk Sharing In Small Open Economy Models
Presented by: Yan Zhao, Concordia University
Discussant: Ashraf Zaman, Saint Mary's University
Trend Breaks in Trade Openness and the Milestones of European Integration
Presented by: Robinson Kruse, CREATES, Aarhus University
Discussant: Alexander Darku, University of Lethbridge
Commodity futures investing and commodity currency countries
Presented by: Ashraf Zaman, Saint Mary's University
Discussant: Yan Zhao, Concordia University

  

Session 166: CPEG - Political Economics 2 / Économie politique 2
Session Organizer: Arnaud Dellis, Universite Laval
Session Chair: Elena Panova, UQAM
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: H0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 503
Wisdom of the Crowd
JEL codes: D03, D72, D82
Presented by: Elena Panova, UQAM
The Impact of International Trade on Institutions and Infrastructure
Presented by: Chrysostomos Tabakis, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Fiscal Deficits, Privileges, and Cooperation with Fiscal Consolidation
Presented by: Toshihiro Ihori, University of Tokyo

  

Session 167: Low Incomes / Revenus faibles
Session Organizer: Michael Veall, McMaster University
Session Chair: Lori Curtis, University of Waterloo
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: I3
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 309
Assessing the Impact of a Wage Subsidy for Single Parents on Social Assistance
JEL codes: J64, J18, C33
Presented by: Guy Lacroix, Universite Laval
Discussant: Marcel Voia, Carleton University
Cross-national comparisons of child poverty in the Europe Union: puzzling with the few pieces provided in the EU-SILC
Presented by: Geranda Notten, University of Ottawa
Discussant: Kelly Foley, Copenhagen Business School
Revising Statistics Canada’s Low Income Measure
Presented by: Brian B. Murphy, Statistics Canada
Discussant: Araar Abdelkrim, PEP and CIRPÉE

  

Session 168: Pensions / Régimes de retraite
Session Organizer: John Galbraith, McGill University
Session Chair: Marie Drolet, Statistics Canada
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: I3
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 504
The Economic and Welfare effects of Increasing Retirement Income Replacement Rates in Canada
JEL codes: D58, J22, J26
Presented by: Bruno Rainville, Human Resources and Skills Development
Pension coverage in Canada
Presented by: Marie Drolet, Statistics Canada
Earnings and Registered Pension Plan Participation
Presented by: Alex Grey, Governemtn of Canada - HRSDC

  

Session 169: Crime and policy / Crime et politiques publiques
Session Organizer: John Galbraith, McGill University
Session Chair: Lihui Zhang, University of Regina
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: Z9
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 414
Did the War on Poverty Cause Race Riots?
JEL codes: I32, I38, N92
Presented by: Rob Gillezeau, University of Michigan
Do Proarrest Policies Affect Intimate Partner Homicide Rates?
Presented by: Kerri Raissian, Syracuse University, The Maxwell School
Evaluating The Youth Criminal Justice Act With Perpetrator Self-report Data
Presented by: Lihui Zhang, University of Regina

  

Session 170: Research on Marriage Markets / Recherches sur le marché du mariage
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session Chair: Alok Kumar, University of Victoria
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: J0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 506
Marriage Market Transfers of Resources and Property Rights
JEL codes: J12, J16, J18,
Presented by: Chris Bidner,
Discussant: Atsushi Miyake, Kobe Gakuin University
Testing Becker's Theory of Positive Assortative Matching
Presented by: Aloysius Siow, University of Toronto
The impact of Internet diffusion on age at first marriage: evidence from the broadmarket market
Presented by: Andriana Bellou, universite de montreal
Discussant: Frances Woolley, Carleton University

  

Session 171: Parents and Children / Parents et enfants
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session Chair: Steven Lehrer, Queen's University and NBER
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: I2
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 507
Changes in Parental Work Time and Earnings, 1980 to 2005
JEL codes: J22; J31
Presented by: Sébastien LaRochelle-Côté, Statistics Canada
Discussant: Amanda Hammond, University of Guelph
Parental Disability, Canadian Disability Benefits and Children’s Cognitive Achievement
Presented by: Ke(Kelly) Chen, Dalhousie University
Discussant: Justin Smith, University of Manitoba
The Impact of Preschool Early Childhood Education on Adult Human Capital
Presented by: Amanda Hammond, University of Guelph
Discussant: Sébastien LaRochelle-Côté, Statistics Canada

  

Session 172: IO: Investment in R&D / Organisation industrielle : investissement dans la recherche et développement
Session Organizer: Maxim Sinitsyn, McGill University
Session Chair: Andreas Pollak, University of Saskatchewan
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: L0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 305
A Model of Technological Progress in the Microprocessor Industry
JEL codes: O31, L63
Presented by: Unnikrishnan Pillai, SUNY Albany
Discussant: Zhongmin Wang, Northeastern University
Rising R&D Intensity and Economic Growth
Presented by: Andreas Pollak, University of Saskatchewan
Discussant: Charles Berube, Industry Canada
A Two-Stage Model of R&D with Endogenous Timing in Quantity Competition
Presented by: Leonardo Basso, Universidad de Chile
Discussant: Bruno Versaevel, EMLYON Business School & CNRS, GATE
Defensive Strategies in the Quality Ladders
Presented by: Ivan Ledezma, Université Paris-Dauphine
Discussant: Corinne Langinier, University of Alberta

  

Session 173: Financial Risk and Loss II / Risque et perte financiers II
Session Organizer: Taoufik Bouezmarni, McGill University
Session Chair: Julia Le Blanc, Deutsche Bundesbank
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: G0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 409
Corporate risk management and dividend signaling theory
JEL codes: G35; G32; D82
Presented by: Karima Ouederni, HEC Montréal
Intégration financière et prise de risque dans les banques de pays émergents
[slides]
Presented by: Arnaud BOURGAIN, University of Luxembourg
Early Detection Techniques for Market Risk Failure
Presented by: William Pouliot, University of Liverpool
Liquidity, Risk and Return: Specifying an Objective Function for the Management of Foreign Reserves
Presented by: Yuliya Romanyuk, Bank of Canada

  

Session 174: Environment 2: Water and Agriculture / Environnement 2 : eau et agriculture
Session Organizer: Andrew Leach, University of Alberta
Session Chair: Werner Antweiler, University of British Columbia
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: Q1
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 313
Rates of Return to Wheat Breeding Research in Canada: the Results from the Infinite Lag Model
[slides]
JEL codes: Q16
Presented by: Viktoriya Galushko, University of Regina
Discussant: Philippe Marcoul, University of Alberta
Spatial Inefficiency of Genetically Modi ed and Organic Crops
Presented by: Philippe Marcoul, University of Alberta
Discussant: Viktoriya Galushko, University of Regina
A Longitudinal Study of Water Recycling in Manufacturing Plants
Presented by: Steven Renzetti, Brock University
Discussant: Hui Zhu, University of Calgary

  

Session 175: Monetary Policy II / Politique monétaire II
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Javid Taheri, Saint Mary's University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E3
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 402
McCallum Rules, Exchange Rates, and the Term Structure of Interest Rates
JEL codes: E43, F31, G12,
Presented by: Antonio Diez de los Rios, Bank of Canada
Consumer Heterogeneity and Monetary Policy
Presented by: Haitao Xiang, Simon Fraser University
Why Expectations Became Inflationary in the Post WWII Era? Examining the US Data since 1900
Presented by: Javid Taheri, Saint Mary's University

  

Session 176: Macro: Firm Dynamics / Macroéconomie : dynamique des firmes
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Alain Gabler, Université Laval
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 404
Impact of Policy Distortions on TFP with Heterogeneous Firm Dynamics
JEL codes: L11, O40, O10
Presented by: Ashantha Ranasinghe, University of Toronto
Discussant: Céline Poilly, Université Catholique de Louvain
Firm Entry and the Monetary Transmission Mechanism
Presented by: Céline Poilly, Université Catholique de Louvain
Discussant: Malik Shukayev, Bank of Canada
Firm Dynamics Support the Importance of the Embodied Question
Presented by: Alain Gabler, Université Laval
Discussant: Ashantha Ranasinghe, University of Toronto

  

Session 177: Macro: Business Cycles I / Macroéconomie : cycles économiques I
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Lilia Karnizova, University of Ottawa
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 405
Seasonality, Working Parents and the Great Moderation
JEL codes: E01, E32, O47
Presented by: Geoffrey Dunbar, Simon Fraser University
Discussant: Julien Champagne, Université du Québec à Montréal
The Stock Market and the Consumer Confidence Channel in Canada
Presented by: Lilia Karnizova, University of Ottawa
Discussant: Denise Côté, Bank of Canada
Explaining Residential Investment over the Business Cycle: the Importance of Information and Collateral Constraints
Presented by: Yufei Yuan, Xiamen University
Discussant: Lilia Karnizova, University of Ottawa

  

Session 178: CMSG 7: Business Cycles / Cycles économiques
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Hashmat Khan, Carleton University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 408
Intangible Capital, Corporate Earnings and the Business Cycle
JEL codes: E3
Presented by: Keqiang Hou, McMaster University
Investment Shocks and the Comovement Problem
Presented by: Hashmat Khan, Carleton University
The Shumpeterian versus the New Classical Views of the Economic Process
Presented by: Kenneth Carlaw, University of British Columbia
Housing Capital-Gains and Consumption: A Canadian Perspective
Presented by: Chris Mitchell, University of Western Ontario

  

Session 179: Bank of Canada Special Lecture / Conférence spéciale Banque du Canada. Hafedh Bouakez (HEC, Montréal): Sectoral Heterogeneity and Aggregate Fluctuations / Hétérogénéité sectorielle et fluctuations agrégées.
Session Organizer: Victoria Zinde-Walsh, McGill University
Session Chair: Sharon Kozicki, Bank of Canada
Session type: invited
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: Café Théatre

  

Session 180: CDESG 16: General Development - Gender / Développement général : développement et les sexes
Session Organizer: Franque Grimard, McGill University
Session Chair: Katerina Koka, Brock University
Session type: contributed
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 314
Globalization, Gender and Development: Effect of Trade on Child Outcomes
JEL codes: D13, F16, O12
Presented by: Beyza Ural Marchand, University of Alberta
Discussant: Ana Dammert, Carleton University and IZA
The higher the mothers' empowerment, the higher girls' schooling: evidence from DHS monogamous household.
Presented by: Sandrine Koissy-Kpein, CEPS/INSTEAD
Discussant: Sohini Paul, NCAER
Trade Reforms and Gender Empowerment in India
Presented by: Sohini Paul, NCAER
Discussant: Katerina Koka, Brock University
Economic crises and demographic disasters: How labour market liberalisation widened gender gaps in in life expectancy in Russia
Presented by: Katerina Koka, Brock University
Discussant: Sandrine Koissy-Kpein, CEPS/INSTEAD

  

Session 181: Table ronde CSLS Panel: Policies to Improve Canada's Productivity Performance / Les Politiques pouvant améliorer la productivité canadienne - R. Gagne (HEC); A. Nakamura (U. Alberta); C. Riddell (UBC); A. Sharpe(CSLS);M.Estevao(IMF)
Session Organizer: Victoria Zinde-Walsh, McGill University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: O3, H0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 413

  

Session 182: MESA 1: A panel on the Survey of Low Income Students L-SLIS/Table ronde sur l'enquête longitudinale sur les étudiants à faible revenu
Session Organizer: Anne Motte, Université de Montréal
Session Chair: Anne Motte, Université de Montréal
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: I2
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 317
A panel on the Survey of Low Income Students L-SLIS
JEL codes: I21;I28
Presented by: Anne Motte, Université de Montréal
Discussant: Michael Veall, McMaster University

  

Session 183: Statistics Canada and Industry Canada / Statistique Canada et Industrie Canada - Productivity Research: A Micro Perspective / Recherche sur la productivité : une perspective micro
Session Organizer: Jianmin Tang, Industry Canada
Session Chair: Annette Ryan, Industry Canada
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 305
Entrepreneurship, Entry to New Markets and Productivity Growth: Do new international markets matter more than new domestic markets?
JEL codes: D2, F1, L2
Presented by: Beiling Yan, Statistics Canada
Discussant: Loretta Fung, National Tsing Hua University
Industry Mix, Plant Turnover and Productivity Growth: A Case Study of the Electronic and Electrical Product Manufacturing Industry
Presented by: Kelvin Chan, Industry Canada
Discussant: Kim Huynh, Indiana University
Product market competition and the heterogeneity of firm productivity performance in Canada’s manufacturing industry
Presented by: Jay Dixon, Industry Canada
Discussant: Zhiqi Chen, Carleton University

  

Session 184: Discours d'ouverture CDESG Keynote Talk : Albert Berry (U of Toronto)
Session Organizer: Franque Grimard, McGill University
Session Chair: Dane Rowlands, Carleton University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: O1
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 413

  

Session 185: CESG 7: Macroeconometrics / Macro-économétrie
Session Organizer: Shinichi Sakata, University of British Columbia
Session Chair: Jean-Francois Lamarche, Brock University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: C0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 302
Estimation of a nonlinear Taylor rule using real-time US data
JEL codes: C22, C12, E58
Presented by: Jean-Francois Lamarche, Brock University
Semi-Structural Models for Inflation Forecasting
Presented by: Fabio Rumler, Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Bias Due to Sourcing Substitutions: Can It Be Measured?
Presented by: Alice Nakamura, ALBERTA UNIV

  

Session 186: CNEH 5 - Health, Wealth and Institutions / Santé, richesse et institutions
Session Organizer: Frank Lewis, Queen's University
Session Chair: Cherie Metcalf, Queen's University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: N0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 419
Age, Wealth, and Portfolio Composition: A Quantile Regression Approach
[slides]
JEL codes: N,H
Presented by: Livio Di Matteo, Lakehead University
Discussant: Kris Inwood, University of Guelph
The Evolution of Credit Institutions in Colonial India
Presented by: Anirban Mukherjee, University of British Columbia
Discussant: Richard Sicotte, University of Vermont
Chains of Evidence: Lessons from the Smallpox Epidemic in the Hudson Bay Region, 1781-82
Presented by: Frank Lewis, Queen's University
Discussant: Cherie Metcalf, Queen's University

  

Session 187: International economics 8: anti-dumping and tariff issues / Économie internationale 8 : questions par rapport à l'antidumping et à la protection
Session Organizer: Ngo Long, McGill University
Session Chair: Piyush Chandra, Colgate University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: F1
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 505
Tariff Evasion Under Free Trade Agreement: Empirical Evidence From NAFTA
JEL codes: F13, H26
Presented by: Andrey Stoyanov, York University
Discussant: Wanling Huang, Concordia University
A GMM Study of the Effect of NAFTA on Quebec Manufacturing Industries
Presented by: Wanling Huang, Concordia University
Discussant: Piyush Chandra, Colgate University
Anti-dumping Duties and its Impact on Exporters: Firm Level Evidence from China
Presented by: Piyush Chandra, Colgate University
Discussant: Andrey Stoyanov, York University

  

Session 188: CWEN 8: Women's Time and Labour Supply / Temps et offre de travail chez les femmes
Session Organizer: Joanne Roberts, University of Calgary
Session Chair: Janice Compton, University of Manitoba
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: J0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 308
The Collective Marriage Matching Model: Identification, Estimation and Testing
JEL codes: J12,J13
Presented by: Eugene Choo, University of Calgary
Discussant: Sonia Laszlo, McGill University
Your time or mine: who spends time with the kid(s)?
Presented by: Linda Welling, University of Victoria
Discussant: Adian McFarlane, University of Manitoba
Family Proximity and Women's Labor Force Attachment
Presented by: Janice Compton, University of Manitoba
Discussant: Sarah A. MacPhee, Dalhousie University

  

Session 189: Contracts/Network / Contrats et réseaux
Session Organizer: Takashi Kunimoto, McGill University
Session Chair: Alan Chan, Atlantic Baptist University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: D0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 421
Network Analysis and Canada's Large Value Transfer System
JEL codes: D85,G10
Presented by: Tom Roberts, Bank of Canada
The Importance of Mixed Incentive Contracts in Partnerships
Presented by: Kevin Siqueira, University of Texas at Dallas
Information Acquisition Cost, Contractual Designs and Choice of Damages
Presented by: Alan Chan, Atlantic Baptist University

  

Session 190: Apprenticeships and Training / Stages et formation
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session Chair: (James) Ted McDonald, university of new brunswick
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: J0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 506
The incidence of apprenticeship training in Canada: The Role of Family Background and Immigrant Status
JEL codes: J24, J44, J61
Presented by: (James) Ted McDonald, university of new brunswick
Discussant: Serge Nadeau, University of Ottawa
The Persistence Behaviour of Registered Apprentices: Who Continues, Quits, or Completes Programs?
Presented by: Christine Laporte, Statistique Canada
Discussant: Philippe Belley, The University of Western Ontario
Short-Term Training Programs for Immigrants: Do Effects Differ from Natives and Why?
Presented by: Thomas Walter, ZEW Centre for European EconomicResearch
Discussant: Li Xue, Citizenship and Immigration Canada
The Relationship between Further Training and Job Satisfaction
Presented by: Claudia Burgard, Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (RGS) and RWI Essen, Germany
Discussant: Kelly Foley, Copenhagen Business School

  

Session 191: IO: Markets for Information / Organisation industrielle : les marchés de l'information
Session Organizer: Maxim Sinitsyn, McGill University
Session Chair: Zhongmin Wang, Northeastern University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: L0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 309
Anonymity, Social Image, and the Competition for Volunteers: A Case Study of the Online market for reviews
JEL codes: H41, L15. L84
Presented by: Zhongmin Wang, Northeastern University
Credence Goods, Experts and Risk Aversion
Presented by: Olivier Bonroy, INRA
Does Asymmetric Information Affect the Premium in Mergers and Acquisitions?
Presented by: Georges Dionne, HEC Montreal
Discussant: Jason Allen, Bank of Canada

  

Session 192: Leverage and Banking Regulation / Effet de levier et réglementation bancaire
Session Organizer: Taoufik Bouezmarni, McGill University
Session Chair: Evren Damar, Bank of Canada
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E3
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 409
Financial Intermediation and Leverage
JEL codes: G24, G28, G32
Presented by: Afrasiab Mirza, Queen's University
The Welfare Cost of Banking Regulation
Presented by: Fulbert TCHANA TCHANA, Ministère des Finances
How Does Bank Leverage Respond to Financial Shocks and Regulatory Changes? Evidence from Canada
Presented by: Evren Damar, Bank of Canada

  

Session 193: Environment 3: Non-market Services / Environnement 3 : services non transigés sur les marchés
Session Organizer: Andrew Leach, University of Alberta
Session Chair: Elizabeth A. Wilman, University of Calgary
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: Q5
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 313
A Canadian price discovery study using a uniform price auction for conservation easements
JEL codes: D44 Q21 Q24 Q57
Presented by: Elizabeth Troutt,
Discussant: Rafat Alam, Grant MacEwan University
Left Wing – Right Wing: Who Cares More About The Environment? Political Affiliation And Willingness To Pay For Public Versus Private Provision
[slides]
Presented by: Diane Dupont, Brock University
Discussant: Johannus Janmaat, University of British Columbia Okanagan
How effective are the biodiversity conservation tools?
Presented by: Rafat Alam, Grant MacEwan University
Discussant: Elizabeth A. Wilman, University of Calgary

  

Session 194: CMSG 8: Macro and Labour / Macroéconomie et travail
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Stephane Pallage, UQAM
Session type: contributed
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 405
Joint Determination of Product and Labor Market Policies in a Model of Rent Creation and Division.
JEL codes: D72,E24,J65,L26
Presented by: Alain Delacroix, UQAM
Unemployment Insurance and Home Production
Presented by: Temel Taskin, University of Rochester
Child Labor and Aggregate Fluctuations
Presented by: Stephane Pallage, UQAM

  

Session 195: State of the Art Lecture: Richard Blundell (University College, London) Empirical Evidence and Tax Reform: Lessons from the Mirrlees Review/Évidence empirique et réforme fiscale : des leçons du rapport Mirrlees. Introduction: J-M Dufour (McGill)
Session Organizer: Victoria Zinde-Walsh, McGill University
Session Chair: David Green, University of British Columbia
Session type: invited
Session JEL code: H0
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: Café Théatre

  

Session 196: Conférence J.K. Galbraith lecture, John Loxley (U. of Manitoba)
Session Organizer: Nick Falvo, Carleton University
Session type: contributed
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: S. des Grands

  

Session 197: Presidential Address / Discour présidentiel: James Brander (UBC), Innovation in Retrospect and Prospect / L'innovation : rétrospective et prospectives. Introduction: Ralph Winter (UBC)
Session Organizer: Victoria Zinde-Walsh, McGill University
Session Chair: Victoria Zinde-Walsh, McGill University
Session type: invited
Date: May 29, 2010
Time: 18:15 - 19:30
Location: Chapelle

  

Session 198: MESA 2: Access to PSE/Accès aux études postsecondaires
Session Organizer: Anne Motte, Université de Montréal
Session Chair: Alex Usher,
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: I2
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 317
Sibsize and Birthorder: Post-Secondary Access and Labour Market Outcomes
JEL codes: I2; J1
Presented by: Arthur Sweetman, Queen's University
Discussant: Ping Ching Winnie Chan, Statistics Canada
Career Goals in High School: Do Students Know What it Takes to Reach Them, and Does it Matter?
Presented by: Marc Frenette, Statistics Canada
Discussant: Felice Martinello, Brock University
Why do so Many Immigrants and their Children Attend University? Some (More) Evidence for Canada
Presented by: Richard E. Mueller, University of Lethbridge
Discussant: Christopher Worswick, Carleton University

  

Session 199: CESG 8: Empirical Analysis of Canadian Economy / Analyses empirique de l'économie canadienne
Session Organizer: Shinichi Sakata, University of British Columbia
Session Chair: Eric Ng, Industry Canada
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: C0,E0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 302
Predicting Canadian Recessions Using Dynamic Probit Modeling Approaches
JEL codes: C22, E32, E37
Presented by: Eric Ng, Industry Canada
Do Peers Affect Student Achievement ? Evidence from Canada Using Group Size Variation
Presented by: Vincent Boucher, U. Montreal
Low Income Dynamics and Determinants under Different Thresholds: New Findings for Canada in 2000 and Beyond
Presented by: Kuan Xu, Dalhousie University

  

Session 200: Short presentations sessions: Public economics / Présentations courtes : économie publique
Session Organizer: Markus Poschke, McGill
Session Chair: James Davies,
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: H0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 402
Private Sector Respons to Public Capital Formation: An Impulse Response Analysis
JEL codes: H54, E22, E62
Presented by: Belayet Hossain, Thompson Rivers Universityi
Who is Really Paying for Your Parking Space? Estimating the Marginal Implicit Value of Off-Street Parking Spaces for Condominiums in Central Edmonton, Canada
[slides]
Presented by: Owen Jung, Industry Canada
Did welfare reform in the US induce a race to the bottom in cash assistance to the poor? Evidence using states’ welfare expenditures from 1997-2006
Presented by: Luz Saavedra, University of St. Thomas
THE IMPLICATIONS OF HUMAN CAPITAL MOBILITY ON PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SKILL INVESTMENTS
Presented by: Rizwana Alamgir-Arif, University of Ottawa
Human development efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa
Presented by: Élisée Miningou, Université de Sherbrooke

  

Session 201: Short presentation session: Theory / Présentations courtes : théorie
Session Organizer: Markus Poschke, McGill
Session Chair: James Brander, University of British Columbia
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: D0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 409
Cheap talk as social coordination: theory and experimental design
JEL codes: D03 C92 D3 D64
Presented by: Eli Spiegelman, UQAM
Multiple self-enforcing contracts
Presented by: Patrick de Lamirande, Cape Breton University
Strategy Framing in the One-Shot Prisoner’s Dilemma Game
Presented by: Robert Moir, UNBSJ
Overlapping Coalitions, Bargaining and Networks
Presented by: Messan Agbaglah, Universite de Montreal
Economic Foundation of Dictatorship in Resource Exporting Countries
Presented by: Samer ATALLAH, McGill University

  

Session 202: International Economics 1: Trade theory and policies / Économie internationale 1 : théorie et politiques commerciales
Session Organizer: Ngo Long, McGill University
Session Chair: Kenji Fujiwara, Kwansei Gakuin University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: F10
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 506
Cross-Sector Spillover Effects of Trade Liberalization
JEL codes: F12, F13
Presented by: Aleksandr Vashchilko, KIMEP
Discussant: Kenji Fujiwara, Kwansei Gakuin University
Preferential Trade Agreements, Technology Adoption and the Speed of Attaining Free Trade
Presented by: Hiroshi Mukunoki, Gakushuin University
Discussant: Aleksandr Vashchilko, KIMEP
Optimal Tariffs on Exhaustible Resources: A Leader-Follower Model
Presented by: Kenji Fujiwara, Kwansei Gakuin University
Discussant: Hiroshi Mukunoki, Gakushuin University

  

Session 203: International economics 9: migration, border, and spatial issues in trade / Économie internationale 9 : questions reliées à la migration, aux frontières et aux aspect spatiaux en commerce
Session Organizer: Ngo Long, McGill University
Session Chair: Andreas Waldkirch, Colby College
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: F1
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 505
Trade and Migration: a U-Shaped Transition in Eastern Europe
JEL codes: F12 F16 R12
Presented by: Adolfo Cristobal-Campoamor, ISET
Discussant: Andreas Waldkirch, Colby College
Tear Down this Wall: On the Persistence of Borders in Trade
Presented by: Volker Nitsch, Darmstadt University of Technology
Discussant: Adolfo Cristobal-Campoamor, ISET
Spatial Effects of Foreign Direct Investment in US States
Presented by: Andreas Waldkirch, Colby College
Discussant: Volker Nitsch, Darmstadt University of Technology

  

Session 204: Economics and Religion / Économie et religion
Session Organizer: Mukesh Eswaran, University of British Columbia
Session Chair: Mukesh Eswaran, University of British Columbia
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: Z9
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 503
Competition between Exclusive Faiths: Why the Jews Ceased Proselytizing
[slides]
JEL codes: D71, Z12
Presented by: Mario Ferrero, University of Western Ontario and King's
Discussant: Mukesh Eswaran, University of British Columbia
Government Grants and Church Charitable Spending
Presented by: Jonathan Rosborough, St. Francis Xavier University
Discussant: Mario Ferrero, University of Western Ontario and King's
Competition and Performance in the Marketplace for Religion: A Theoretical Perspective
Presented by: Mukesh Eswaran, University of British Columbia
Discussant: Jonathan Rosborough, St. Francis Xavier University

  

Session 205: CPEG - Topics in Public Economics / Sujets en économie publique
Session Organizer: Arnaud Dellis, Universite Laval
Session Chair: Max Blouin, UQAM
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: H0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 504
Does compulsory volunteering affect subsequent behaviour?:Evidence from a natural experiment in Canada
JEL codes: H44
Presented by: Wei Yang, McMaster University
Equilibrium Climate Change Policy: Abatement vs. Defensive Action and International Cooperation to Reduce Global Warming
Presented by: Martin Farnham, University of Victoria
Peacekeeping: A Strategic Approach
Presented by: Max Blouin, UQAM

  

Session 206: Returns to Education and Experience / Rendements à l'éducation et à l'expérience
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session Chair: Thomas Lemieux, University of British Columbia
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: J0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 404
Are We Spending Too Many Years in School? Causal Evidence of the Impact of Shortening Secondary School Duration
JEL codes: I21, J18, C21
Presented by: Stephan Thomsen, University Magdeburg
Discussant: Benjamin Sand, University of British Columbia
The evolution of earnings returns to education in Canada, 1981 to 2001: Empirical evidence from the Census
Presented by: Zhengxi Lin,
Discussant: Thomas Lemieux, University of British Columbia
What happened to earnings returns to experience in Canada over the last 20 years?
Presented by: JUN CHEN, HRSDC
Discussant: David Green, University of British Columbia

  

Session 207: Land and Urban policy / La terre et les politiques d'urbanisme
Session Organizer: John Galbraith, McGill University
Session Chair: Elena Prager, York University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: R0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 507
A Simple Positive Theory of Government’s Land Policy
[slides]
JEL codes: R13, R14
Presented by: Francis Cheung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Discussant: Yao Tang, Bowdoin College
The Propiska System as a Constraint on Capital City Size in Soviet Russia
Presented by: Elena Prager, York University
Discussant: Victor Couture, University of Toronto
Land Use Regulation and the US Housing Cycle Between 2000 and 2009
Presented by: Yao Tang, Bowdoin College
Discussant: Nick Falvo, Carleton University
A mechanism for knowledge transfers in cities
Presented by: Victor Couture, University of Toronto
Discussant: Francis Cheung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

  

Session 208: Mathematical Economics / Économie mathématique
Session Organizer: Takashi Kunimoto, McGill University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: C7
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 419

  

Session 209: Investments in Children / L'investissement dans le enfants
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session Chair: Andriana Bellou, universite de montreal
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: J0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 314
Funding special education: incentives and outcomes in British Columbia
JEL codes: I12, I21
Presented by: Ross Hickey, University of British Columbia
Discussant: Sébastien LaRochelle-Côté, Statistics Canada
Son Preference, Gender Differentials in Child Labor, and Efficiency
Presented by: Alok Kumar, University of Victoria
Discussant: Andriana Bellou, universite de montreal
Education Investment and Fertility
Presented by: Atsushi Miyake, Kobe Gakuin University
Discussant: Chris Bidner,
Reinvestigating Who Benefits and Who Loses from Universal Childcare in Canada
Presented by: Steven Lehrer, Queen's University and NBER
Discussant: Habiba Djebbari, Laval University

  

Session 210: IO: Dynamic Pricing Models / Organisation industrielle : modèles dynamiques de la fixation des prix
Session Organizer: Maxim Sinitsyn, McGill University
Session Chair: Piin-hueih Chiang, University of Texas at Austin
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: L0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 305
Waterfall versus Sprinkler Product Launch Strategy: Influencing the Herd
[slides]
JEL codes: D82,D83,L12
Presented by: Manaswini Bhalla, The Pennsylvania State University/Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
Discussant: Ivan Ledezma, Université Paris-Dauphine
The Determinants of Collusion under Exogenous Demand Fluctuations
Presented by: Erik Pot, Maastricht University
Discussant: Leonardo Basso, Universidad de Chile
Timing Entry of One-way Essential Complements: The Real Options Approach
Presented by: Piin-hueih Chiang, University of Texas at Austin
Discussant: Unnikrishnan Pillai, SUNY Albany

  

Session 211: Migration, Immigration and Assimilation / Migration, immigration et assimilation
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session Chair: Lihui Zhang, University of Regina
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: J0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 313
Workers Without Borders? Culture, Migration and Political Limits to Globalization
JEL codes: D72, F22, J61
Presented by: Sumon Majumdar, Queen's University
Discussant: Patrizio Piraino, Statistics Canada
Neighborhood Effects on Labor Market Outcomes of First- and Second-Generation Migrants in Germany
Presented by: Regina Flake, Ruhr Graduate School in Economics, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
Discussant: Lihui Zhang, University of Regina
The Influence of Education on Individual Mobility: Considering East-West Migration in Germany
Presented by: Silvia Melzer, Institute for Employment Research
Discussant: Regina Flake, Ruhr Graduate School in Economics, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung

  

Session 212: Empirical Finance I / Finance empirique I
Session Organizer: Taoufik Bouezmarni, McGill University
Session Chair: Lari Viianto, Universidad de Guanajuato.
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: G0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 308
Macroeconomic News Index: Assessing the Impact of Broader Measures of Macroeconomic News on Financial Markets
JEL codes: C22; C45; G14;
Presented by: Ivan Medovikov, University of Western Ontario
Les institutions comme déterminants de la structure financière des entreprises
Presented by: Hanene HENCHIRI, Faculté de Droit d'Economie et d Gestion
RUNUP OF ACQUIRER STOCK IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ACQUISITIONS
Presented by: Dan Li, York University
Effects of loan loss provisions on growth in bank lending : some international comparisons
Presented by: Vincent Bouvatier, Université de Paris Ouest - Nanterre La Défense

  

Session 213: Health and Health Care II / Santé et soins de santé II
Session Organizer: Erin Strumpf, McGill University
Session Chair: Luc Bissonnette, Tilburg University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: I1
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 315
A Multilevel Analysis of Price Dynamics for a Selected Cohort of Drugs
[slides]
JEL codes: C23,I11,I18,L11
Presented by: Zhe (Jerry) Ren, Dalhousie University
Physician Payment and Medical Malpractice Mechanisms
Presented by: Koffi Kpelitse, HEC Montréal
Individual Survival Curves Combining Subjective and Actual Mortality Risks
Presented by: Luc Bissonnette, Tilburg University
Growing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Health Care: 2000-2007
Presented by: Elham Mahmoudi, Wayne State University - Institute of Ge

  

Session 214: CREE 3: Property Rights and Social Norms / Droits de propriété et normes sociales
Session Organizer: Andrew Leach, University of Alberta
Session Chair: Joel Bruneau, University of Saskatchewan
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: Q5
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 323
Endogenous Social Norms, Regulations and Compliance in Public Goods
JEL codes: H41, D0
Presented by: Linda Nøstbakken, University of Alberta
Discussant: Cherie Metcalf, Queen's University
Measuring the Impact of Judicial Adjustments to Property Rights: Resource Industries and Aboriginal Rights in Canada
Presented by: Cherie Metcalf, Queen's University
Discussant: Alexandre Croutzet, UQAM
The Design of Property Rights in Presence of Externality and Market Power
Presented by: Alexandre Croutzet, UQAM
Discussant: Joel Bruneau, University of Saskatchewan

  

Session 215: Environment 4: Climate Policy / Environnement 4 : Politiques en matière du climat
Session Organizer: Andrew Leach, University of Alberta
Session Chair: Donald Dewees, University of Toronto
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: Q5
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 421
Mitigation + Adaptation: What is the optimal climate change policy mix?
JEL codes: Q54
Presented by: Werner Antweiler, University of British Columbia
Discussant: Andrei Bazhanov, Queen's University
The Economics of Hydro and Wind Power in a Carbon Constrained World
Presented by: Hui Zhu, University of Calgary
Discussant: Itziar Lazkano, University of Calgary
Geoengineering and Catastrophic Climate Change
Presented by: Juan B. Moreno-Cruz, University of Calgary
Discussant: Jose Tapia Granados, University of Michigan

  

Session 216: International Macro / Macroéconomie internationale
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Sharif Khan, Queen's University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: F3
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 413
Imperfect Asset Substitution in a Small Open Economy Model
JEL codes: E52
Presented by: José Dorich, Bank of Canada
Discussant: Rosmy Jean Louis, Vancouver Island University
Business Cycles synchronicity and Income Levels: Is there a single world business cycle?
[slides]
Presented by: Rosmy Jean Louis, Vancouver Island University
Discussant: José Dorich, Bank of Canada
A Two-Sector International Real Business Cycles Model with Investment-Specific Technology Shocks
Presented by: Sharif Khan, Queen's University
Discussant: Hashmat Khan, Carleton University

  

Session 217: Macro: Crisis and Recovery / Macroéconomie : crise et relance
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Thomas Davidoff, University of British Columbia
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 414
Supply Elasticity and the Housing Cycle of the 2000s: What Should Economists Have Known and When Should They Have Known It?
JEL codes: R31, R21, G12
Presented by: Thomas Davidoff, University of British Columbia
NAFTA and the 2008 financial crisis: Transmission through trade linkages
Presented by: Jacob Wibe, University of Western Ontario
Is Economic Recovery a Myth? Robust Estimation of Impulse Responses
Presented by: Nikolay Zubanov, University of Tilburg

  

Session 218: Banking I / Système bancaire I
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Hajime Tomura, Bank of Canada
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E3
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 415
Counterfeit Quality and Verification in a Monetary Exchange
JEL codes: E40, E58
Presented by: Enchuan Shao, Bank of Canada
Liquidity and Bank Capital Requirements
Presented by: Hajime Tomura, Bank of Canada
Bank Competition and Degree of Liquidity Risk
Presented by: Taweewan Sidthidet, McGill University

  

Session 219: CETC 5: Contracts/Mechanism Design / Contrats et conception des mécanismes
Session Organizer: Takashi Kunimoto, McGill University
Session Chair: Takashi Kunimoto, McGill University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: D0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 423
Subgame-Perfect Implementation under Value Perturbations and the Hold-Up Problem
JEL codes: C79, D82
Presented by: Takashi Kunimoto, McGill University
Reputation Dynamic in Credit Markets
Presented by: Dmitry Shapiro, University of North Carolina
Discussant: Licun Xue, McGill University
Optimal Shirking in Teams
Presented by: Tadashi Sekiguchi, Kyoto University
Discussant: Dmitry Shapiro, University of North Carolina

  

Session 220: State of the Art Lecture / Conférence État des connaissances: Martin Eichenbaum (Northwestern U): Fiscal Multipliers/Multiplicateurs fiscaux. Introduction: Steve Ambler (UQAM)
Session Organizer: Victoria Zinde-Walsh, McGill University
Session Chair: Steven Ambler, UQAM
Session type: invited
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: Café Théatre

  

Session 221: Issues in trade and financial integration / Questions sur le commerce et l'intégration financière
Session Organizer: Markus Poschke, McGill
Session Chair: Frances Woolley, Carleton University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: F1
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 405
Credit Constraint and Global Sourcing
JEL codes: F10, F14, G20
Presented by: Leilei Shen, University of Toronto
Distributional Effects of Trade Reform in India
Presented by: Sourabh Paul, University of British Columbia
Gains from Trade, Agricultural Trade, and the "Food Problem"
Presented by: Kai Xu, The University of Western Ontario
Intégration financière et prime de risque de change des PECO : une évaluation à partir du MEDAFI
Presented by: Salem Boubakri, Université paris Ouest La Défense

  

Session 222: Issues in macroeconomics / Questions en macroéconomie
Session Organizer: Markus Poschke, McGill
Session Chair: Nikolay Gospodinov, Concordia University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 408
Fiducial Distribution Confidence Intervals for Threshold Models with an Application to Credit Market Crises
Presented by: Luiggi Donayre, Washington University in St. Louis
Medical and Longevity Insurance: Correlated Risks under Imperfect Information in Incomplete Markets
Presented by: Louise Lavoie, Université du Québec à Montréal
A Structural Model of Tax Progressivity and Self-Employment
Presented by: Jean-Francois Wen, University of Calgary

  

Session 223: CSLS: New Measures of Well-Being for Canada / Nouvelles mesures du bien-être canadien
Session Organizer: Victoria Zinde-Walsh, McGill University
Session Chair: Hans Messinger, Economic Consultant
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: I3
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 309
Good Life Time (GLT): A New Framework and Index for Measuring Social Progress
JEL codes: I3
Presented by: Michael Wolfson, University of Ottawa and Statistics Canada
Estimates of the Levy Institute Measure of Well-Being for Canada (LIMEW)
Presented by: Alex Murray, CSLS
Discussant: Michael Veall, McMaster University
New Estimates of the Index of Economic Well-being for Canada and the Provinces, 1981-2009
Presented by: Andrew Sharpe, Centre for the Study of Living Standards
Discussant: Doug May, Memorial University

  

Session 224: Bank of Canada / Banque du Canada - Financial Stability Issues / Questions reliées à la stabilité financière
Session Organizer: Denise Côté, Bank of Canada
Session Chair: Denise Côté, Bank of Canada
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E3
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 423
Regulatory Constraints on Bank Leverage: Issues and Lessons from the Canadian Experience
[slides]
JEL codes: G01, G28, G21
Presented by: Etienne Bordeleau, Bank of Canada
Discussant: Benoit Perron, Universite de Montreal
Macroprudential regulation and systemic capital
Presented by: celine gauthier, bank of Canada
Discussant: Georges Dionne, HEC Montreal
Simulations du ratio du service de la dette des consommateurs en utilisant des données micro
Presented by: Ramdane Djoudad, Bank of Canada
Discussant: Mario Seccareccia,

  

Session 225: MESA 3: Financial Aid, Background and Persistence/ Aide financière, antécédents et persévérance
Session Organizer: Anne Motte, Université de Montréal
Session Chair: Arthur Sweetman, Queen's University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: I2
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 317
Willingness to Borrow: Using Lab Experiments to Examine Loan Aversion Among Canadian High School Students
JEL codes: I22
Presented by: Jean-Pierre Voyer, Social Research and Demonstration Corp.
Discussant: Kelly Foley, Copenhagen Business School
Access to Post-Secondary Education and Family Background: The Early Childhood Years
Presented by: Ross Finnie, University of Ottawa
Discussant: Arthur Sweetman, Queen's University
Student persistence and satisfaction with university services in Canada
Presented by: Felice Martinello, Brock University
Discussant: Colin Busby, C.D. Howe Institute

  

Session 226: CDESG 6: Latin America / Amérique latine
Session Organizer: Franque Grimard, McGill University
Session Chair: Luc Savard, Université de Sherboorke
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: O1,R0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 315
DYNAMICS OF POVERTY, LABOR MARKET AND PUBLIC POLICIES IN LATIN AMERICA
Presented by: Ana Laura Fernandez, Universidad Nacional de Gral. Sarmiento
Discussant: Anyck Dauphin, Université du Québec en Outaouais
Impact of property rights on poor households' investment decisions: a treatment evaluation of a titling programme in Peru
Presented by: Oswaldo Molina, University of Oxford
Discussant: David Jacho-Chavez, Indiana University
Reallocation, Productivity, and the Ecuadorian Economic Crisis: Evidence from Firm-Level Data
Presented by: David Jacho-Chavez, Indiana University
Discussant: Oswaldo Molina, University of Oxford

  

Session 227: CESG 9: Short Presentation Session / Séance de présentations courtes
Session Organizer: Shinichi Sakata, University of British Columbia
Session Chair: Krishna Kadiyala, Algoma University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: C0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 302
Sticky Hierarchical Dirichlet Process Model with Application to Economic Time Series
JEL codes: C11; C14; C53
Presented by: Yong Song, University of Toronto
Macroeconomic Factors and the Cross Section of Commodity Returns
Presented by: Hua (Helen) Shang, concordia university
Threshold GARCH model: Theory and Application
Presented by: Jing Wu, University of Western Ontario
A Consistent Test for Infinite Order Stochastic Dominance
Presented by: Rami Tabri, McGill Univeristy
Empirical Performance of Efficient Monte Carlo Simulation Strategies for Option Pricing in Incomplete Market
Presented by: Zhibo Jia, University of Western Ontario

  

Session 228: CEANA: Macroeconomics and Finance / Finance et macroéconomie
Session Organizer: Andrew Ching, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Fuchun Li, Bank of Canada
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 503
The Impact of Personal Bankruptcy on Entrepreneurship
JEL codes: L26
Presented by: George Jia, University of Western Ontario
Delayed Output Response to Technology Shocks in a Monetary Search Model
Presented by: Ling Sun, University of Toronto
Identifying Asymmetric Comovements of International Stock Market Returns
Presented by: Fuchun Li, Bank of Canada

  

Session 229: Issues in IO and finance / Questions en organisation industrielle et finance
Session Organizer: Taoufik Bouezmarni, McGill University
Session Chair: William Pouliot, University of Liverpool
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: G0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 421
Reputation and Endogenous Membership in a Mixed Duopsony
JEL codes: D, L
Presented by: GBOWAN DJEGNENE, UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL
Discussant: Zhen He, University of Alberta
A Spatial Analysis of Tenants in Planned Regional Shopping Centers
Presented by: Zhen He, University of Alberta

  

Session 230: Academic and Professional Labour Markets / Les marchés d'emploi académique et professionnel
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session Chair: Frances Woolley, Carleton University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: J0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 506
Does hotness pay? The relationship between physical attractiveness, productivity and earnings for Ontario economics professors.
JEL codes: j3, j4
Presented by: Frances Woolley, Carleton University
Discussant: Kim Lehrer, University of Oxford
Career Dynamics of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers
Presented by: Natalia Mishagina, Analysis Group
Discussant: Ping Ching Winnie Chan, Statistics Canada
Why tenure?
Presented by: Bruce Cater, Trent University
Discussant: Jonathan Smith, Boston University

  

Session 231: National policy issues / Questions reliées aux politiques nationales
Session Organizer: John Galbraith, McGill University
Session Chair: Stephen Tapp, Parliamentary Budget Office
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: H0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 504
Has Canada Caught Dutch Disease?
Presented by: Mohammad Shakeri, University of Saskatchewan

  

Session 232: Coalitions/Social Interactions / Coalitions/Interactions sociales
Session Organizer: Takashi Kunimoto, McGill University
Session Chair: Licun Xue, McGill University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: C7
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 507
Bidding and Choice of a Public Project
JEL codes: D0
Presented by: Licun Xue, McGill University
Discussant: Onur Ozgur, University of Montreal
Dynamic Social Interactions: Identification and Characterization
Presented by: Onur Ozgur, University of Montreal
Discussant: Takashi Kunimoto, McGill University

  

Session 233: IO: Energy / Organisation industrielle : énergie
Session Organizer: Maxim Sinitsyn, McGill University
Session Chair: Donald Dewees, University of Toronto
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: L0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 308
Condominium Electricity Sub-metering Effects
JEL codes: L94, L97, L51
Presented by: Donald Dewees, University of Toronto
Discussant: Joseph I. Daniel, University of Delaware
Energy Efficiency: Efficiency or Monopsony?
Presented by: Timothy Brennan, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Discussant: Jean-Etienne de Bettignies, Queen's University

  

Session 234: Working Time / Temps de travail
Session Organizer: Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Session Chair: Ke(Kelly) Chen, Dalhousie University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: J0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 313
Vacation Leave and Relations to Work Hours and Wages in Canadian Establishments
Presented by: Ali Fakih, HEC Montréal
Discussant: Coralia Quintero-Rojas, Universidad de Guanajuato
Hours worked: Explaining the cross-country differences through the effects of tax/benefit systems on the employment rate
Presented by: Coralia Quintero-Rojas, Universidad de Guanajuato
Discussant: Ali Fakih, HEC Montréal

  

Session 235: Empirical Finance II / Finance empirique II
Session Organizer: Taoufik Bouezmarni, McGill University
Session Chair: Yonggan Zhao, Dalhousie University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: G0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 419
Performance of Commercial Banks in China: Does Ownership Matter?
JEL codes: G21, G28, G34
Presented by: Steven Shuye Wang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Expansion and exposure of Canadian banks abroad
Presented by: Hugues Létourneau, The North-South Institute
CHANGES IN CAPITAL AND RISK: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF EUROPEAN BANKS
Presented by: Amine Tarazi, University of Limoges, France

  

Session 236: CREE 4: Energy Security and Pollution Havens / Sécurité en matière d'énergie et abris pour les pollueurs
Session Organizer: Andrew Leach, University of Alberta
Session Chair: Diane Dupont, Brock University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: Q3
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 323
Financial markets instability and pollution
JEL codes: Q53; Q56
Presented by: Patrick Richard, Université de Sherbrooke
Discussant: Robert Weiner, George Washington University
Economic Nationalism and the Quest for Energy Security: (How) Does Government Policy Affect Firm Behavior?
Presented by: Robert Weiner, George Washington University
Discussant: Ivan Medovikov, University of Western Ontario
Transboundary movements of waste
Presented by: Sophie Bernard, University of Ottawa
Discussant: Ida Ferrara, York University

  

Session 237: Canadian Macro Analysis / Analyse macroéconomique du Canada
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Maxym Chaban, University of Saskatchewan
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 413
Nowcasting Provincial GDP Using High-Frequency Data
JEL codes: C52 C53 E17 E37
Presented by: Michael Dolega, Bank of Canada
Determinants of the Real Exchange Rate in a Small Open Economy: Evidence from Canada
Presented by: Amir Kia, Utah Valley University
Effect of Canadian Monetary Policy on Provincial Income Growth
Presented by: Benjamin Kusi-Sekyere, Mount Royal University
Performance of Inflation Targeting across Canadian Provinces
Presented by: Maxym Chaban, University of Saskatchewan

  

Session 238: Banking II / Système bancaire II
Session Organizer: Michelle Alexopoulos, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Eric Kam, Ryerson University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E3
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 415
The Impact of Bank Regulation on the Transmission of Shocks
JEL codes: E44, E52, G21
Presented by: Kevin Moran, Université Laval
Financial Frictions and Credit Spreads
Presented by: Ke Pang, Wilfrid Laurier University
A Simple Theory of Banking and the Relationship between Commercial Banks and the Central Bank
Presented by: Eric Kam, Ryerson University

  

Session 239: Short presentations session: Environment and Natural Resources / Présentations courtes : environnement et ressources naturelles
Session Organizer: Markus Poschke, McGill
Session Chair: Alice Nakamura, ALBERTA UNIV
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: Q2,Q3
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 404
Opportunities and Reservations: Trading Water in the Okanagan
JEL codes: Q12, Q19, Q25
Presented by: Johannus Janmaat, University of British Columbia Okanagan
Output Tax and Emission Tax in the Presence of Polluting and Non-polluting Goods
Presented by: Ida Liu, University of Ottawa
Modeling the Choice of the Organizational Form in the European Bioethanol Industry
Presented by: Monia Ferchichi, Polytechnic Institute LaSalle Beauvais
The Institutional Foundations of Economic Stagnation in Primary-Commodities’ Exporting Countries
[slides]
Presented by: Sylvain Dessy, Universite Laval
An Amplification Mechanism in a Model of Energy
Presented by: Anna Kormilitsina, Southern Methodist University

  

Session 240: Issues in Banking and Financial Stability / Questions sur le système bancaire et la stabilité financière
Session Organizer: Markus Poschke, McGill
Session Chair: Michael Veall, McMaster University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: E3
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 405
Leasing and Business Cycles
Presented by: Na Zhang, The University of British Columbia
The Effect of Mergers and Acquisitions on Bank Holding Company Risk Taking
Presented by: Lu Wang, University of Alberta
Leaky Lifeboats in Stormy Seas: How Financial Insurer Instability Can Survive and Thrive
Presented by: Eric Stephens, University of Alberta

  

Session 241: Short presentations session: Applied microeconomics and public policy / Présentations courtes : microéconomie et politiques publiques
Session Organizer: Markus Poschke, McGill
Session Chair: Van Hai Nguyen, U. of Toronto
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: H0, D0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 409
Utilization of Maternal Health Services in Low Income countries
JEL codes: I1,I10,I12,I19
Presented by: Harminder Guliani, University of Manitoba
Peer Effects and Fast Food Consumption
Presented by: Myra Yazbeck, Universite Laval
Could China have achieved the same reduction in fertility rate using a voluntary rather than a coercive population control method?
Presented by: Jun Zhao, University of Manitoba
Are Foster Children Made Better Off by Informal Fostering Arrangements?
Presented by: Legrand Yémélé Kana, Université Laval
Help or Hindrance: Temporary Help Agencies and the United States Transitory Workforce
[slides]
Presented by: Fraser Summerfield, University of Guelph

  

Session 242: Table ronde CSLS Panel: Striking the Balance Between Market Forces and State Intervention in Canadian Economic Policy - D. Green (UBC); Mel Watkins (university of Toronto; Jean-Yves Duclos (Universite Laval); J. Richards (SFU); R. Van Loon (CSLS)
Session Organizer: Victoria Zinde-Walsh, McGill University
Session Chair: Andrew Sharpe, Centre for the Study of Living Standards
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: H0
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 309

  

Session 243: Assemblée générale ACE/CEA General Meeting (refreshments provided / rafraîchissements servis)
Session Organizer: Victoria Zinde-Walsh, McGill University
Session type: invited
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 12:30 - 13:30
Location: S. des Grands

   Index of Participants

Legend: C=chair, P=Presenter, D=Disscussant

Session 244: Conseil exécutif ACE/CEA Executive Council Meeting II
Session Organizer: Victoria Zinde-Walsh, McGill University
Session type: invited
Date: May 30, 2010
Time: 13:30 - 15:30
Location: S. des Grands

#	Participant	Roles in Conference
1	Abdelkrim, Araar	D40, P141, D167
2	Acharya, Ram C.	P130
3	Agbaglah, Messan	P201
4	Airaudo, Marco	P59
5	Aireen, Nusrat	P67
6	Akbari, Ather	P33
7	Akerlof, George	P66
8	Alam, Rafat	D193, P193
9	Alamgir-Arif, Rizwana	P200
10	Alexeev, Vitali	P62
11	Alexopoulos, Michelle	P130
12	Allen, Jason	C145, P145, D191
13	Alvarez-Cuadrado, Francisco	C122, P122
14	Ambler, Steven	C220
15	AmirKhalkhali, Sal	P21
16	Anagnostopoulos, Alexis	P50
17	Annen, Kurt	C14, D14, D84, P159
18	Antweiler, Werner	D82, C174, P215
19	Arbex, Marcelo	P89
20	Arif, Faisal	P149
21	Ariizumi, Hideki	P56, D67
22	Arvin, Mak	P83
23	Atalay, Kadir	P94
24	ATALLAH, Samer	P201
25	Atewamba, Calvin	P82
26	Aydede, Yigit	P20, D47
27	Aydin, Faruk	P163
28	Ayough, Babak	P62
29	Échevin, Damien	P56
30	Bailliu, Jeannine	D109, C116, C134
31	Bandara, Ranjith	D117, P117, D159
32	Baragar, Fletcher	P13
33	Barczyk, Daniel	P23, D51
34	Barla, Philippe	P57
35	Barnett, Russell	D133
36	Barnett, Richard	D23, P51
37	Barnette, Justin	C60, P60
38	Barrington-Leigh, Christopher	P114
39	BAS, Maria	P69
40	Baskerville, Peter	P121
41	Bassetto, Marco	P134
42	Basso, Leonardo	P172, D210
43	Battisti, Michele	P148
44	Bayard, Justin	C100, P100
45	Bazhanov, Andrei	P149, D215
46	Beaudreau, Bernard	C78, D78, P78
47	Beaudry, Catherine	D100, C124, P124
48	Bellemare, Charles	C29, P29
49	Belley, Philippe	D143, P143, D190
50	Bellou, Andriana	P170, C209, D209
51	Beltran, Daniel O.	C104, P104
52	Bensalah, Henda	P147
53	Bernard, Sophie	D74, P236
54	Berthou, Antoine	D18, P18
55	Berube, Charles	P100, D172
56	Bhalla, Manaswini	P210
57	Bibi, Sami	D96, P96, D141
58	Bidner, Chris	P170, D209
59	Bilkic, Natasa	P143
60	Bissonnette, Luc	D81, C213, P213
61	Blouin, Max	C205, P205
62	Boadway, Robin	C6
63	Bobonis, Gustavo	P24
64	Boff, Hugo Pedro	D124, P146
65	Boileau, Martin	P92
66	Bonroy, Olivier	D191, P191
67	Boothby, Daniel	P120
68	Bordeleau, Etienne	P224
69	Boskovic, Branko	C19, P19
70	Bouaddi, Mohammed	D118, P118
71	Boubakri, Salem	P221
72	Boucher, Vincent	P199
73	BOURGAIN, Arnaud	P173
74	Bouvatier, Vincent	P212
75	Brander, James	C201
76	Brennan, Timothy	D145, P233
77	Brett, Craig	D96, P96
78	Brouillette, Dany	P72
79	Brown, Natalya	C24, P24
80	Bruneau, Joel	C214, D214
81	Brzozowski, Matthew	P76
82	Burgard, Claudia	P190
83	Burnside, Craig	C153, P153
84	Busby, Colin	D225
85	Cairns, Robert D.	C23, D23, P23
86	Campanale, Claudio	P154
87	Caner, Mehmet	D118, P118
88	Cao, Shutao	C51, D51, P51, D116
89	Carlaw, Kenneth	P132, P178
90	Carrasco, Marine	P41
91	Carrillo, Julio	P59
92	Castro, Rui	C130, P130
93	Cater, Bruce	P230
94	Côté, Denise	D177, C224
95	CETTE, Gilbert	P109
96	Chaban, Maxym	C237, P237
97	Chadha, Nishant	P84
98	Chahrour, Ryan	D118, P118
99	Champagne, Julien	P60, D177
100	Chan, Alan	C189, P189
101	Chan, Ping Ching Winnie	P98, D198, D230
102	Chan, Kelvin	P183
103	Chandra, Piyush	C187, D187, P187
104	Chen, Zhiqi	D183
105	Chen, Ke(Kelly)	P171, C234
106	CHEN, JUN	P206
107	Cherniwchan, Jevan	P82, D161
108	Chernomas, Robert	P13
109	Cheung, Francis	D207, P207
110	Chiang, Piin-hueih	D22, C210, P210
111	Chichilnisky, Graciela	P45
112	Chiu, Jonathan	P27
113	Choo, Eugene	P188
114	Chowdhury, Murshed	D74, P136
115	Coën, Alain	P27
116	Cockburn, John	P40, C160
117	Coe, Patrick	D138
118	Compton, Ryan	P84, C90
119	Compton, Janice	D48, C188, P188
120	Connolly Pray, Marie	D56, P114
121	Cortes, Guido	P49
122	Couprie, Helene	D35, P103
123	Couture, Victor	D207, P207
124	Cristobal-Campoamor, Adolfo	D203, P203
125	Croutzet, Alexandre	D214, P214
126	Crucini, Mario	P105
127	Cuecuecha, Alfredo	P83
128	Cuff, Katherine	P126, D144
129	Curry, Phil	C119, P119
130	Curtis, Lori	C87, D87, P87, C167
131	da Graca, Tarcisio	D124, P145
132	Damar, Evren	C147, C192, P192
133	Dammert, Ana	D180
134	Dan, Ioana	P48, D123
135	Daniel, Joseph I.	C146, P146, D233
136	Darku, Alexander	D165, P165
137	Darvas, Zsolt	C26, D26, P26
138	Das, Anupam	D25, P25
139	Dauphin, Anyck	P35, D226
140	Davidoff, Thomas	C217, P217
141	Davies, James	D76, C200
142	de Bettignies, Jean-Etienne	P145, D233
143	de Carvalho Filho, Irineu	P164
144	de Lamirande, Patrick	P201
145	Delacroix, Alain	P194
146	Dellis, Arnaud	C63
147	Dessy, Sylvain	D84, P239
148	Devlin, Rose Anne	D42, P102
149	Dewees, Donald	D146, C215, C233, P233
150	Dhuey, Elizabeth	C16, D16, P16, D67
151	Di Matteo, Livio	D138, P186
152	Diez de los Rios, Antonio	P175
153	Dimand, Robert	P73
154	Dimitropoulos, Dimitrios	P22, D233
155	Ding, Weili	P7, D106, P106
156	Dionne, Georges	D145, P191, D224
157	Dippel, Christian	D119, C159, D159, P159
158	Dixon, Jay	P183
159	Djebbari, Habiba	P160, D209
160	DJEGNENE, GBOWAN	P229
161	Djoudad, Ramdane	P224
162	Dolega, Michael	P237
163	Donayre, Luiggi	D14, P222
164	Dong, Yingying	P126
165	Dong, Mei	C151, P151
166	Dorich, José	D216, P216
167	Doumbouya, Sékou Falil	P40, D160
168	Drelichman, Mauricio	D73, P138
169	Drolet, Marie	C48, C168, P168
170	Duclos, Jean-Yves	C61
171	Dunbar, Geoffrey	D116, P177
172	Dupont, Diane	D30, P193, C236
173	Dupuis, David	C154, P154
174	Dusha, Elton	P140
175	Dygalo, Natalya	D95, P123
176	Ebertz, Alexander	D97, P97
177	Edinger, Hannes	P97
178	Emery, Herbert	C98, D98, C138, D138
179	Engineer, Merwan	D48
180	Essaji, Azim	C67, D161
181	Estevao, Marcello	P116
182	Eswaran, Mukesh	C204, D204, P204
183	Fakih, Ali	D234, P234
184	Falvo, Nick	C13, P38, D207
185	Fan, Zhaobin	P33
186	Farnham, Martin	D30, P205
187	Faruqui, Umar	P154
188	Farvaque, Etienne	C129, P129
189	Feir, Donna	P79
190	Felbermayr, Gabriel	P88
191	Ferchichi, Monia	P239
192	Ferede, Ergete	P94
193	Fernandez, Ana Laura	D160, P226
194	Ferrara, Ida	P30, D236
195	Ferrer, Ana	C42, P42
196	Ferrero, Mario	D204, P204
197	Filippiadis, Eleftherios	D125, P125
198	Finnie, Ross	D49, P120, C143, P225
199	Fissuh, Eyob	P48
200	Flake, Regina	D211, P211
201	Flotho, Stefanie	P128
202	Foley, Kelly	D142, P142, D167, D190, D225
203	Fortin, Pierre	P93, C114
204	Fortin, Myriam	C123, P141
205	Frazer, Garth	D83, D131, P131
206	Frenette, Marc	P1, P198
207	Friesen, Jane	P37, D123
208	Fujiwara, Kenji	C202, D202, P202
209	Fung, Loretta	C70, D70, P70, D183
210	Gabler, Alain	D30, C176, P176
211	Gagné, Robert	C52, P52, D81
212	Gagnon, Marie-Hélène	C41, P41
213	Galbraith, John	C43, P43
214	Galushko, Viktoriya	D174, P174
215	Garapin, Alexis	C103, P103
216	Garon, Jean-Denis	D119
217	gauthier, celine	P224
218	Gervais, Olivier	P133
219	Ghosh, Madanmohan	D149
220	Gillezeau, Rob	D141, P169
221	GIMET, Celine	P58
222	Gomez, Rafael	C75, D75
223	Goncalves, Silvia	P137
224	Gospodinov, Nikolay	C222
225	Gray, Rowena	D121, P164
226	Green, David	D42, C195, D206
227	GREKOU, Douwere	P152
228	Grey, Alex	P168
229	Grieben, Wolf-Heimo	P75
230	Grimard, Franque	C135
231	Grypari, Ioanna	P140
232	Gu, Wulong	P49
233	Guillin, Amelie	D139, P139
234	Guindon, G Emmanuel	P102
235	Guliani, Harminder	P241
236	Haghiri, Morteza	C163, P163
237	Haley, Brendan	P132
238	Hamilton, Gillian	C121, D121, D121
239	Hammond, Amanda	D171, P171
240	Harvey, Simon	C76, P76
241	Haslam, Alex	P66
242	Hauptmeier, Sebastian	C99, P99
243	He, Zhen	D229, P229
244	Helliwell, John	C66, D114, D114
245	HENCHIRI, Hanene	P212
246	Hickey, Ross	D123, P209
247	Hill, Roderick	D114, D114
248	Hillard, Michael	P86
249	Ho, Giang	D131, P131
250	Ho, Anson	P50
251	Hodgson, Douglas	D73, P136
252	Hodonou, Assogba	P35, D160
253	Horsman, Ken	D37, D37
254	Hossain, Belayet	P200
255	Hotte, Louis	D82, P119
256	Hou, Keqiang	P178
257	Huang, Wanling	D187, P187
258	Huang, Hui	P28
259	Hudson, Mark	P13
260	Huynh, Kim	C92, P116, D183
261	Ihori, Toshihiro	P166
262	Iliescu, Nicoleta	D139, P139
263	Inwood, Kris	P121, D186
264	Iscan, Talan	C35
265	Jacho-Chavez, David	D226, P226
266	Jackson, Ken	C84, D159, P159
267	Jackson, Andrew	P38, P158
268	Jacquet, Laurence	P46
269	Jain, Monica	D150, P150
270	Jametti, Mario	C140, P140
271	Janmaat, Johannus	D193, P239
272	Jaureguiberry, Florencia	D22, P146
273	Javdani, Mohsen	P19, D119
274	Jean Louis, Rosmy	D216, P216
275	Jeong, Yujin	P24
276	Jetter, Michael	C46, P46
277	Jia, George	P228
278	Jia, Zhibo	P227
279	Jiang, Janet	P151
280	Jones, Garett	C152, P152
281	Jones, Stephen	C95, D95
282	Jung, Owen	P200
283	Jung, Young Cheol	P34
284	Jung, Florian	P122
285	Kabaca, Serdar	C21, P21
286	Kadiyala, Krishna	C227
287	Kam, Eric	C238, P238
288	kapoor, sacha	P3
289	Karaivanov, Alexander	D26, P26
290	Karimi, Mohammad	P55
291	Karnizova, Lilia	C177, D177, P177
292	Kartashova, Katya	P134
293	Kasahara, Hiroyuki	C17, P17
294	Kayahan, Cevat	P62
295	Kaymak, Baris	P60
296	Keay, Ian	P138, D164
297	Kengne, Justin Johnson	P82
298	Khalaf, Lynda	P41
299	Khan, Sharif	C216, P216
300	Khan, Hashmat	C178, P178, D216
301	Khazabi, Massoud	P52
302	Khoroshilov, Yuri	P127
303	Kia, Amir	P237
304	Kirabaeva, Koralai	P55
305	Kitsikopoulos, Hary	P73
306	Kliem, Martin	P129
307	Koeberl, Eva	P31
308	Koissy-Kpein, Sandrine	D180, P180
309	Koka, Katerina	C180, D180, P180
310	Kolet, Ilan	C133, P133
311	Kormilitsina, Anna	D57, P239
312	Kotchoni, Rachidi	D77, P136
313	Koumtingué, Nelnan	P21
314	Kozicki, Sharon	C62, D150, P150, C179
315	Kpelitse, Koffi	D102, P213
316	Kröger, Sabine	P29
317	Kriwoluzky, Alexander	P128
318	Kruse, Robinson	D165, P165
319	Kucera, Miroslav	P33
320	Kumar, Alok	C144, C170, P209
321	Kunimoto, Takashi	C219, P219, D232
322	Kusi-Sekyere, Benjamin	P237
323	Lacroix, Guy	P167
324	Lai, Tat-kei	D22, P100
325	Lai, Van Son	P147
326	Lam, Jean-Paul	C31, P31
327	Lamarche, Jean-Francois	C185, P185
328	Landry, Anthony	P115
329	Langinier, Corinne	P54, D172
330	Lapointe, Simon	P37
331	Laporte, Christine	P190
332	LaRochelle-Côté, Sébastien	D171, P171, D209
333	Laroutis, Dimitri	C88, P88
334	Laszlo, Sonia	P161, D188
335	Lavoie, Marc	C158
336	Lavoie, Louise	P222
337	Lazkano, Itziar	C161, P161, D215
338	Létourneau, Hugues	P235
339	Le Blanc, Julia	C28, P28, C173
340	Ledezma, Ivan	P172, D210
341	Lee, Yang Seung	C91, D91, P91
342	Lee, Marc	C132, P132
343	Lehrer, Kim	C40, P40, D230
344	Lehrer, Steven	P7, C171, P209
345	Lejpras, Anna	D54, P124
346	Lemieux, Thomas	C206, D206
347	Leo, Teng Wah	P88
348	Lepetyuk, Vadym	C128, P128
349	Lew, Byron	C164, D164
350	Lewis, Frank	D121, P186
351	Li, Xiaofeng	P52
352	Li, Xianghong	P17
353	Li, Dan	P212
354	Li, Yao	C44, D44, P44
355	Li, Xiaonan	P34
356	Li, Ben	C18, D18, P18
357	Li, Bo	P27, D82
358	Li, Jinhu	P81, D102
359	Li, Fuchun	D26, C228, P228
360	Liesegang, Caterina	P46
361	Liman-Tinguiri, Zacharie	P152
362	Lin, Zhengxi	P206
363	Liston-Heyes, Catherine	D97, C125, D125, P125
364	Liu, Ida	D97, P239
365	Liu, Xingfei	P20
366	Livshits, Igor	C32, P32, D134
367	Lluis, Stéphanie	D87, P87
368	Lombardi, Marco	D133
369	Lonkeng Ngouana, Constant	P77
370	Loxley, John	P13
371	Luchtenberg, César	D91, P91
372	Ly, Pierre	P117
373	Lynk, Michael	P86
374	Macartney, Hugh	P3
375	MacKinnon, James	C111
376	MacPhee, Sarah A.	C56, P56, D188
377	Mahmoudi, Elham	P213
378	Majumdar, Sumon	P211
379	Makdissi, Paul	D35, C72, P72
380	Mallory, Julie	P82
381	Mann, Janelle	D77, P77
382	Marchand, Joseph	P98
383	Marcoul, Philippe	D57, D174, P174
384	Marrouch, Walid	P57
385	Marshall, Jim	P37
386	Martínez-Espiñeira, Roberto	C97, P97
387	Martin, Daniel	P78, D78
388	Martinello, Felice	D198, P225
389	Matheson, Jesse	P19
390	May, Doug	D109, D223
391	Mayer, Katarina	P95, D144
392	Mésonnier, Jean-Stéphane	P15
393	McDonald, (James) Ted	C190, P190
394	McFarlane, Adian	D188
395	McLeod, Logan	D56, P81
396	Medovikov, Ivan	P212, D236
397	Meierrieks, Daniel	P71
398	Melino, Angelo	D75
399	Melzer, Silvia	P211
400	Menard, Jacques	C39, P39
401	Meredith, Katherine	P1, P4, P4, P8, P8, P10
402	Messinger, Hans	C223
403	Metcalf, Cherie	C186, D186, D214, P214
404	Milla, Joniada	P142
405	Milliken, Olga	P81
406	Miningou, Élisée	P200
407	Mirza, Afrasiab	D71, P192
408	Mishagina, Natalia	P230
409	Mitchell, Chris	P178
410	Miyake, Atsushi	D170, P209
411	Miyamoto, Takuro	D82, P82
412	Miyamoto, Kazuko	P94
413	Modeste, Some	P105
414	Mohamed, Ghada	P26
415	Moir, Robert	P201
416	Moldovan, Ioana	P129
417	Molina, Oswaldo	D226, P226
418	Mongrain, Steeve	P119
419	Morales, Lucia	P55
420	Moran, Kevin	P238
421	Moreno-Cruz, Juan B.	C149, P215
422	Morin, Lealand	P80
423	Morin, Louis-Philippe	P79
424	Morrison, William	P39
425	Motte, Anne	C182, P182
426	Mozumder, Pallab	C126, P126
427	Mueller, Richard E.	D37, P198
428	Mukherjee, Anirban	D164, P186
429	Mukunoki, Hiroshi	D202, P202
430	Murphy, Brian B.	D35, P167
431	Murray, Alex	P223
432	Murrell, David	P72
433	Musonera, Etienne	P115
434	Nadeau, Serge	P47, D190
435	Nagaraj, Priya	D18, P18
436	Nagarajan, Hari	D74, P74
437	Nakabayashi, Jun	P19
438	Nakagawa, Ryuichi	D51, P51
439	Nakamura, Alice	C34, C109, D116, P185, C239
440	NANAVATI, ARTI	P79
441	Nøstbakken, Linda	C57, P214
442	Neary, Hugh M.	P23, D96
443	Newman, Keith	P158
444	Ng, Eric	C199, P199
445	Ng, Travis Ka Ho	D54, P100
446	Nguimkeu, Pierre Evariste	P17
447	Nguyen, Van Hai	C241
448	Nikzad, Rashid	P97
449	Nimubona, Alain-Desire	D82, P149
450	Ning, Cathy	C150, D150, P150
451	Nitsch, Volker	D203, P203
452	Normand, France	P121
453	Notten, Geranda	P167
454	Ntantamis, Christos	P137
455	O'Gorman, Melanie	D16, P16
456	OKOU, Cedric	P80
457	Olabiyi, Olayemi	P83
458	Ostrovsky, Yuri	P98, D144
459	Ouattara, Osman	P99
460	Ouederni, Karima	P173
461	Owlam, Niloufar	P62
462	Ozgur, Onur	D232, P232
463	Page, Kevin	P93
464	Pallage, Stephane	C194, P194
465	Pandey, Manish	P48
466	Pang, Ke	P238
467	Panova, Elena	C166, P166
468	Paquin, Jean-Paul	P147
469	Park, Yi-Taek	P164
470	Parlane, Sarah	P53
471	Paterson, Bryan	C71, P71
472	Paul, Sourabh	D84, P221
473	Paul, Sohini	D180, P180
474	Payne, Abigail	P42
475	Perron, Benoit	C27, P80, D224
476	Peter, Jeffrey	P62
477	Petrosky-Nadeau, Nicolas	P32
478	Petrunia, Robert	P92
479	Phipps, Shelley	P67
480	Picault, Julien	P144
481	Pigeon, Marc-Andre	C86
482	Pillai, Unnikrishnan	P172, D210
483	PINAR, Mehmet	P163
484	Piraino, Patrizio	P47, D211
485	Pitchik, Carolyn	C96, P96
486	Poilly, Céline	D176, P176
487	Politi, Ricardo	P72
488	Pollak, Andreas	D124, C172, P172
489	Pot, Erik	D145, P210
490	Pouliot, William	P173, C229
491	Prager, Elena	C207, P207
492	Quintero-Rojas, Coralia	D234, P234
493	Qureshi, Mahvash	P69
494	Rabbior, Gary	P39
495	Rabby, Md	P127
496	Rainville, Bruno	D76, P168
497	Raissian, Kerri	P169
498	Rakovski, Tzvetana	P34
499	Ranasinghe, Ashantha	D176, P176
500	Rankaduwa, Wimal	P84, C117, D117
501	Rao, Someshwar	P109
502	Razo-Garcia, Raul	C115, P115
503	Reich, Otto	P71
504	Reinhorn, Leslie	P46
505	Ren, Yu	C137, P137
506	Ren, Zhe (Jerry)	P213
507	Renzetti, Steven	C30, D149, P174
508	Reza, Sadat	P75
509	Richard, Patrick	D57, P236
510	Richards, John	D37, C120
511	Riddell, Craig	C49, D49
512	Rivadeneyra, Francisco	C105, P105
513	Roberts, Joanne	P42
514	Roberts, Tom	P189
515	Robinson, Chris	D49, P49
516	Robson, Jennifer	C38, C65
517	Rodrigue, Joel	P30
518	Rodriguez, Edgard	C83, D83
519	Romanyuk, Yuliya	C55, P173
520	Rombouts, Jeroen	P43
521	Rosales, Irving	D67, D161, P161
522	Rosborough, Jonathan	D204, P204
523	Rosenblum, Daniel	P160
524	Rossiter, James	P104
525	Roux, Nathalie	D70, P70
526	Rowlands, Dane	P14, D71, C184
527	Rumler, Fabio	P185
528	Rus, Horatiu	P30, D149
529	Ryan, Annette	C183
530	Rybczynski, Kathleen (Kate)	P67
531	Saavedra, Luz	P200
532	Sager, Eric	P121
533	Sakata, Shinichi	C68, P68, C107
534	Samy, Yiagadeesen	P14, D83, C131
535	Sanchez, Alan	P160
536	Sand, Benjamin	P95, D206
537	Santugini, Marc	C53, D53, P53
538	Sarma, Sisira	C81, D81, P102
539	Savard, Luc	P117, C226
540	Sánchez Garcia, Rosa	C74, P74
541	Sébastien, Ménard	P144
542	Schott, Stephan	C148, P148
543	Seccareccia, Mario	P158, D224
544	Secrieru, Oana	D145
545	Seitz, Michael	D44, P44
546	Sekiguchi, Tadashi	D53, P219
547	Self, James	P123
548	Serrano, Carlos	D54, P54
549	Shafir, Eldar	P66
550	Shahriar, Quazi	C127, P127
551	Shakeri, Mohammad	P231
552	Shang, Hua (Helen)	D77, P227
553	Shao, Enchuan	P218
554	Shapiro, Dmitry	D219, P219
555	Sharpe, Andrew	P114, P223, C242
556	Shen, Leilei	P221
557	Shneyerov, Artyom	P68, D143
558	Shukayev, Malik	P31, D176
559	Sicotte, Richard	D186
560	Sidthidet, Taweewan	P218
561	Silos, Pedro	P144
562	Silva, Peri	C139, D139, P139
563	Siow, Aloysius	C33, C155, P170
564	Siqueira, Kevin	D71, P189
565	Skuterud, Mikal	C20, D47
566	Slivinski, Al	C94, P94
567	Smith, Jonathan	P143, D230
568	Smith, Justin	D16, P16, D171
569	Smith, Gregor	P138
570	Solomon, Daniel	P104
571	SOLOMON, BINYAM	P71
572	Song, Yang	P22, D100
573	Song, Minkee	P15
574	Song, Yong	P227
575	Souare, Malick	C58, P58
576	Spiegelman, Eli	P201
577	Stacey, Derek	D106, P106
578	Stapleton, John	P38
579	Steeves, Larry	P37
580	Stephens, Eric	P240
581	Stevanovic, Dalibor	C15, P15, C118, C136
582	Stevens, Jason	C80, P80
583	Stewart, Jennifer	D40, P74
584	Stolarick, Kevin	P114
585	Stoyanov, Andrey	D187, P187
586	Strimbu, Octavian	P140
587	Suen, Richard M. H.	P89
588	Sufana, Razvan	C101, P101
589	Sui, Sui	D100, P124
590	Summerfield, Fraser	P241
591	SUN, KAI	P17
592	Sun, Ling	P228
593	Sunel, Enes	P122
594	Sweetman, Arthur	D42, C142, D142, P198, C225, D225
595	Sydee, Ahmed	D146
596	Syropoulos, Constantinos	D44, P44
597	Tabakis, Chrysostomos	P166
598	Tabri, Rami	C77, P227
599	Taheri, Javid	C175, P175
600	Tang, Yao	D207, P207
601	Tapia Granados, Jose	D125, P125, D215
602	Tapp, Stephen	D133, C231
603	Tarazi, Amine	P235
604	Taschereau-Dumouchel, Mathieu	P151
605	Taskin, Temel	P194
606	Tassonyi, Almos	C73, D73
607	TCHANA TCHANA, Fulbert	P192
608	Terry, Eric	P29
609	Thiele, Veikko	C54, P54, D100
610	Thompson, James	P92
611	Thomsen, Stephan	P206
612	Thomson, Eric	P109
613	Tombe, Trevor	P153
614	Tomlin, Ben	P116
615	Tomura, Hajime	C218, P218
616	Torres, Javier	P33
617	Toth, Russell	P106
618	Townsend, James Herbert	C79, P79, D98
619	Tremblay, Jean-Francois	C37
620	Troutt, Elizabeth	P193
621	Tsangarides, Charalambos	D14, P153
622	Turdaliev, Nurlan	C50, P50
623	Ucar, Sebnem	P58
624	Ueberfeldt, Alexander	D134
625	Ural Marchand, Beyza	D40, P180
626	Usher, Alex	P120, D143, C198
627	Vashchilko, Aleksandr	D202, P202
628	Vasishtha, Garima	P133
629	Vauday, Julien	P99
630	Veall, Michael	P141, D182, D223, C240
631	Velk, Thomas	P73
632	Venet, Baptiste	D25, P25
633	Versaevel, Bruno	C22, P22, D172
634	Viianto, Lari	C212
635	Voia, Marcel	P137, D167
636	Voyer, Jean-Pierre	P39, P225
637	Waldkirch, Andreas	C203, D203, P203
638	Walter, Thomas	D20, P190
639	Wang, Zhongmin	D172, C191, P191
640	Wang, Shengzu	C25, D25, P25
641	Wang, Lu	P240
642	Wang, Weimin	P52, D109
643	Wang, Steven Shuye	P235
644	Wang, Yini	P43
645	Wang, Tao	D23, P53
646	Ward, Courtney	D67, D87, P87
647	Warman, Casey	D20, P47, C102
648	Watson, William	C93
649	Watuwa, Richard	P101, D117
650	Webb, Ryan	P148
651	Weinberg, Matthew	D146, P145
652	Weiner, Robert	C82, D236, P236
653	Weir, Erin	P132
654	Welling, Linda	P188
655	Wen, Jean-Francois	P222
656	Wibe, Jacob	P217
657	Wicks-Lim, Jeannette	P86
658	Wilman, Elizabeth A.	C193, D193
659	Wing, Coady	D56, P103
660	Wolfson, Michael	P223
661	Woolley, Frances	D48, D170, C221, C230, P230
662	Worswick, Christopher	C47, D47, D198
663	Wu, Jing	P227
664	Xiang, Haitao	P175
665	Xiao, Linlan	P77
666	Xu, Kai	P221
667	Xu, Jinwen	D142
668	Xu, Xinpeng	C69, P69
669	Xu, Kuan	D141, P199
670	Xu, Yilan	P154
671	Xue, Li	D190
672	Xue, Licun	D219, C232, P232
673	Yalcin, Erdal	D91, P91
674	Yalnizyan, Armine	P38, P86, C141
675	Yan, Beiling	P183
676	Yang, Wei	P205
677	Yazbeck, Myra	D102, P241
678	Yémélé Kana, Legrand	P241
679	Yi, Byeong-Uk	P45
680	You, Hye Mi	P142
681	Yousefi, Ayoub	D131, P131
682	Yu, Jingsong	P57
683	Yuan, Yufei	P177
684	Zabsonré, Wendgloumdé	P33
685	Zaman, Ashraf	C165, D165, P165
686	Zeb, Aurangzeb	P14
687	Zhang, Lihui	C169, P169, C211, D211
688	Zhang, Yahong	C59, P59
689	Zhang, Na	P240
690	Zhang, Qi	P126
691	Zhang, Xuelin	P68, D141
692	Zhao, Jun	P241
693	Zhao, Xue	C89, P89
694	Zhao, Yan	D165, P165
695	Zhao, Yonggan	P101, C235
696	Zhu, Hui	D174, P215
697	Zinde-Walsh, Victoria	C157, C197
698	Zitikis, Ricardas	C45, P45
699	Zubanov, Nikolay	P217