Canadian Economics Association - Annual Conference 2011

Canadian Economics Association - Annual Conference 2011
Preliminary Conference Program
Location
16:30-18:30 Thursday, June 2, 2011
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CEA Executive Council Meeting 1 / Réunion du conseil exécutif de l'ACE 1
Chair Zinde-Walsh, Victoria (McGill University)
Location
08:00-08:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
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Coffee, Tea, Juices, Fruit, Pastries / Café, thé, jus, fruits, pâtisseries
Location
08:30-10:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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PEF 1: Debt Wall? Trends in Canadian Household Debt -- Co-Sponsored with the
Canadian Association for Business Economics (CABE) / PEF 1: Les limites de
l'endettement? Tendances de l'endettement des ménages canadiens
Organizer Yalnizyan, Armine (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives)
Chair Barnett, Russell (Parliamentary Budget Office)
Papers Faruqui, Umar (Bank of Canada):
Micro and macro data on household debt in Canada: two
sides of the story
Yalnizyan, Armine (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives):
The Distribution of Household Debt
Desnoyers, Yanick (National Bank):
Will record households indebtedness derail the business
cycle?
Burleton, Derek (TD Bank Group):
Assessing Financial Vulnerability Across Canadian Regions
Location
08:30-10:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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CNEH 1: Importing and Exporting Human Capital / RCHE 1: Importation et exportation
de capital humain
Organizer Keay, Ian (Queen's University)
Chair Jacks, David (Simon Fraser University)
Papers Massey, Catherine (University of Colorado at Boulder):
The Effect of Immigration Quotas on Immigrant Skill
Composition
Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish (University of Tasmania):
Morbidity and Mortality on Convict Voyages to 19th Century
Australia
Lewis, Joshua (University of Toronto):
Electrification and the household: Evidence from the U.S.
Discussants Bean, Jessica (Denison); Cranfield, John (University of Guelph); Lewis,
Frank D. (Queen's University)
Location
08:30-10:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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Short Presentations in International Macroeconomics / Présentations courtes en
macroéconomie internationale
Chair Razo-Garcoa, Raul (Carleton University)
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Papers Karimi, Mohammad (University of Ottawa):

Currency Crises: Fundamentals or Contagion? A Duration
Analysis Approach
Ng, Eric (Industry Canada):
Investment and Exchange Rate Movements: the Role of
Investment-Price Channel
Watuwa, Richard (Cape Breton University):
Housing Consumption and the Forward Premium in Emerging
Currency Markets: An Empirical Analysis
Abdel Razek, Noha (University of Alberta):
The Role of Oil Prices and Government Debt as Determinants
of Movements in the US Dollar in a Dynamic Framework
Razanamparany, Mirana (Université de Créteil):
Determinants of business cycle synchronisation in the Euro
Zone
Location
08:30-10:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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Educational Attainment / Niveau d'instruction
Chair Deri Armstrong, Catherine (University of Ottawa)
Papers Deri Armstrong, Catherine (University of Ottawa):
Virginity and Educational Attainment: Evidence from the
NLSCY
Dooley, Martin D (McMaster University):
Understanding the Determinants of Persistence and
Academic Success in University: An Exploration of Data from
Four Ontario Universities
Warburton, Bill (University of British Columbia):
The Impact of Full Day Kindergarten
Discussants Liu, Xingfei (Concordia University); Grenier, Gilles (University of Ottawa);
Smith, Jeffrey A (University of Michigan)
Location
08:30-10:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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State of the Art Lecture / Conférence-État des connaissances
Organizers Allen, Jason (Bank of Canada)
Chapman, James (Bank of Canada)
Chair Allen, Jason (Bank of Canada)
Speaker Klemperer, Paul (Oxford University)
Topic New Developments in Practical Auction Design
Location
08:30-10:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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Labour: Aging and Retirement / Travail: Vieillissement et retraite
Chair Spencer, Byron G (McMaster University)
Papers Zhang, Qi (University of Ottawa):
A Population Aging Analysis for Canada Using the National
Transfer Accounts Approach
LaRochelle-Côté, Sébastien (Statistics Canada):
Income Replacement Rates Among Canadian Seniors: The
Effects of Widowhood and Divorce
Rainville, Bruno (Human Resources and SKills
Development):
Older workers labour market transitions: a micro-
econometric model
Discussants Fougere, Maxime (Government of Canada); Vincent, Carole (Social
research and Demonstration Corporation); Finnie, Ross (University of
Ottawa)
Location
08:30-10:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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Labour: Unemployment Dynamics / Travail: Dynamique du chômage
Papers Ochsen, Carsten (University of Applied Labour Studies):
Relative Cohort Size and Unemployment in the United States
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Hahm, Sang-moon (KDI School of Public Policy):

Unemployment Insurance and Severance Payments with
Time Dependency
Kind, Michael (Ruhr Graduate School in Economics):
Short and Long Term Second-Degree Scarring
Discussants Mayer, Katarina (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies); Henson, Harold E
(Employment Insurance); Stark, Alan (unaffiliated)
Location
08:30-10:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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Bank of Canada Session on Fiscal Policy / Séance de la Banque du Canada sur la
politique budgétaire
Organizer Zubairy, Sarah (Bank of Canada)
Chair Zubairy, Sarah (Bank of Canada)
Papers Bi, Huixin (Bank of Canada):
Stabilization versus Sustainability: Macroeconomic Tradeoffs
Kormilitsina, Anna (Southern Methodist University):
In Search of a Realistic Model of the Government Spending
Shock
Lynch, Emily (Duke University):
Heterogeneous Consumers and Fiscal Policy Shocks
Location
08:30-10:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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Fiscal Issues / Sujets Fiscaux
Papers Darku, Alexander Bilson (University of Lethbridge):
Fiscal equalization transfers and provincial income disparities
in Canada: an econometric reassessment
Tapp, Stephen (Parliamentary Budget Office):
Canadian Experiences with Fiscal Consolidations and Fiscal
Rules
Zhang, Ivy (The City of Calgary):
A Case of Fiscal Imbalance: the Calgary Experience
Discussants Kessler, Anke (Simon Fraser University)
Location
08:30-10:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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IRPP Panel 1: The Canadian Productivity Conundrum / Panel IRPP 1: L'énigme de la
productivité canadienne
Organizer Leonard, Jeremy (Institute for Research on Public Policy)
Panelists Rao, Someshwar (Industry Canada)
Ryan, Annette (Industry Canada)
Gagné, Robert (HEC Montréal)
Location
08:30-10:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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Industrial Organization 1: Industry Studies I / Organisation industrielle 1: Études
industrielles I
Chair Thiele, Veikko (Queen's University)
Papers Suzuki, Junichi (University of Toronto):
Outsourcing and Market Thickness: Case of the U.S. Credit
Unions
Dubrovinsky, Mati (University of Winnipeg):
The Organization of Insurance Market: Mutuals vs. Stock
Insurers
Perez Saiz, Hector (Bank of Canada):
Building New Plants or Entering by Acquisition? Estimation of
an Entry Model for the U.S. Cement Industry
Discussants Fox, Jeremy (University of Michigan); Peter, Jeffrey (University of Ottawa)
Location
08:30-10:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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Topics in Macroeconomic Theory / Sujets en théorie macroéconomique

Chair Dalkir, Mehmet (University of New Brunswick)
Papers Arbex, Marcelo (University of Windsor):
Optimal Taxation and Social Networks
Miyake, Atsushi (Simon Fraser University):
Education System, Education Investment and Endogenous
Fertility
Eckwert, Bernhard (Bielefeld University):
Cheap Money and Risk Taking: Opacity versus Underlying
Risk
Location
08:30-10:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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Economic Growth and Regional Convergence / Croissance économique et convergence
régionale
Chair Shute, Larry (Industry Canada)
Papers Hamit-Haggar, Mahamat (unaffiliated):
Growth convergence dynamics in Canada
Voyvoda, Ebru (Middle East Technical University):
Public Policy and Growth in Canada: An Applied Endogenous
Growth Model with Human and Knowledge Capital
Accumulation
Yang, Yibai (University of Sydney):
Cooperative R&D, Distance to Frontier, and Growth
Convergence
Tang, Jianmin (Industry Canada):
Are Small Producers Driving the Canada-U.S. Productivity
Gap? Recent Evidence from Manufacturing
Location
08:30-10:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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CDESG Panel: Is there a Post-Washington Consensus? / Panel CDESG: Y a-t-il un
consensus post-Washington ?
International Development Research Centre/Le Centre de recherches pour
Sponsor
le developpement international
Organizer Grimard, Franque (McGill University)
Panelists Bourguignon, François (Paris School of Economics)
Grimard, Franque (McGill University)
Location
08:30-10:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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Health Economics 1: Policy and Impacts / Économie de la santé 1: La politique et des
impacts
Chair Sweetman, Arthur (McMaster University)
Papers Guliani, Harminder (University of Manitoba):
Determinants of Prenatal Care Use: Evidence From
Thirty-Two Low-Income Countries Across Asia, Sub-Saharan
Africa and Latin America
Jamal, Taha (McMaster University):
The Effect of Vioxx on Labor Supply and Disability
Nguyen, Van Hai (University of Toronto):
Have tobacco reduction policies been exhausted?
Sedigh, Golnaz (University of Ottawa):
Is the impact of economic factors on sleep underestimated in
sleep models by including insomniacs?
Discussants Rosenblum, Daniel (Dalhousie University); Irvine, Ian (Concordia
University); Ward, Courtney (Dalhousie University); Yuksel, Mutlu
(Dalhousie University)
Location
08:30-10:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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Exports, Productivity, and Spillovers / Exportations, productivité et retombées
économiques
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Chair Viju, Crina (Carleton University)

Papers Rodrigue, Joel (Vanderbilt University):
Credit Constraints, Trade Liberalization and Productivity
Growth
Blit, Joel (George Washington University):
International development Through Multinationals: Foreign
R&D Units, Knowledge Diffusion, and Indigenous Innovation
Hericourt, Jerome (University of Lille 1):
Sales at home and export dynamics
Discussants Peluffo Geronazzo, Silvia Adriana (Universidad de la Republica); Rodrigue,
Joel (Vanderbilt University); Hiller, Sanne (Aarhus University)
Location
08:30-10:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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Empirical Studies of Firm Behaviour / Études empiriques du comportement des
entreprises
Papers Mathieu, Claude (Université Paris Est Créteil):
Do Sunk Costs Matter in Exiting? An Empirical Investigation
based on French Firms
Stoyanov, Andrey (York University):
Productivity Spillovers Across Firms through Worker Mobility
Courty, Pascal (University of Victoria):
Sales, Quantity Surcharge, and Consumer Inattention
Location
08:30-10:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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CMSG 1: Technology and Innovation / GCEM 1: Technologie et innovation
Chair Johri, Alok (McMaster University)
Papers Bento, Pedro (University of Toronto):
Competition as a Discovery Procedure: Schumpeter Meets
Hayek in a Model of Innovation
Poschke, Markus (McGill University):
Growth through Experimentation
Johri, Alok (McMaster University):
News, intermediation efficiency and expectations driven
boom-bust cycles
Location
08:30-10:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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CEBERG 1: Individual Judgement, Identity and Physiology / CEBERG 1: Jugement
individuel, identité et physiologie
Organizers Buckley, Neil J. (York University)
Mestelman, Stuart (McMaster University)
Chair Buckley, Neil J. (York University)
Papers Anglin, Paul M (University of Guelph):
A Question of Individual Judgment
Powell, Owen (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid):
Eye-tracking the market: Subject Focus in Experimental
Bubble Markets
Song, Fei (Ryerson University):
How Competitive are Professional Women? A Tale of Identity
Conflict
Webb, Ryan (Queen's University):
Does Neuroeconomics Have A Role In Explaining Choice?
Discussants Alger, Ingela (Carleton University); Buckley, Neil J. (York University);
Chen, Zhuoqiong (Peking University); Khoroshilov, Yuri (University of
Ottawa)
Location
08:30-10:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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CESG 1: Financial Econometrics I / SCEE 1: Économétrie financière I
Chair Luger, Richard (Georgia State University)
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Papers Liu, Pujun (University of Western Ontario):

GARCH-Jump Models with Regime-Switching Conditional
Volatility and Jump Intensity
Luger, Richard (Georgia State University):
Simultaneous Confidence Intervals for GARCH-based Risk
Measure Forecasts
Ntantamis, Christos (Aarhus University, CREATES):
The BDS Test as a Goodness-of-fit Measure in Regime
Switching Models
Discussants Diez de los Rios, Antonio (Bank of Canada); Gungor, Sermin (Bank of
Canada); Nguyen, Chi M. (Indiana University)
Location
08:30-10:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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CPEG 1: Optimal Taxation and Redistribution / CPEG 1: Taxation optimale et
redistribution
Papers Brett, Craig (Mount Allison University):
The Effects of Population Aging on Optimal Redistributive
Taxes in an Overlapping Generations Model
Perrault, Louis (Queen's University):
Optimal Redistributive Age-Dependent Taxation and Human
Capital
Barnett, Richard (Drexel University):
Redistributive Policy and the Joneses
Location
08:30-10:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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CREE Session 1: Energy Economics / CREE 1: Économie de l'énergie
Chair Sahi, Ram K. (Carleton University)
Papers Sahi, Ram K. (Carleton University):
Investment in Electrical Infrastructures for India: Challenges
and Opportunities
Brennan, Timothy (University of Maryland Baltimore
County):
Energy Efficiency Policy: Surveying the Puzzles
Matsueda, Norimichi (Kwansei Gakuin University):
An Economic Analysis of the Packaging Waste Recovery
Notes System in the UK
Location
10:00-10:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
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Coffee Break / Pause café
Location
10:30-12:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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PEF 2: Financial Literacy: Where are We and Where Should We be Going / PEF 2:
Littératie financière: Où en sommes-nous et où devrions-nous aller ?
Organizer Pigeon, Marc Andre J (Credit Union Central of Canada)
Chair Stanford, James (Canadian Auto Workers)
Papers Woolley, Frances (Carleton University):
Gender differences in financial literacy
Gordon, Ted (Task Force on Financial Literacy):
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Ney, Kimberley (Alterna Savings Credit Union):
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Robson, Jennifer (Carleton University):
How financially literate are we?: Initial results from the
Canadian Survey of Financial Capability
Location
10:30-12:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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CNEH 2: Globalization / RCHE 2: Mondialisation
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Chair Dupré, Ruth (HEC Montréal)

Papers Keay, Ian (Queen's University):
Transport Costs, Trade Policy and Canadian Industrial
Development
Betran, Concha (Universitat de Valencia):
Comparing Past and Present Wage Inequality in Two
Globalisation Periods
Jacks, David (Simon Fraser University):
Defying Gravity: The Re-Orientation of Canadian Trade in the
Interwar Period
Discussants Cherniwchan, Jevan (University of Calgary); McCalla, Douglas (University
of Guelph); Dippel, Christian (University of Toronto)
Location
10:30-12:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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School Quality / Qualité scolaire
Chair Dooley, Martin D (McMaster University)
Papers Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude (Dalhousie University):
The Long-Term Direct and External Effects of Reducing
School Quality: Jewish Expulsions in Nazi Germany
Dhuey, Elizabeth A (University of Toronto):
How Important Are School Principals in the Production of
Student Achievement?
Kiss, David (Univ. Erlangen-Nuremberg):
The Impact of Peer Ability and Heterogeneity on Student
Achievement: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Discussants Dooley, Martin D (McMaster University); Warburton, Bill (University of
British Columbia); Milla, Joniada (University of Guelph)
Location
10:30-12:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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CEA/CDESG Invited Lecture / ACE/CDESG Conférence invitée
International Development Research Centre/Le Centre de recherches pour
Sponsor
le developpement international
Organizer Grimard, Franque (McGill University)
Speaker Bourguignon, François (Paris School of Economics)
Location
10:30-12:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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Labour: Family and Childhood Development / Travail: Familles et développement de
l'enfance
Chair Neill, Christine (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Papers Fletcher, Erin (University of Colorado Boulder):
Subjective Match Quality and Maternal Investments
Chen, Kelly (Dalhousie University):
School Entry Age, Identity Formation and Subjective
Well-Being of Canadian Children
Schnitzlein, Daniel D. (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg):
How important is the family? Evidence from sibling
correlations in permanent earnings in the US, Germany and
Denmark
Location
10:30-12:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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Labour: Job Losses and Layoffs / Travail: Pertes d'emploi et licenciement
Chair Rybczynski, Kathleen (University of Waterloo)
Papers Qiu, Hanqing (Statistics Canada):
How did the risk and cost of job loss evolve since the late
1970s in Canada?
Chan, Ping Ching Winnie (Statistics Canada):
Workers laid-off during the last three employment
downturns
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Bonikowska, Aneta (Statistics Canada):

Did high-seniority workers experience sustained earnings
losses and loss of pension coverage in recent years?
Evidence from Canada
Discussants Dostie, Benoit (HEC Montréal); Feir, Donna Leanne (University of British
Columbia); Rainville, Bruno (Human Resources and SKills Development)
Location
10:30-12:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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Bank of Canada Session on Financial Stability Issues / Banque du Canada - Questions
touchant la stabilité financière
Organizer Côté, Denise (Bank of Canada)
Chair Côté, Denise (Bank of Canada)
Papers Bordeleau, Etienne (University of Toronto):
The Impact of Liquidity on Bank Profitability
Gauthier, Celine (Bank of Canada):
Understanding systemic risk: the trade-off between capital,
lisquid asset holdings and short-term funding
Li, Fuchun (Bank of Canda):
Measuring Systemic Importance of Financial Institutions: An
Extreme Value Theory Approach
Discussants Tkacz, Greg (Saint Francis Xavier University); Garratt, Rod (University of
California); Guidara, Alaa (Laval University)
Location
10:30-12:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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IRPP Panel 2: Improving Labour Market Outcomes for Older Displaced Workers / IRPP
Panel 2
Organizer Leonard, Jeremy (Institute for Research on Public Policy)
Chair Leonard, Jeremy (Institute for Research on Public Policy)
Panelists Gray, David (University of Ottawa)
Voyer, Jean-Pierre (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation)
Jackson, Andrew (Canadian Labour Congress)
Location
10:30-12:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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Industrial Organization 2: Economics of Innovation / Organisation industrielle 2:
Économie de l'innovation
Chair Langinier, Corinne (University of Alberta)
Papers Gallini, Nancy (University of British Columbia):
Private Agreements for Coordinating Patent Rights: The Case
of Patent Pools
Thiele, Veikko (Queen's University):
Slave to Your Employer or to Your Financier? Wage
Structures When Employees Have Entrepreneurship Options
Peter, Jeffrey (University of Ottawa):
Imperfect Competition and Entry Deterrence in Venture
Capital Markets
Discussants Langinier, Corinne (University of Alberta); Stacey, Derek (Queen's
University); Petrunia, Robert (Lakehead University)
Location
10:30-12:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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International Finance Puzzles
Papers Rouillard, Jean-François (Queen's University):
The Quantity Anomaly in the Presence of Financial Shocks
Tsangarides, Charalambos (International Monetary Fund):
Demand for International Reserves: Revisiting the Evidence
Wada, Tatsuma (Wayne State University):
Trend and Cycles in a Two-Country Model
Location
10:30-12:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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Health Economics 2 - Cycles and Behaviour / Économie de la santé 2 - Cycles et

comportements
Chair Stewart, Jennifer (Carleton University)
Papers Pierard, Emmanuelle (University of Waterloo):
Business cycles and mortality
Maclean, Catherine (Cornell University):
The impact of graduating in a recession on physical health:
Evidence from panel data
Montanera, Daniel (University of Western Ontario):
The Hidden Evidence of Defensive Medicine
Discussants Brochu, Pierre (University of Ottawa); Mcleod, Logan (University of
Alberta); Wing, Coady (Northwestern University)
Location
10:30-12:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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CD Howe and Health Economics 3 - Costs and Financing / CD Howe et Économie de la
santé 3: Coûts et financement
Organizer Busby, Colin (C.D. Howe Institute)
Chair Blomqvist, Ake (Carleton University)
Papers Di Matteo, Livio (Lakehead University):
The Sustainability of Canadian Provincial Government Health
Spending: An Expenditure Category Approach
Echevin, Damien (Université de Sherbrooke):
Physician Payment Mechanisms, Hospital Length of Stay and
Risk of Readmission: a Natural Experiment
Irvine, Ian (Concordia University):
Tobacco Taxation and the Illegal Sector
Discussants Bergevin, Philippe (C.D. Howe Institute); Sweetman, Arthur (McMaster
University); DeCicca, Philip (McMaster University)
Location
10:30-12:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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Trade Liberalization and Trade Blocs / Libre-échange et communautés économiques
Chair Wolf, Bernard M (York University)
Papers Boileau, David (Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Canada):
Air Services Liberlization and Canadian Trade
Melatos, Mark (University of Sydney):
Flexibility in Trade Bloc Design
Disdier, Anne-Celia (INRA):
North-South Standards Harmonization and International
Trade
Discussants Hazledine, Tim (University of Auckland); Ker, Alan (University of Guelph);
Li, Na (University of Guelph)
Location
10:30-12:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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HRSDC Session on Saving for Retirement / RHDCC - Épargner pour la retraite
Organizer Poole, Christopher (HRSDC)
Papers Grey, Alex (Government of Canada):
Savings versus Pensions: A Discussion of Risks
Vincent, Carole (Social research and Demonstration
Corporation):
Understanding Gender Differences in Retirement Saving
Decisions: Evidence from the Canadian Financial Capability
Survey
Palameta, Boris (Social Research and Demonstration
Corporation):
Using experimentation to assess simplified enrolment
models for retirement savings plans thorugh
Location
10:30-12:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity Session on Management / Institute for

Competitiveness & Prosperity - Gestion
Organizer Milway, James (Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity)
Chair Drummond, Don (TD Bank Financial Group)
Panelists Milway, James (Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity)
Ryan, Annette (Industry Canada)
Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto)
Location
10:30-12:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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CEA/CIFAR Session: Social Interactions, Identity and Well-Being: Macroeconomic
Applications / ACE/ICRA - Interactions sociales, identité et bien-être: Applications
macroéconomiques
Organizer Helliwell, John F. (University of British Columbia)
Chair Fortin, Pierre (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Papers Akerlof, George (University of California):
All That Glitters
Helliwell, John F. (University of British Columbia):
New measures of the costs of unemployment: Evidence from
the subjective well-being of 2.3 million Americans
Location
10:30-12:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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CMSG 2: Macroeconomics of Education Policy / GCEM 2: Macroéconomie des politiques
éducatives
Chair Castro, Rui (Université de Montréal)
Papers You, Hye Mi (University at Buffalo / SUNY):
Wage Volatility and Changing Patterns of Labor Supply
Herrington, Christopher (Arizona State University):
Cross-Country Differences in Public Education and Income
Distributions
Castro, Rui (Université de Montréal):
Public Policy and College Attainment
Location
10:30-12:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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CEBERG 2: Environmental and Resource Market Regulation / CEBERG 2: Régulations du
marché des ressources et de l'environnement
Chair Mentzakis, Emmanouil (University of East Anglia)
Papers Buckley, Neil J. (York University):
Production Capacity and Abatement Technology Strategies in
Alternative Emissions Markets
Schott, Stephan (Carleton University):
How Does Communication and Output Sharing Affect
Intergroup Competition, Intragroup Conflict and Social
Efficiency?
Spraggon, John (Lakehead University):
Price Controls and Banking in Emissions Trading: An
Experimental Evaluation.
Discussants Fehr, Dietmar (WZB); Mentzakis, Emmanouil (University of East Anglia);
Petersen, Luba (University of California Santa Cruz)
Location
10:30-12:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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CESG 2 Forecasting / SCEE 2 Prévision
Chair Stengos, Thanasis (University of Guelph)
Papers Chaker, Selma (Université De Montréal):
Toward Zero Noise : On volatility estimation and forecasting
Saunders, Charles (Carleton University):
Forecast Evaluation with Persistent Data: Simulation-Based
Inference
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Wu, Jing (University of Western Ontario):

Can Threshold Model Generate Better Volatility Forecasts?
Discussants Chaker, Selma (Université De Montréal); Saunders, Charles (Carleton
University); Wu, Jing (University of Western Ontario)
Location
10:30-12:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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CPEG 2: Topics in Corporate Taxation / CPEG 2: Sujets en Taxes corporatives
Papers Sarkar, Sudipto (McMaster University):
Sales Tax, Corporate Tax, Capital Structure Decisions and
Consumer Welfare
Ruiz, Fernando (Royal Military Academy):
Corporate taxation and the impact of governance, political
and economic factors
Goyette, Jonathan (Université de Sherbrooke):
Optimal Tax Threshold in the Presence of Evasion and
Corruption
Location
10:30-12:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
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CREE Session 2: Energy Economics / CREE 2: Économie de l'énergie
Chair Antweiler, Werner (University of British Columbia)
Papers Dachis, Benjamin (C.D. Howe Institute):
The Capitalization of Alberta's Oil and Gas Royalty Change in
Bonus Bid Auction Values
Gamtessa, Samuel (University of Alberta):
Price-Induced Energy Efficiency Improvements in Canadian
Manufacturing
Winter, Jennifer (University of Calgary):
Buying Anonymity: An Investigation of Petroleum and
Natural Gas Lease Auctions
Location
12:00-13:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
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CWEN Luncheon / Dîner CWEN
Chair Hunt, Jennifer (McGill University)
Speaker Blank, Rebecca M. (United States Department of Commerce)
Topic The Well-Being of Women in America
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
PEF 3 : Philosophy of Money and Finance / PEF 3: Philosophie de l'argent et de la finance
Organizer Smithin, John (York University)
Chair Falvo, Nick (Carleton University)
Papers Smithin, John (York University):
Requirements for a Philosophy of Money and Finance
Tcherneva, Pavlina (Franklin and Marshall College):
Ontological Commitments of Chartalist, Metallist, Austrian
and Sociological Theories of Money
Mendoza España, Alberto D'Ansi (York University):
Money and Collective Intentionality: The Application of
Searle's Social Ontology to Money
Kim, Jongchul (York University):
Ontology of Early-Modern Money
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
CNEH 3: Invited Lecture in Memory of Mary MacKinnon / RCHE 3: Conférence invitée en
mémoire de Mary MacKinnon
Chair Minns, Chris (London School of Economics)
11 of 58 5/11/2011 3:33 PM
Papers Boyer, George (Cornell University):

Work for their Prime, and Workhouse for their Age: A
Regional Analysis of Elderly Pauperism in Victorian Britain
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
CDESG: Public Economics / CDESG: Économie publique
Papers Dissou, Yazid (University of Ottawa):
Public Infrastructure and Economic Growth: A Dynamic
General Equilibrium Analysis with Heterogeneous Agents
Ary Tanimoune, Nasser (University of Ottawa):
Cohérence des policy-mix et efficacité des politiques
budgétaires dans la Communauté Économique des États de
l'Afrique l'Ouest
Wong, Sara (Polytechnic University):
Short-term Macroeconomic and Distributional Impacts of the
Global Economic Crisis on the Ecuadorian Economy
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Postsecondary Education / Éducation postsecondaire
Organizer Dooley, Martin D (McMaster University)
Chair Dooley, Martin D (McMaster University)
Papers Milla, Joniada (University of Guelph):
The implication of peer and parental influences on University
attendance: A gender comparison
Benjamin, Dwayne (University of Toronto):
Do RESPs increase Household Saving?
Kucera, Miroslav (Concordia University):
Explaining Ethnic and Cohort Differences in Schooling and
Wages: Evidence From Two Cohorts of the National
Longitudinal Survey of Youth
Discussants Dooley, Martin D (McMaster University); Frenette, Marc (Social Research
and Demonstration Corporation); Green, David (University of British
Columbia)
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Chair Sweetman, Arthur (McMaster University)
Speaker Gruber, Jonathan (MIT)
Topic Health Care Reform in the United States: What Happened and What
Happens Next
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Labour: Businesses and the Labour Market I / Main-d'oeuvre: Les entreprises et le
marché du travail I
Chair Morissette, Rene (Statistics Canada)
Papers Joulfaian, David (US Department of Treasury):
The Transition to Self Employment: The Role of Taxes and
Trade Shocks
Brencic, Vera (University of Alberta):
Employers' hiring practices and exporting
Webber, Douglas (Cornell University):
The Impact of Firm Market Power on the Wage Distribution
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Labour: Labour Markets in Developing Countries / Travail: Marché du travail dans les
pays en voie de développement
Chair Aragon-Sanchez, Fernando (Simon Fraser University)
12 of 58 5/11/2011 3:33 PM
Papers Galdo, Jose (Carleton University):

Wiring Public Labor-Market Intermediation: Evidence from a
Randomized Social Experiment in Peru
Galvao, Antonio (University of Iowa):
Heterogeneity in the Returns to Education and Informal
Activities
Peluffo Geronazzo, Silvia Adriana (Universidad de la
Republica):
The Effects of International Linkages on Productivity and the
Demand for Skilled Labour: A Firm Level Analysis for
Uruguay
Discussants Blit, Joel (George Washington University)
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Topics in Development Economics / Des sujets en l'economie de development
Papers Chowdhury, Muhammad Murshed (University of Manitoba):
Revisiting Aid Effectiveness in South Asia
Elbadawy, Asmaa (Population Council):
Migration Aspirations among Young People in Egypt: Who
Desires to Migrate and Why?
Zhao, Jun (University of Manitoba):
Globalization and Convergence in Latin America
Discussants Akbar, Mohammad (Simon Fraser University)
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Inefficient Contracts and Markets / Contrats inefficaces et marchés
Chair Cule, Monika (University of Regina)
Papers Welling, Linda A. (University of Victoria):
Efficiency of Bargaining Models with Renegotiation: The Role
of Transferable Utility across Periods
Bose, Pinaki (University of Manitoba):
Coercion, Obnoxious Tasks, and Economic Efficiency
Lavoie, Louise (Université du Québec à Montréal):
Longevity Risk, Lifestyle and Adverse Selection
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
The Impact of Education on Earnings / Impact de l'éducation sur le salaire
Chair Livernois, John R (University of Guelph)
Papers Grave, Barbara (Rwi):
Earnings differentials by field of study - The case of German
University graduates
Grenier, Gilles (University of Ottawa):
Earnings Differentials by Field of Study and Occupational
Relatedness for Post-Secondary Education in Canada, 2006
Sharaf, Mesbah (Concordia University):
The incidence of over-education and its impact on earnings
of recent immigrants to Canada: Evidence from the
longitudinal survey of immigrants to Canada.
Discussants Mueller, Richard (University of Lethbridge); Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude
(Dalhousie University); Sharaf, Mesbah (Concordia University)
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Industry Canada and Statistics Canada Session I: Firm Dynamics and Productivity /
Industrie Canada et Statistique Canada - Dynamiques d'entreprises et productivité
Chair Amano, Isabelle (Statistics Canada)
Papers Yan, Beiling (Statistics Canada):
Accounting for Slower Productivity Growth in the Canadian
Manufacturing Sector after 2000: Evidence from Micro Data
13 of 58 5/11/2011 3:33 PM
Chan, Kelvin Ka Yin (Industry Canada):

Industry Mix, Plant Turnover and Productivity Growth: A
Case Study of the Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
Industry
Acharya, Ram (Industry Canada):
Product Churning: Its Role in Output and Productivity
Changes in Canada
Discussants Rosell, Carlos (University of Toronto); Tomlin, Ben (Bank of Canada);
Ueberfeldt, Alexander (Bank of Canada)
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Industrial Organization 3: Empirical Methods in Industrial Organization / Organisation
industrielle 3: Méthodes empiriques en organisation industrielle
Chair Suzuki, Junichi (University of Toronto)
Papers Xu, Pai (University of Hong Kong):
Reputation Status and Selling Strategy: A Regression
Discontinuity Design Approach
Fox, Jeremy (University of Michigan):
Credit Cards and Identification of Selection Models in
Industrial Organization
Sbai, Erwann (Toulouse School of Economics):
Estimation and Comparison Procedure for Electricity Spot
Market Auctions
Discussants Perez Saiz, Hector (Bank of Canada); Byrne, David (The University of
Melbourne); Magesan, Arvind (University of Calgary)
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Asset Pricing / Détermination du prix des actifs
Chair Dionne, Georges (HEC Montréal)
Papers Coen, Alain (Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM)):
Asset Pricing with Skewed Returns: Another Look at
Idiosyncratic Coskewness
Dionne, Georges (HEC Montréal):
A Theoretical Extension of the Consumption-based CAPM
Model
Okou, Cedric (HEC Montréal):
Horizon Effect In The Term Structure Of Long-Run Risk
Return Trade-Offs
Discussants Okou, Cedric (HEC Montréal); Kalnina, Ilze (Université de Montréal)
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
CIRANO-PHELPS 1: Competition Policy / CIRANO-PHELPS 1: Politiques de concurrence
Papers Church, Jeff (University of Calgary):
Asymmetries, Simulation and the Assessment of Input
Foreclosure in Vertical Mergers
Chen, Zhiqi (Carleton University):
Buyer Power and Downstream Competition
Winter, Ralph (University of British Columbia):
Collusion on Exclusion
Discussants Hazledine, Tim (University of Auckland); Corts, Kenneth (University of
Toronto)
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
CEA/CWEN Session: Obtaining a SSHRC Grant in Economics / ACE/RFE - Obtenir une
bourse CRSH en économie
Organizer Khalaf, Lynda (Carleton University)
Chair Khalaf, Lynda (Carleton University)
Panelists Simard, François (SSHRC)
Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto)
14 of 58 5/11/2011 3:33 PM
Brett, Craig (Mount Allison University)

Gordon, Stephen (Université Laval)
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Labour: Wages and Income Distribution / Travail: Salaire et distribution du revenu
Papers Annabi, Nabil (HRSDC):
Foreign Competition and Income Distribution in Canada: A
Dynamic Microsimulation CGE Model Analysis
Michaelsen, Maren M. (Ruhr University Bochum):
The Hidden Increase in Wage Inequality: Skill-biased and
Ability-biased Technological Change
Shang, Ying (Queen's University):
Modeling Income Processes across the Income Distribution -
An Indirect Inference Approach
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
CEA/CIFAR Session: Boys' Crisis
Chair Eaton, Curtis (University of Calgary)
Papers Oreopoulos, Philip (University of Toronto):
Gender Interactions in the Classroom and Their Effects on
School Performance
Phipps, Shelley A (Dalhousie University):
Why Can't You Sit Still? Hyperactivity and Schooling
Outcomes for Young Canadian Boys and Girls?
Fortin, Nicole M. (University of British Columbia):
Gender Disparities in Educational Achievement
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
CETC 1
Organizer Peters, Michael (University of British Columbia)
Chair Peters, Michael (University of British Columbia)
Papers Damiano, Ettore (University of Toronto):
Sincere Voting in Large Elections
Li, Wei (University of British Columbia):
Misinformation
Ehlers, Lars (Université de Montréal):
Allocation via Deferred-Acceptance under Responsive
Priorities
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
PBO Fiscal Challenges Panel / DPB Panel - Défis fiscaux
Organizer Tapp, Stephen (Parliamentary Budget Office)
Chair Ragan, Christopher (McGill University)
Panelists Page, Kevin (Parliamentary Budget Office)
Drummond, Don (TD Bank Financial Group)
Stanford, James (Canadian Auto Workers)
Robidoux, Benoit (Finance Canada)
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
SEDAP 1 - Population Aging: Is Later Retirement Part of the Solution? / SEDAP 1 -
Vieillissement de la population: La retraite tardive fait-elle partie de la solution ?
Organizer Spencer, Byron G (McMaster University)
Chair Horner, Keith (unaffiliated)
Papers Fougere, Maxime (Government of Canada):
Taxes, Pension and the Retirement Decision of Older
Canadians
15 of 58 5/11/2011 3:33 PM
Hicks, Peter (unaffiliated):

The surprisingly large, and surprisingly unrecognized, policy
implications of changing retirement durations
Spencer, Byron G (McMaster University):
Age of Pension Eligibility, Gains in Life Expectancy, and
Social Policy
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Bank of Canada Lecture / Conférence de la Banque du Canada
Sponsor Bank of Canada/Banque du Canada
Chair Schembri, Larry (Bank of Canada)
Speaker Shi, Shouyong (University of Toronto)
Topic Assets, liquidity and business cycles
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
CEA/Statistics Canada Session: Measuring Progress in Poverty Reduction: The Role of
National Low-income Lines / Séance ACE/Statistique Canada - Mesure des avancées
dans la réduction de la pauvreté : Le rôle des seuils nationaux de faibles revenus
Organizer Murphy, Brian (Statistics Canada)
Chair Osberg, Lars (Dalhousie University)
Panelists Blank, Rebecca M. (United States Department of Commerce)
Corak, Miles (University of Ottawa)
Zhang, Xuelin (Statistics Canada)
Murphy, Brian (Statistics Canada)
Wolfson, Michael (University of Ottawa)
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
CMSG 3: Risk and Inequality / GCEM 3: Risque et inégalité
Chair Kaymak, Baris (Université de Montréal)
Papers Donovan, Kevin (Arizona State University):
Risk, Farm Ownership, and International Productivity
Differences
Cozzi, Marco (Queen's University):
Risk Aversion Heterogeneity and Wealth Inequality
Kaymak, Baris (Université de Montréal):
On the Optimality of Income Redistribution
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
World Financial Markets / Marchés financiers mondiaux
Papers Frey, Rainer (Deutsche Bundesbank):
The Discontinuous Integration of Western Europe's
Heterogeneous Market for Corporate Control from 1995 to
2007
Garratt, Rod (University of California):
Liquidity Provision and Free-Riding in CHAPS
Wan, Chi (Carleton University):
Corporate Globalization and Bank Lending
Discussants Rumler, Fabio (Austrian Central Bank (OeNB))
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
CEBERG 3: Communication and Coordination / CEBERG 3: Communication et
coordination
Chair Schott, Stephan (Carleton University)
16 of 58 5/11/2011 3:33 PM
Papers Fehr, Dietmar (WZB):

Why should we communicate? Evidence from a Coordination
Experiment
Kneeland, Terri (University of British Columbia):
Global Games under Limited Depth of Reasoning
Moir, Robert (University of New Brunswick Saint John):
Spinning Works: Strategy Framing in the One-Shot
Prisoner's Dilemma Game
Discussants Danese, Giuseppe (Simon Fraser University); Lin, Hong (Hannah) (Peking
University); Schott, Stephan (Carleton University)
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
CESG 3: The Bootstrap
Chair Mackinnon, James G (Queen's University)
Papers Davidson, Russell (McGill University):
A Parametric Bootstrap for Heavy Tailed Distributions
Richard, Patrick (Universite de Sherbrooke):
Kernel smoothing P values of simulation-based tests
Tabri, Rami (McGill University):
Asymptotic and Bootstrap Tests for Stochastic Dominance
via the Method of Maximum Likelihood
Discussants Dovonon, Prosper (Concordia University); Mackinnon, James G (Queen's
University); Zitikis, Ricardas (University of Western Ontario)
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
CPEG 3: Government Organization / CPEG 3: Organisation Gouvernementale
Organizers Dodds, Stefan A. (Carleton University)
Tremblay, Jean-François (University of Ottawa)
Papers Hartwick, John M (Queen's University):
Government Goods and Services as Largely Intermediate
Farvaque, Etienne (Université de Lille 1):
The Grand Experiment of Communism: Discovering the
Trade-off between Equality and Efficiency
Cairns, Robert D (McGill University):
The Fundamental Problem of Economic Accounting
Location
14:00-15:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
CREE 3: Empirical Environmental Economics / CREE 3 : Économie de l'environnement
empirique
Papers Antweiler, Werner (University of British Columbia):
An Analysis of British Columbia's SCRAP-IT Program:
Participation, Transportation Choice and Emissions Savings
Mallory, Julie (University of Toronto):
Estimating the Impact of Recession on the Credibility of
Green Legislative Threat
Mesbah, Morteza (Carleton University):
Estimation of nitrogen oxides marginal abatement cost
curves for coal-fired power plants in the United States
Location
15:30-16:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
PEF 4: The European Debt and Currency Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and Implications
for North America. / PEF 4: La dette européenne et la crise monétaire: Causes,
conséquences et implications pour l'Amérique du nord
Organizer Stanford, James (Canadian Auto Workers)
17 of 58 5/11/2011 3:33 PM
Panelists Schmidt, Ingo (Athabasca University)

Seccareccia, Mario (University of Ottawa)
Hall, Peter (Export Development Canada)
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
CNEH 4: Invited Lecture in Memory of Alan G. Green / RCHE 4: Conférence invitée en
mémoire d'Alan G. Green
Chair Lewis, Frank D. (Queen's University)
Papers Guinnane, Timothy (Yale University):
The Historical Fertility Transition: A Guide for Economists
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Economic Statistics and Measurement / Statistiques économiques et mesures
Chair Diewert, W. Erwin (University of British Columbia)
Papers Tebrake, James (Statistics Canada):
Preview of the comprehensive (historical) revision of the
Canadian System of National Accounts
Baldwin, Andy (Statistics Canada):
A Better Inflation Indicator: A CPI with a Net Purchase
Approach to Owned Accommodation, 2005-2010
Kayembe, Lidia (University of Ottawa):
Comparative assessment of performance and progress
(1990-2008) of health systems using Millennium
Development Goals
Discussants Nakamura, Alice (Alberta University); Mirza, Bilal (United Nations
University-MERIT)
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Speaker Smith, Jeffrey A (University of Michigan)
Topic Putting the Evidence in Evidence-Based Policy
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Labour: Gender issues
Papers Feir, Donna Leanne (University of British Columbia):
Men, Marriage and Employment: Does Marriage Matter For
Business Cycles?
Harris, Benjamin Cerf (Simon Fraser University):
Does the gender gap explain the sexual orientation wage
gap?
Connolly Pray, Marie (Université du Québec à Montréal):
The Gender Wage Gap among Recent Postsecondary
Graduates
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Labour: Businesses and the Labour Market II / Travail: Entreprises et marché du travail
II
Chair Brencic, Vera (University of Alberta)
Papers Laporte, Christine (Statistics Canada):
Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Earnings Premium to
Apprenticeship Completion in Canada
Dostie, Benoit (HEC Montréal):
Labour reallocation, turnover and productivity
Dinlersoz, Emin (US Census Bureau):
Wage Dynamics along the Life-Cycle of Manufacturing Plants
18 of 58 5/11/2011 3:33 PM
Discussants Milla, Joniada (University of Guelph); Stoyanov, Andrey (York University);

Shang, Ying (Queen's University)
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Empirical Studies of Housing / Études empiriques sur le logement
Papers Farnham, Martin (University of Victoria):
Housing Wealth and Marital Stability
Tomlin, Ben (Bank of Canada):
House Prices, Consumption and the Role of Household Debt
Roy, Saktinil (Athabasca University):
How Well do Real Estate Bubbles Predict Banking Crises?
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
CDESG: Consequences of Foreign Investment
Papers Manga, Pranlal (University of Ottawa):
The Innovation Gap betwen countries and technolgy diffusion
from foreign affilites.
Haider, Azad (Saint Mary's University):
Factors Responsible for Jobless Growth in a Developing
Country: Empirical Evidence From Pakistan
Aragon-Sanchez, Fernando (Simon Fraser University):
Natural Resources and Local Economic Development:
Evidence from a Peruvian Gold Mine
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Industry Canada and Statistics Canada Session II: Firm Survival and Growth Evidence
from Canadian Microdata / Industrie Canada et Statistique Canada session II - Survie
des entreprises et preuve de croissance par microdonnées canadiennes
Chair Ryan, Annette (Industry Canada)
Papers Dixon, Jay (Industrie Canada):
Who Creates Canadian Jobs? Employment Dynamics of
Small, Large, Young and Mature Firms in Canada
Leung, D (Statistics Canada):
Firm Level Investment and Financial Constraints: Does One
Size Fit All?
Petrunia, Robert (Lakehead University):
Post-Entry Struggle for Life and Pre-Exit Shadow of Death
from a Financial Perspective
Discussants Zheng, Isabel (Bank of Canada); Chen, Zhiqi (Carleton University); Story,
Rod (Carleton University)
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Industrial Organization 4: Regulation / Organisation industrielle 4: Régulations
Chair Cyrenne, Philippe (University of Winnipeg)
Papers Arya, Pyare (Saint Mary's University):
Gasoline Price Regulation Issues and Decisions of the Nova
Scotia Utilities and Review Board
Bloemhof, Barb (McMaster University):
Assessing the Degree of Competitiveness in the Ontario
Residential Retail Natural Gas Market: Post-Deregulation
Price Evidence
Cloutier, Mike (Queen's University):
Leniency Programs and Quality of Information
Discussants Mann, Janelle (Queen's University); Winter, Jennifer (University of
Calgary); Da Graça, Tarcisio (University of Ottawa)
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Bank of Canada Session on Commodity Prices / Banque du Canada- Prix des matières
premières
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Organizer Vasishtha, Garima (Bank of Canada)

Chair Vasishtha, Garima (Bank of Canada)
Papers Lombardi, Marco (European Central Bank):
Destabilizing speculation in the oil market
Baumeister, Christiane (Bank of Canada):
Sources of the Volatility Puzzle in the Crude Oil Market
Gervais, Oliver (Bank of Canada):
The Role of Financial Speculation in Driving the Price of
Crude Oil
Discussants Stevens, Jason (Cape Breton University); Jacks, David (Simon Fraser
University); Cairns, Robert D (McGill University)
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Bank of Canada Session: Term Structure Models / Banque du Canada - Modèles de
structure à terme
Organizer Rivadeneyra, Francisco (Bank of Canada)
Chair Rivadeneyra, Francisco (Bank of Canada)
Papers Fontaine, Jean-Sebastien (Banque du Canada):
Discrete Choice Term Structure Models: Theory And
Applications
Diez de los Rios, Antonio (Bank of Canada):
A Multi-Country Term Structure Model with Unspanned Risks
Rivadeneyra, Francisco (Bank of Canada):
The Macroeconomic Determinants of the Term Structure of
Supranational Yields
Discussants Luger, Richard (Georgia State University)
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
CIRANO-PHELPS 2: Competition Policy Panel / CIRANO-PHELPS 2: Panel sur les
politiques de concurrence
Chair Church, Jeff (University of Calgary)
Panelists Sanderson, Margaret (University of Toronto)
McFetridge, Donald G. (Carleton University)
Ware, Roger (Queen's University)
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Trade Agreements / Accords de libre-échange
Chair Boileau, David (Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada)
Papers Viju, Crina (Carleton University):
How integrated are EU agricultural markets?
Yotov, Yoto (Drexel University):
Terms of Trade and Global Efficiency Effects of Free Trade
Agreements, 1990-2002
Li, Na (University of Guelph):
Political Economy of Endogenously Incomplete Contracting
Trade Agreements
Discussants Graff, Michael (ETH Zurich and Jacobs University Bremen); Hakobyan,
Shushanik (University of Virginia); Melatos, Mark (University of Sydney)
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Health Economics 4 - Costs and Financing / Économie de la santé 4 - Coûts et
financement
Chair Hurley, Jerry (McMaster University)
Papers Gaudette, Étienne (Université du Québec à Montréal):
Public Policies, Health Care Demand and Budgetary
Equilibrium in a Public-Financed System: A Dynamic
Stochastic Analysis
20 of 58 5/11/2011 3:33 PM
Ariste, Ruolz (Canadian Institute for Health Information):

Assessing the Impact of Some Health Care Cost Drivers in
Canada During the Last Decade
Blomqvist, Ake (Carleton University):
Health Insurance and Distributional Equity: Government and
Markets in China
Discussants Blomqvist, Ake (Carleton University); Di Matteo, Livio (Lakehead
University)
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
CETC Young Researchers Session / CETC - Jeunes rechercheurs
Chair Han, Seungjin (McMaster University)
Papers Boucher, Vincent (Université de Montréal):
Structural Homophily
Wang, Tao (Queen's University):
Dynamic Equilibrium Bunching
Agbo, Maxime (Université de Montréal):
Young Researchers and Senior Researchers: Who should be
Granted?
Sen Choudhury, Eesha (McGill University):
Optimal Patent Length For Pharmaceutical Products: A
North-South Model
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
SRDC Session: Financing and Supporting PSE Access - Lessons from Existing Evidence
and New Field Experiments / SRSA - Financer et supporter l'accès aux études
postsecondaires
Organizer Ford, Reuben (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation)
Chair Voyer, Jean-Pierre (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation)
Papers Oreopoulos, Philip (University of Toronto):
Nudging Grade 12 Students to Higher Education: A Field
Experiment
Hui, Shek-wai (Social Research and Demonstration
Corporation):
The Relationship between Funding, Learning Objectives and
Choice of Instructional Programs and Courses for Adult
Learning
Ford, Reuben (Social Research and Demonstration
Corporation):
The Impact of an Early Promise of Non-Refundable Aid on
Post-secondary Attendance Among Low-income Youth:
Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
SEDAP 2: Panel: Towards Pension Reform in Canada: What Are the Options? / SEDAP 2 -
Panel: Vers une réforme des pensions au Canada: Quelles sont les options ?
Organizer Spencer, Byron G (McMaster University)
Chair Wolfson, Michael (University of Ottawa)
Papers Moore, Kevin (Statistics Canada):
Using Statistics Canada's LifePaths Microsimulation Model to
Explore the Impact of Increased Future Saving on the
Consumption Replacement Rates of Future Retirees
Horner, Keith (unaffiliated):
Assessment of Pension Reform Options
Ambachtsheer, Keith (Director, Rotman ICPM):
A Post-Election Pension Reform Prognosis
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Canadian Economics Association Invited Lecture / Association canadienne d'économique
- Conférence invitée
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Speaker Rudin, Jeremy (Department of Finance)

Topic The Global Financial Crisis: A Canadian Perspective
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
CMSG 4: Labour Search 1 / GCEM 4: Recherche d'emploi 1
Chair Lkhagvasuren, Damba (Concordia University)
Papers Wolthoff, Ronald (University of Toronto):
It's About Time: Implications of Discreteness in an
Equilibrium Job Search Model
Lubik, Thomas (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond):
The Shifting and Twisting Beveridge Curve: An Aggregate
Perspective
Lkhagvasuren, Damba (Concordia University):
The Cyclicality of Search Intensity in a Competitive Search
Model
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
CDESG: Experiments / CDESG: Expérimentations
Papers Chemin, Matthieu (McGill University):
Do peer effects mitigate social dilemmas? Evidence from a
field experiment
Ksoll, Christopher (University of Oxford):
Can Technology Improve Learning? Evidence from a Field
Experiment in Niger
Valdivia, Martin (GRADE):
General training or technical assistance? A field experiment
to learn what works on business training in Peru
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
CEBERG 4: Trust and Reciprocity / CEBERG 4: Confiance et réciprocité
Chair Song, Fei (Ryerson University)
Papers Cadsby, Bram (University of Guelph):
Promise-Keeping, Social Relationship and Anonymity: An
Experimental Investigation
Childs, Jason (University of Regina):
Lying in a simple sender-receiver game: Gains vs. losses
Lin, Hong (Hannah) (Peking University):
Separating Gratitude from Guilt in the Laboratory
Mestelman, Stuart (McMaster University):
The Impact of Empowerment on Trust and Reciprocity
Discussants Matthews, Peter (Middlebury College); Ong, David (Peking University);
Smith, Alexander (University of Calgary); Song, Fei (Ryerson University)
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
CESG 4: Quantile and Nonparametric Regression / SCEE 4: Quantiles et régressions
non-paramétriques
Chair Tabri, Rami (McGill University)
Papers Ponomareva, Maria (University of Western Ontario):
Quantile Regression for Panel Data Models with Fixed Effects
and Small T: Identification and Estimation
Wang, Yun (University of California, Riverside):
Nonparametric Regression Estimation with General
Parametric Error Covariance: A More Efficient Two-step
Estimator
Wang, Yini (Queen's University):
Inference in quantile cointegrating regressions with
structural changes
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Discussants Ponomareva, Maria (University of Western Ontario); Richard, Patrick

(Universite de Sherbrooke); Wang, Yini (Queen's University)
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
CPEG 4: Taxation and Growth / CPEG 4: Taxation et croissance
Papers Ferede, Ergete (Grant MacEwan University):
The Long-run Effects of Federal Grants in a Growing State
Economy
Alamgir-Arif, Rizwana (University of Ottawa):
Childcare, Taxes and Endogenous Growth
Kim, Jin Woong (University of Ottawa):
Equalization payments and competition for capital flows in a
fiscal federalism
Location
16:00-17:30 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
CREE Session 4: Short Presentation Session on Resource Economics / Présentations
courtes en économie des ressources naturelles
Chair Schott, Stephan (Carleton University)
Papers Galiana, Isabel Marie (McGill University):
A Hotelling Approach to Climate Policy
Lin, James (University of Alberta):
An Electricity Market Model with Sustainable Fossil Fuels
Oloufade, Djoulassi (University of Ottawa):
State Capacity and the Enforcement of Property Rights in the
Natural Resource Sector
Atewamba, Calvin (Université de Montréal):
Pricing of Durable Exhaustible Resources Under Stochastic
Investment Opportunities
Almansoour, Abdullah (University of Waterloo):
The Impact of Stochastic Convenience Yield and Stochastic
Extraction Cost on the Value of an Exhaustible Resource: The
case of the Alberta Oil Sands
Location
17:45-19:00 Friday, June 3, 2011
T.B.A.
Innis Lecture / Conférence Innis
Speaker Baker, Michael (University of Toronto)
Topic Universal Early Childhood Interventions: What is the Evidence Base?
Location
08:00-08:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
PEF 5: Dissecting the fiscal issues facing Canada / PEF 5: Analyse des problèmes fiscaux
auxquels fait face le Canada
Organizer MacLean, Brian K. (Laurentian University)
Newman, Keith (Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of
Panelists
Canada)
Russell, Ellen (unaffiliated)
Brooks, Neil (York University)
Jackson, Andrew (Canadian Labour Congress)
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CNEH 5: The Development of Institutions / RCHE 5: Le développement des institutions
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Chair Hamilton, Gillian C. (University of Toronto)
Papers Dippel, Christian (University of Toronto):
Elite Persistence Under De Jure Institutional Change
Moore, Lyndon (Université de Montréal):
The Economic Benefit of Political Connections in Late
Victorian Britain
Coe, Patrick J. (Carleton University):
The Argumentation of Economic Historians
Discussants Drelichman, Mauricio (University of British Columbia); Carlos, Ann
(University of Colorado at Boulder); Di Matteo, Livio (Lakehead University)
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CLEA I: Tax Law and Economics / Droit fiscal et économie
Organizer Alarie, Benjamin (University of Toronto)
Papers Satterthwaite, Emily (University of Toronto):
Elective Provisions in Tax Law
Alarie, Benjamin (University of Toronto):
Adapting to Tax Complexity
Curry, Philip (University of Waterloo):
Optimal Government Responses to Tax Planning
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CDESG: Entrepreneurship / Entreprenariat
Papers Nguimkeu, Pierre Evariste (Simon Fraser University):
An Estimated Model of Informal Entrepreneurship Under
Financial Constraints
Marcoul, Philippe (University of Alberta):
The Emergence of Collective Action in Contract Farming
Couppey-Soubeyran, Jézabel (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-
Sorbonne):
The relationship between trade credit, bank credit and
financial structure: from firm-level non-linearities to financial
development heterogeneity. A study on MENA firm-level data
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Where's Prudence? How to Design a Resilient Macroprudential Supervisory Framework /
Où est la prudence ? Comment concevoir un cadre réglementaire macroprudentiel
résilient
Organizer Bergevin, Philippe (C.D. Howe Institute)
Le Pan, Nicholas (Chairman, Canadian Public Accountability Board and
Panelists
former Superintendent of Financial Institutions)
Longworth, David (Carleton University)
Ragan, Christopher (McGill University)
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Teaching of Economics 1: Session in memory of Peter Kennedy / Enseignements
économiques 1: Session en mémoire de Peter Kennedy
Chair Scarth, William (McMaster University)
Papers Self, James (Indiana University):
Who does Collaborative Learning Help? The Pedagogical
Efficacy of Student Learning
Cottrell, Marilyn (Brock University):
Perfect in an Imperfect World: The Efficient Market
O'Shaughnessy, Bridget (McMaster University):
Fostering Creativity in Undergraduate Economics
Discussants Brett, Craig (Mount Allison University)
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Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Spatial Economics
Papers Lloyd-Ellis, Huw (Queen's University):
Search and the Dynamics of House Prices and Construction
Lindsey, Charles Robin (University of British Columbia):
Cost Recovery From Congestion Tolls With Long-Run
Uncertainty
Yu, Chia-Ming (Washington University):
Locational Signaling and Agglomeration
Stacey, Derek (Queen's University):
Housing Prices, Time on the Market, and the Role of Real
Estate Agents
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Bank of Canada Session: Theory of Money and Payments I / Banque du Canada - Théorie
de la monnaie et des paiements I
Organizer Shao, Enchuan (Bank of Canada)
Chair Dong, Mei (Simon Fraser University)
Papers Sun, Hongfei (Amy) (Queen's University):
Equilibrium Counterfeiting and Monetary Policy
Dong, Mei (Simon Fraser University):
On the Societal Benefit of Credit Card as a Means of Payment
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CDESG: South Asia / CDESG: Asie du sud
Papers Jayaraman, Rajshri (European School of Management and
Technology):
The Impact of School Lunches on Primary School Enrollment:
Evidence from India's Midday Meal Scheme
Rosenblum, Daniel (Dalhousie University):
Economic Incentives for Sex-Selective Abortion in India
Dauphin, Anyck (Université du Québec en Outaousais):
Child Poverty and Intra-Household Allocation in Bangladesh
Pivovarova, Margarita (University of Toronto):
Caste, Gender and School Enrollment: Evidence from the
Nepalese Living Standard Survey
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Industrial Organization 5: Implications of Imperfect Competition / Organisation
industrielle 5: Implications de la compétition imparfaite
Chair Atallah, Gamal (University of Ottawa)
Papers Basso, Leonardo (Universidad de Chile):
Passenger Versus Movement Based Charges on Transport
Infrastructure
Ray Chaudhuri, Amrita (University of Winnipeg):
Monopolization through acquisitions in multimarket
oligopolies
Roland, Michel (Université Laval):
Mixed Enterprises and International Competition
Discussants Higashida, Keisaku (Kwansei Gakuin University); Roland, Michel
(Université Laval); Barham, Victoria (University of Ottawa)
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
2x2 Working Group Session 1 / Groupe de travail 2x2 Session 1
Organizers Robinson, David (Laurentian University)
Goforth, David (Laurentian University)
Chair Goforth, David (Laurentian University)
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Papers Robinson, David (Laurentian University):

Teaching Economics by Teaching 2x2 Game Theory
Berg, Kimmo (Aalto University School of Science):
Computing equilibria in discounted 2x2 supergames
Kilgour, Marc (Wilfrid Laurier University):
How Democracy Resolves Conflict in Difficult Games
Hamburger, Henry (George Mason University):
2x2 Graph Games
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Short Presentation Session: Immigration / Présentations courtes en immigration
Papers Teng, Jiayuan (University of Guelph):
Social networks and Migration Decision: Evidence from
CHIPS and Repeated Cross-sectional Data
Zhou, Nan (Concordia University):
Training New Immigrants: Evidence from Canada
Zibrowius, Michael (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg):
Convergence or divergence? Immigrant wage assimilation
patterns in Germany
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Monetary and Fiscal Policy / Politiques monétaires et fiscales
Papers Dalkir, Mehmet (University of New Brunswick):
Inflation versus Price Control from the Stochastic Control
Perspective
Liu, Xuan (East Carolina University):
Optimal Fiscal and Monetary Policy with Svensson Timing
Talukdar, Bidyut Kumar (Saint Mary's University):
Organizational Learning and Optimal Fiscal and Monetary
Policy
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CIRANO-PHELPS 3: Intellectual Property / CIRANO-PHELPS 3: Propriété intellectuelle
Papers Chipty, Tasneem (Analysis Group, Inc.):
Economics of Music Copyright Valuation: Theory and Practice
Langinier, Corinne (University of Alberta):
Monetary and Implicit Incentives of Patent Examiners
Boyer, Marcel (Université de Montréal):
The Economics of Copyright Valuation: The Case of Music for
Commercial Radio Stations
Discussants Solomon, Raphael (Copyright Board of Canada); Agrawal, Ajay (University
of Toronto); Katz, Ariel (University of Toronto)
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Health Economics 5 - Primary Care / Économie de la santé 5 - Soins de santé primaires
Chair Sarma, Sisira K (The University of Western Ontario)
Papers Buhr, Karen (University of Maine):
The Relationship between Job Satisfaction, Workplace Stress,
and Unhealthy Lifestyle Choices among Canadian Nurses
McDonald, Ted (University of New Brunswick):
Immigration Policy and Working as a Physician: Evidence for
Canada and the United States
Wang, Chao (Sara) (McMaster University):
Physician Labour Supply in Canada: a Household Perspective
Discussants Guliani, Harminder (University of Manitoba); Jesmin, Shammima
(University of Western Ontario); Belley, Philippe (Kansas State University)
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
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Bilateral Trade Relationships / Relations commerciales bilatérales

Chair Ker, Alan (University of Guelph)
Papers Nitsch, Volker (Technische Universität Darmstadt):
Wearing Corset, Losing Shape: The Euro's Effect on Trade
Imbalances
Cyrus, Teresa (Dalhousie University):
Cultural Proximity and Bilateral Trade
Discussants Disdier, Anne-Celia (INRA); Lassmann, Andrea (ETH zurich)
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CSLS 1 : New Insights into Productivity Growth in Canada / CSLS 1: Nouvel aperçu de la
croissance de la productivité au Canada
Chair Nakamura, Alice (Alberta University)
Papers Almon, Michael-John (Industry Canada):
Industry Structure Change and Economic Growth: A
Canada-U.S. Comparison
De Avillez, Ricardo (Centre for the Study of Living
Standards):
The Paradoxical Nature of Productivity Growth in the
Canadian Agriculture Sector
Ross, Christopher (University of Ottawa):
A Detailed Analysis of the Productivity Performance of the
Canadian Food Processing Sector
Discussants Diewert, W. Erwin (University of British Columbia); Harris, Richard (Simon
Fraser University)
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CETC 4
Chair Kirkegaard, Rene (University of Guelph)
Papers Horan, Sean (Boston University):
Sequential Search and Choice from Lists
Han, Seungjin (McMaster University):
Non-Committed Procurement under Intricate Uncertainty
Kirkegaard, Rene (University of Guelph):
Ranking Asymmetric Auctions using the Dispersive Order
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CIGI 1: Managing Complexities: Global Economic Interdependencies and Policy
Cooperation / CIGI 1: Gérer les complications : Interdépendances économiques globales
et politiques de coopération
Panelists Jenkins, Paul (Carleton University)
Curtis, John (International Trade Canada)
Siklos, Pierre L (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Kruger, Mark (Canadian Embassy in China)
Perrault, Jean-François (Finance Canada)
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Factor Analysis 1 / Analyse factorielle 1
Organizer Stevanovic, Dalibor (Université de Montréal)
Chair Stevanovic, Dalibor (Université de Montréal)
Papers Douch, Mohamed (Royal Military College):
Equity Premium Puzzle in a Data-Rich Environment
Doko Tchatoka, Firmin Sabro (University of Tasmania):
Subset hypotheses testing and instrument exclusion in the
linear IV regression
Stevanovic, Dalibor (Université de Montréal):
Common Sources of Parameter Instability in Macroeconomic
Models: A Factor-TVP Approach
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Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
International Macroeconomics: Exchange Rate Regimes / Macroéconomie internationale:
Régimes de taux de change
Chair Arghyrou, Michael Georgiou (Cardiff University)
Papers Ghosh, Atish (International Monetary Fund):
Words vs Deeds: What Really Matters?
Pang, Ke (Wilfrid Laurier University):
Vertical Trade and North American Monetary Union: From
Trade to Currency Integration
Schembri, Larry (Bank of Canada):
A Brave New International Monetary System
Discussants Santor, Eric Benjamin (Bank of Canada); Cao, Shutao (Bank of Canada);
Beltran, Daniel (Federal Reserve Board)
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Empirical Topics in Research and Development / Sujets empiriques en recherche et
développement
Papers Luintel, Kul (Cardiff University):
Basic, Applied and Experimental Knowledge and
Productivity: Further Evidence
Schmidt, Tobias (Deutsche Bundesbank Central Office):
An Information Economics Perspective on Main Bank
Relationships and Firm R&D
Jung, Owen (Industry Canada):
Evidence of Heterogeneous Financing Conditions among
Canadian Small and Medium-Sized Firms Investing in R&D
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CMSG 5A: Monetary Policy / GCEM 5A: Politiques monétaires
Chair Shukayev, Malik (Bank of Canada)
Papers Dai, Tiantian (Queen's University):
Input Inventories, Business Cycle and Optimal Monetary
Policy
Kryvtsov, Oleksiy (Bank of Canada):
The Dynamics of Consumer Price Distribution and Monetary
Non-neutrality
Shukayev, Malik (Bank of Canada):
Financial Intermediation, Risk Taking and Monetary Policy
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CMSG 5B: Development Economics / GCEM 5B: Économie du développement
Chair Pallage, Stéphane (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Papers Alessandrini, Diana (University of Guelph):
The Business Cycle Human Capital Accumulation Nexus and
its Effect on Growth
Qian, Zhenjie (Tsinghua University):
Why Labor Income Share Is So Low in China?
Pallage, Stéphane (Université du Québec à Montréal):
Famines, food aid, and aggregate trouble
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CEBERG 5: All Pay Auctions, Trading Strategies and Money Illusion / CEBERG 5:
L'enchère à offres payantes, stratégies de trading et l'illusion de l'argent
Chair Mestelman, Stuart (McMaster University)
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Papers Chen, Zhuoqiong (Peking University):

Pre-empting Inefficient Contests with Gender Signaling
Khoroshilov, Yuri (University of Ottawa):
Momentum Trading Strategy and Investment Horizon: An
Experimental Study
Matthews, Peter (Middlebury College):
An Introduction To "Bucket Auctions" For Charity
Petersen, Luba (University of California Santa Cruz):
The Role of Money Illusion, Focal Points and Heuristics in
Nominal Price Adjustment
Discussants Mestelman, Stuart (McMaster University); Morrison, William (Wilfrid
Laurier University); Powell, Owen (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CESG 5: Short Presentation Session / SCEE 5: Présentations courtes
Chair Alexeev, Vitali (University of Tasmania)
Papers Gao, Rui (Queen's University):
Quasi-Realized Volatility: MCMC Estimation of Integrated
Volatility with Daily Fluctuation Limits
Hounyo, Koomla Ulrich (Université de Montréal):
Bootstapping pre-averaging realized volatility under market
microstructure noise
Ismael Yacoub, Mourifie (Université de Montréal):
revealed euclidean preferences
Shang, Hua (Concordia University):
Finite-Sample Properties of Alternative Tests on Beta-Pricing
Models in the Cases of Large, Small and Zero Betas
Zhang, Hui Jun (McGill University):
Commodity price - exchange rate causality in daily and
intra-day data
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CPEG 5: Political Economy I / CPEG 5: Économie politique I
Papers Pandey, Manish (University of Winnipeg):
Examining the Efficiency Hypothesis: Does increase in
openness cause government revenues to decline?
Voia, Marcel-Cristian (Carleton University):
Do Canadian business cycle peaks predict Federal election
calls?
Koka, Katerina (Brock University):
Voting for Health: the Effect of Changing Demographics on
the Choice of Capital and Labour Taxes
Location
08:30-10:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CREE Session 5: Short Presentation Session on Environmental Economics /
Présentations courtes en économie environnementale
Chair Barrington-Leigh, Christopher (University of British Columbia)
Papers Morgan, Dylan (University of Ottawa):
When Environmental Subsidies Backfire: The Case of Black
Liquor and the Alternative Fuel Mixture Tax Credit
Filippiadis, Eleftherios (Concordia University):
Using the allocation of emission permits for Strategic Trade
purposes
Xiang, Di (University of Manitoba):
Econ-labeling with Knowledgeable and Naive Consumers
Khalaf, Lynda (Carleton University):
The Environmental Kuznets Curve: Tipping Points and
Uncertainty
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Boskovic, Branko (University of Toronto):

Environmental Regulation, Air Quality and Free-Riding:
Evidence from the U.S. Clean Air Act
Location
10:00-10:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
PEF 6: Canadian Provincial Budgeting Priorities and Risks / PEF 6: Priorités budgétaires
des provinces canadiennes et les risques
Organizer MacLean, Brian K. (Laurentian University)
Panelists Baragar, Fletcher (University of Manitoba)
McCracken, Michael C (Informetricia Limited)
Myatt, Anthony (University of New Brunswick)
Ivanova, Iglika (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives)
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CNEH 6: War, Prohibition and Keynes / RCHE 6: Guerres, interdictions et Keynes
Chair Tassonyi, Almos T. (Ryerson University)
Papers Cranfield, John (University of Guelph):
Stayers and Leavers, Diggers and Canucks: The 1914-1918
War in Comparative Perspective
Dighe, Ranjit (State University of New York at Oswego):
Business Week, the Great Depression and the Coming of
Keynesianism to America
Dupré, Ruth (HEC Montréal):
The People's Will: Referendums and Alcohol Prohibition in
International Perspective
Discussants Massey, Catherine (University of Colorado at Boulder); Wilson, Stuart J.
(University of Regina); Eli, Shari (University of Berkeley)
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CLEA II: Law and Economics / Droit et économie
Organizer Alarie, Benjamin (University of Toronto)
Papers Green, Andrew (University of Toronto):
The Power of the Chief Justice: Choosing Panels on the
Supreme Court of Canada
Caines, Ian (University of Toronto):
Circular Priorities Revisited
Summerfield, Fraser (University of Guelph):
The Opportunity Cost of Violent Crime in Canada:
Understanding Supply Trends After Capital Punishment
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Health Economics 7 - Methodology / Économie de la santé 7 - Méthodologie
Chair Wolfson, Michael (University of Ottawa)
Papers Makdissi, Paul (University of Ottawa):
A Fuzzy Approach to the Measurement of Leakages in Health
Systems in North America
Li, Xianghong (York University):
Assessing the Ability Of Matching To Address Attrition Bias
In Health Data Using The Rand Health Experiment
Hurley, Jerry (McMaster University):
Existence and Magnitued of Health Care Externalities:
Evidence from a Choice Experiment
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Discussants Packalen, Mikko (University of Waterloo); Plesca, Miana (University of

Guelph); Smith, Alexander (University of Calgary)
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Canadian Public Policy Lecture / Analyse de Politiques - Conférence
Sponsor Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de Politiques
Speaker Forget, Evelyn L. (University of Manitoba)
Topic Town With No Poverty: the health effects of the MINCOME guaranteed
annual income experiment
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Labour: Immigrants and labour market decisions / Travail: Immigrants et décisions de
travail
Papers Coulombe, Serge (University of Ottawa):
Quality of Human Capital and Economic Development: an
analysis of immigrants' earnings in Canada
Nadeau, Serge (University of Ottawa):
English as the Lingua Franca and the Economic Value of
Other Languages: the Case of the Language of Work of
Immigrants and Non-immigrants in the Montreal Labour
Market
Lu, Yuqian (Statistics Canada):
Self-choice or out of necessity: Do immigrants and their
children choose self-employment for the same reasons?
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Labour: Atlantic Canada : Investment and Immigration / Travail: Les provinces de
l'Atlantique: Investissement et immigration
Papers Haghiri, Morteza (Mount Allison University):
The Role of Intraregional Investment in the Economic
Development of the Humber River Basin in Newfoundland
and Labrador
Chaundy, David (Atlantic Provinces Economic Council):
Atlantic Canada's Changing Competitiveness for
International Investment
Akbari, Syed Ather H (Saint Mary's University):
Labour Market Performance of Immigrants in Atlantic Canada
Compared with the Rest of Canada
Rankaduwa, Wimal (University of Prince Edward Island):
Immigration Inflow and Economic Growth in Atlantic
Canada: An Empirical Investigation
Discussants Grady, Patrick (unaffiliated); Walsh, Keith (McMaster University)
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Teaching of Economics 2: Session in memory of Peter Kennedy / Enseignements
économiques 2: Session en mémoire de Peter Kennedy
Chair Woolley, Frances (Carleton University)
Papers Colonescu, Constantin (Grant MacEwan University):
Is the undergraduate curriculum relevant? The case of
exchange rate determination
O'Gorman, Melanie (University of Winnipeg):
Experiential Learning and Microfinance Mechanisms
Raynauld, Jacques (HEC Montréal):
Students Misconceptions in Economics: autopsy of a tax
incidence question
Discussants Livernois, John R (University of Guelph)
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
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Bayesian Methods for Forecasting and Applied Macroeconomics / Méthodes baysiennes

pour la prévision de la macroéconomie appliquée
Organizer Sekhposyan, Tatevik (Bank of Canada)
Chair Sekhposyan, Tatevik (Bank of Canada)
Papers Herbst, Edward (University of Pennsylvania):
Evaluating Predictions of Comovements of DSGE Models
Maih, Junior (Norges Bank):
Estimating DSGE Models with Observed Real-Time
Expectation Data
Matthes, Christian (Universitat Pompeu Fabra):
Time Variation in the Dynamics and Comovement of Latin
American Economies
Discussants Baumeister, Christiane (Bank of Canada)
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CDESG: Evaluation of Social Policies in Latin America / CDESG: Évaluation des politiques
sociales en amérique latine
Papers Gondim Teixeira, Clarissa (International Policy Center for
Inclusive Growth/UNDP):
Externality and Behavioural Change Effects of a
non-randomized CCT programme - Heterogeneous impact on
the Demand for Health and Education
Ferrando, Mery (Universidad de la República):
School Attendance, Child Labor and Cash Transfers. An
Impact Evaluation of PANES
Alzua, Maria Laura (CEDLAS -Universidad Nacional de La
Plata):
Educational Reform and Labor Market Outcomes: The Case of
Argentina's Ley Federal de Educación
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CDESG: Household / CDESG: Les ménages
Papers Osberg, Lars (Dalhousie University):
Intra-Household Inequality, Poverty Measurement and the
Hunger of Old Women
Bobonis, Gustavo (University of Toronto):
Public Transfers and Domestic Violence: The Role of Private
Information and Spousal Control
Diallo, Saikou Amadou (University of Ottawa):
The Threat of Domestic Violence and Women Empowerment:
The Case of West Africa
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
2x2 Working Group Session 2 / Groupe de travail 2x2 Session 2
Organizers Robinson, David (Laurentian University)
Goforth, David (Laurentian University)
Chair Robinson, David (Laurentian University)
Papers Hopkins, Brian (Saint Peter's College):
Between Neighboring Strict Ordinal Games
Simpson, John (University of Alberta):
Overcoming the (near) Fetishization of a Small Group of 2x2
Games
Bruns, Bryan (Independent Scholar):
Switching Games: Visualizing the Adjacent Possible in the
Topology of Two-person Two-strategy Games
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Stock Market Returns / Rendements des marchés boursiers
Chair Lo, Ingrid (Ka Man) (Bank of Canada)
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Papers Bond, Amanda (Ryerson University):

Canadian Stock Returns and the Macroeconomy
Boucher, Christophe (QCG):
Expected Returns Across Time Scales
Zaman, Ashraf (St Mary'S University):
Political Information the Cross-Section of Returns
Discussants Zaman, Ashraf (St Mary'S University); Gungor, Sermin (Bank of Canada);
Bond, Amanda (Ryerson University)
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Health Economics 6 - Primary Care / Économie de la santé 6 - Soins de santé primaires
Chair Powell, Lisa (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Papers Worswick, Christopher (Carleton University):
The determinants of the migration decisions of immigrant
and non-immigrant physicians in Canada
Wing, Coady (Northwestern University):
Occupational Deregulation and The Price of Health Services
in the United States
Jesmin, Shammima (University of Western Ontario):
Team-based Primary Health Care (PHC) Practice and Patient
Perceptions of Health Care Outcomes: A Propensity Score
Matching (PSM) Analysis using data from the 2007-2008
Canadian Survey of Experiences with Primary Health Care
(CSCPHC)
Discussants Sarma, Sisira K (The University of Western Ontario); Stewart, Jennifer
(Carleton University); Wang, Chao (Sara) (McMaster University)
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CETC 2
Chair Shneyerov, Artyom (Concordia University)
Papers Ivanov, Maxim (McMaster University):
Dynamic Informational Control
Shneyerov, Artyom (Concordia University):
Search brokers
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Immigration, Language, and Natural Disasters / Immigration, langage et désastres
naturels
Chair Yotov, Yoto (Drexel University)
Papers Hiller, Sanne (Aarhus University):
Immigration and the Product Margins of International Trade
Lassmann, Andrea (ETH zurich):
The Causal Impact of Common Language on International
Trade: Evidence from a Spatial Regression Discontinuity
Design.
Groeschl, Jasmin (Ifo Institut for Economic Research at LMU
Munich):
Natural Disasters and the Effect of Trade on Income: An IV
Approach
Discussants Qirjo, Dhimitri (The University of British Columbia); Klasing, Mariko J
(Carleton University); Cyrus, Teresa (Dalhousie University)
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CEA/CSLS 2 : What Explains the Growing Canada-US Productivity Gap ? / ACE/CSLS 2:
Qu'est-ce qui explique la croissance de l'écart de productivité entre le Canada et les
États-Unis ?
Organizer Sharpe, Andrew (Centre for The Study of Living Standards)
Chair Sharpe, Andrew (Centre for The Study of Living Standards)
Panelists Tomlin, Ben (Bank of Canada)
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Gu, Wulong (Statistics Canada)

Milway, James (Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity)
Shute, Larry (Industry Canada)
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CIGI 2: Imbalances and Monetary Volatility / CIGI 2: Déséquilibres et volatilité
monétaire
Papers Essid, Badye Omar (HEC Montréal):
Do Short Selling Restrictions Destabilize Stock Markets?
Lessons from Taiwan
Jing, Wang (University of Western Ontario):
Global Measures of Imbalances and Instability Before and
After the 2008 Financial
Agarwal, Manmohan (CIGI):
Impact of US Monetary Policy on Emerging Economies
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Factor Analysis 2 / Analyse factorielle 2
Organizer Stevanovic, Dalibor (Université de Montréal)
Papers Luciani, Matteo (Université libre de Bruxelles):
Modeling Vast Panels of Volatilities with Long-Memory
Dynamic Factor Models
Bouaddi, Mohammed (HEC-Montreal):
Portfolio Selection in a Data-Rich Environment
Bruneau, Gabriel (Université de Montréal):
Interest rate expectations and economic fluctuations
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
International Macroeconomics: Capital Flows and Controls / Macroéconomie
internationale: Flux de capitaux et contrôles
Chair Santor, Eric Benjamin (Bank of Canada)
Papers Qureshi, Mahvash (International Monetary Fund):
Sea, Swell, or Killer Waves? An Empirical Analysis of Capital
Flows
Riera-Crichton, Daniel (Bates College):
International Gross Capital Flows: A New Measure and
Application to a Global Panel of External Financial Crises
Stanley, Leonardo (Cedes):
Capital controls, development and institutions: Latin America
and Asia compared
Discussants Pasricha, Gurnain (Bank of Canada); Kano, Takashi (University of Tokyo);
Razo-Garcoa, Raul (Carleton University)
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
The Great Recession / La grande récession
Papers Diewert, W. Erwin (University of British Columbia):
The Measurement of Banking Services in the System of
National Accounts
Nakamura, Emi (Columbia Business School, Uris 820):
Crises and Recoveries in an Empirical Model of Consumption
Disasters
Nakamura, Alice (Alberta University):
Regulatory versus Information Failure Perspectives on the
Great Recession
Morck, Randall K. (University of Alberta):
Monetary and Fiscal Stimuli, Ownership Structure, and
China's Housing Market
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
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T.B.A.
The Industry Canada Lecture / Conférence État des connaissances
Sponsor Industry Canada/Industrie Canada
Organizers Ross, Thomas W. (University of British Columbia)
Boyer, Marcel (Université de Montréal)
Chair Boyer, Marcel (Université de Montréal)
Speaker Rey, Patrick (Université Toulouse I)
Topic Access Pricing and Competition in Telecommunications
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CMSG 6A: Money and Banking / GCEM 6A: Monnaie et banques
Chair Waknis, Parag J (University of Connecticut)
Papers Ho, Wai-Ming (York University):
Liquidity Constraints and the Friedman Rule in a Small Open
Economy with Overlapping Generations
Pancrazi, Roberto (Toulouse School of Economics):
Overlooking the Great Moderation: Consequences for the
Monetary Policy
Waknis, Parag J (University of Connecticut):
Endogenous Monetary Policy: A Leviathan Central Bank in a
Lagos-Wright Economy
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CMSG 6B: Wages over the Business Cycle / GCEM 6B: Salaires et cycles économiques
Chair Tavares, Brian (University of Toronto)
Papers Bellou, Andriana (Université de Montréal):
Wages, Implicit Contracts and the Business Cycle: Evidence
from a European Panel
Snell, Andy (Edinburgh):
Minu, Startu and all that:- Pitfalls in estimating the
sensitivity of a worker's wage to aggregate unemployment
Tavares, Brian (University of Toronto):
Involuntary Part-Time Employment and Wages in the
Business Cycle
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CEBERG 6: Risk Preferences and Choice over Time / CEBERG 6: Aversion au risque et les
choix dans le temps
Chair Anglin, Paul M (University of Guelph)
Papers Mentzakis, Emmanouil (University of East Anglia):
An investigation of individual preferences: consistency
across incentives and stability over time
Morrison, William (Wilfrid Laurier University):
Loss aversion, default bias and intertemporal choice
Terry, Eric (Ryerson University):
Risk preferences and the presentation of uncertainty
Discussants Anglin, Paul M (University of Guelph); Freeman, David (University of
British Columbia); Zitikis, Ricardas (University of Western Ontario)
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CESG 6: Econometric Theory / SCEE 6: Théorie économétrique
Chair Davidson, Russell (McGill University)
Papers Dovonon, Prosper (Concordia University):
Long Run Canonical Correlations: Estimation and Inference
Mackinnon, James G (Queen's University):
Confidence Sets Based on Inverting Anderson-Rubin Tests
35 of 58 5/11/2011 3:33 PM
Stewart, Kenneth G (University of Victoria):

The optimal construction of instruments in nonlinear
regression: Implications for GMM inference
Discussants Alexeev, Vitali (University of Tasmania); Davidson, Russell (McGill
University); Khalaf, Lynda (Carleton University)
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CPEG 6: Political Economy II / CPEG 6: Économie Politique II
Papers Winer, Stanley (Carleton University):
Explaining Variation in the Competitiveness of U.S. Senate
Elections, 1922-2004
Joanis, Marcelin (Université de Sherbrooke):
Campaign spending limits and electoral competition in a
floating two-party system
Rekkas, Marie (Simon Fraser University):
Disentangling Party and Individual Incumbency Effects
Location
10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CREE Session 6: Resource and Environmental Economics Theory / CREE 6: Ressources
et théorie économique environnementale
Chair Baksi, Soham (University of Winnipeg)
Papers Bazhanov, Andrei (Queen's University):
Genuine investment and resource policy in imperfect
economy
Baksi, Soham (University of Winnipeg):
Multiple Pollutants and the Benefits of Cleaner Technology
Adoption
Moreno-Cruz, Juan (University of Calgary):
Long-term environmental problems and strategic inter-
generational transfers
Location
12:00-13:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Purvis Luncheon / Déjeuner-conférence Purvis
Speaker Fehr, Ernst (University of Zurich)
Topic The Lure of Authority - Motivation and Incentive Effects of Power
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Immigration in Canada? A Panel Discussion on Future Directions / Panel sur les
directions futures de l'immigration au Canada
Research Group on the Economics of Immigration(RGEI), University of
Sponsor
Ottawa
Organizer Nadeau, Serge (University of Ottawa)
Chair Paquet, Gilles (University of Ottawa)
Panelists Beach, Charles M. (Queen's University)
Mackay, Diana (The Conference Board of Canada)
Paquet, Gilles (University of Ottawa)
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CEA/CWEN- Inside and Outside of the Ivory Tower: Building Blocks for Success in All
Stages of Your Career / ACE/RFE - Pierre angulaire pour le succès dans toutes les phases
de votre carrière
Organizer Payne, Abigail (McMaster University)
Chair Cuff, Katherine L (McMaster University)
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Papers Devlin, Rose Anne (University of Ottawa):

Getting that First Job -- Beyond the C.V. and the Thesis
Kozicki, Sharon (Bank of Canada):
Outside of Academia -- A Fulfilling Career Outside of the
Ivory Tower
Deri Armstrong, Catherine (University of Ottawa):
Getting Over that Tenure Hurdle -- What I Wish I knew Early
On
Gallini, Nancy (University of British Columbia):
Beyond Tenure -- Success as a Senior Academic
Panelists Devlin, Rose Anne (University of Ottawa)
Gallini, Nancy (University of British Columbia)
Deri Armstrong, Catherine (University of Ottawa)
Kozicki, Sharon (Bank of Canada)
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Reconsidering Keynes in a Time of Crisis: Keynes' General Theory After 75 Years- In
Memory of Gilles Dostaler / Keynes en temps de crise: La théorie générale de Keynes
après 75 ans - À la mémoire de Gilles Dostaler
Organizer Dimand, Robert W. (Brock University)
Papers Lipsey, Richard G. (Simon Fraser University):
macro economics and the unique equilibrium fixation: how
the expectations-augmented phillips curve derailed
keynesian economics
Dimand, Robert W. (Brock University):
The Keynesian Revolution After Seventy-Five Years
Spotton Visano, Brenda (York University):
Reconsidering Keynes in a Time of Financial Crisis
Chorney, Harold (Concordia University Montreal):
Rediscovering Keynes: After the Crash
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CNEH 7: Managing Money During the Early Twentieth Century
Chair Moore, Lyndon (Université de Montréal)
Papers Horsewood, Nicholas (University of Birmingham):
UK Demand for money in the Great Depression: Did cheap
money result in inflation?
Davies, Ryan (Babson College):
Pink Pills for Pale People: A Snapshot of Entrepreneurship,
Patent Medicine, and Finance in 1905
Beaulieu, Eugene C. (University of Calgary):
The Magnitude and Cost of Canadian Protectionsim:
1870-1910
Discussants Redish, Angela (University of British Columbia); Fletcher, Erin (University
of Colorado Boulder); Lew, Byron J (Trent University)
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Macroeconomics and Finance
Papers Li, Kai (Duke University):
Toward a Quantitative General Equilibrium Asset Pricing
Model with Intangible Capital
Schaller, Huntley (Carleton University):
The Economic Effect of Sentiment
Vafa, Shervan (York University):
Financial Intermediation and Capital Mobility
Discussants Priyo, Asad Karim Khan (University of Toronto); Yepez, Carlos (Brandeis
University)
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
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State of the Art Lecture / Conférence État des connaissances

Speaker Olewiler, Nancy (Simon Fraser University)
Topic What has Environmental Economics ever done for the World: From Theory
into Practice
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Labour: Job Polarization
Papers Carr, Jeff (Human Resources and Skills Development
Canada):
What is the incidence of occupation-education mismatch in
Canada and what are its consequences?
Cortes, Guido Matias (University of British Columbia):
Where Have the Middle-Skill Workers Gone? A Study of
Polarization Using Panel Data
Mercenier, Jean (U. Pantheon-Assas (Paris2)):
Routinization-Biased Technical Change, Globalization and
Labor Market Polarization: Does Theory Fit the Facts?
Discussants Michaelsen, Maren M. (Ruhr University Bochum); Miyake, Atsushi (Simon
Fraser University)
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Labour: Determinants of Labour Market Outcomes
Papers Belley, Philippe (Kansas State University):
Understanding Wage Growth: Estimating and Testing
Learning-by-Doing
Heinicke, Katrin (University of Magdeburg):
Who You Are Is What You Get - The Role of Personality for
Occupational Choice and Wages
Dan, Ioana (University of Toronto):
A Model of Occupational Choice with Displacement Risk
Crucini, Mario (Vanderbilt University):
Incentives and Effects of Publication Lags on Life Cycle
Research Productivity in Economics
Discussants Zibrowius, Michael (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg); Bessey, Donata
(Seoul National University); Hahm, Sang-moon (KDI School of Public
Policy)
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CDESG: Conflict/Crisis / Crises et conflits
Papers Laszlo, Sonia (McGill University):
Civil Conflict and the political economy of delivering health
services in Peru
Tiberti, Luca (Université Laval):
The impact of the food and financial crises on U5MR in
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nunn, Nathan (Harvard University):
Aiding Conflict: The Unintended Consequences of US Food
Aid on Civil War
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
IDRM, RMC: Spending on Defence and Security
Organizer Berkok, Ugurhan (Royal Military College)
Papers Berkok, Ugurhan (Royal Military College):
Interagency coordination or agency expansion
Zubairy, Sarah (Bank of Canada):
Who Benefits from Increased Government Spending? A
State-Level Analysis
Solomon, Binyam (Department of National Defence):
Forecasting Future Defence Budgets
Discussants Rowlands, Dane (Carleton University); Deschenes, Andre (unaffiliated)
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Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CDESG: Child Labour / Travail des enfants
Papers Koissy-Kpein, Sandrine Aïda (CEPS/INSTEAD):
Child Labor, Schooling and Household Wealth in African
Rural Area: Luxury axiom vs. Wealth paradox
Dammert, Ana (Carleton University):
Misclassification Error in Child Labor: The Role of Survey
Design and Type of Respondent
Dessy, Sylvain (Université Laval):
Are there Gains from International Cooperation against Child
Trafficking?
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Industrial Organization 6: Market Power: Empirical Explorations
Chair Atallah, Gamal (University of Ottawa)
Papers Byrne, David (The University of Melbourne):
Consolidation and Price Discrimination in the Cable
Television Industry
Hazledine, Tim (University of Auckland):
Merger policy and the merger paradox in price discriminating
oligopoly: the case of Canadian airline competition
Nimubona, Alain-Désiré (University of Waterloo):
Evaluating the Effects of Market Power on Gasoline Prices:
Panel Data Evidence from Canadian Cities
Discussants Suzuki, Junichi (University of Toronto); Nimubona, Alain-Désiré
(University of Waterloo); Arya, Pyare (Saint Mary's University)
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Labour: Empirical Studies of Fertility and Child Welfare / Travail: Études empiriques sur
la fertilité et le bien-être des enfants
Papers McIntosh, James (Concordia University):
Reproductive Behaviour in Canada: Corrections and New
Procedures
Azimi, Ebrahim (Simon Fraser University):
Female Labor Force Participation in Iran; Evidence from
Exogenous Variation in the Number of Children
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Human Capital, Social Capital, Intangible Capital and Economic Growth
Chair Gu, Wulong (Statistics Canada)
Papers Kumar, Alok (University of Victoria):
Education, Health, and Cross-Country Productivity
Differences
Klasing, Mariko J (Carleton University):
Cultural Traits, Collective Values and the Roots of Political
Institution
Gu, Wulong (Statistics Canada):
Intangible Capital and Productivity Growth in Canada
Discussants Gu, Wulong (Statistics Canada); Saavedra, Luz (University of St.
Thomas); Tang, Jianmin (Industry Canada)
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
HRSDC Session: Literacy and Essential Skills Gaps in the Canadian Workforce
Organizer Frank, Natalie (HRSDC)
Papers Murray, T. Scott (DataAngel Policy Research):
Understanding literacy markets in Canada: A Segmentation
Analysis
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Frank, Natalie (HRSDC):

Understanding Aboriginal Literacy Markets in Canada: A
Segmentation Analysis
David, Gyarmati (Social Research and Demonstration
Corporation (SRDC)):
Literacy and Essential Skills in the Workplace: A
Pan-Canadian Demonstration project
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Determinants of the Productivity and Direction of Scientific Research
Organizer Macgarvie, Megan Jill (Boston University)
Papers Hicks, Justin (University of California Merced):
Spending Wisely? How Resources Affect Knowledge
Production in Universities
Macgarvie, Megan Jill (Boston University):
How Important is U.S. Location for Research in Science?
Packalen, Mikko (University of Waterloo):
Opportunities and Benefits as Determinants of the Direction
of Scientific Research
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Health Economics 8 - Pharmaceuticals
Chair Curtis, Lori (University of Waterloo)
Papers Magesan, Arvind (University of Calgary):
Peer Effects in Policymaking: Evidence From Canadian
Provincial Formulary Listings
Ward, Courtney (Dalhousie University):
The long-term economic effects of school immunization
mandates: does prenatal exposure to state school
immunization policy impact health and well-being in later
life?
Ren, Zhe (Dalhousie University):
A two-dimension oligopolistic product differentiation model
for Canadian prescription drug market
Discussants Curtis, Lori (University of Waterloo); Jamal, Taha (McMaster University);
Mcleod, Logan (University of Alberta)
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
International Trade: China
Chair Rodrigue, Joel (Vanderbilt University)
Papers Gu, Jiajia (Kings University College at the University of
Western Ontario):
Vertical Intra-Industry Trade: An Empirical Study of China's
Motor Vehicle Industry
Adekunle, Bamidele (University of Guelph):
Illusion or Reality: Understanding the Trade Flow between
China and Sub-Saharan Africa
Xu, Kai (University of Western Ontario):
Barriers to Labor Mobility and International Trade: The Case
of China
Discussants Su, Li (University of Oklahoma); Barattieri, Alessandro (Université du
Québec à Montréal); Stoyanov, Andrey (York University)
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CSLS 3 : Selected Papers from the Ian Stewart Festschrift New Directions for Intelligent
Government in Canada
Chair Gorbet, Fred (unaffiliated)
Papers Sheikh, Munir (Queen's University):
Good Data and Intelligent Government
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Helliwell, John F. (University of British Columbia):

How Can Subjective Well-being be Improved?
Fortin, Pierre (Université du Québec à Montréal):
Income Support in the Canadian Federation
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CETC 3
Chair Peters, Michael (University of British Columbia)
Papers Goertz, Johanna (University of Guelph):
A Condorcet Jury Theorem with More Than Two Choices
Halberstam, Yosh (University of Toronto):
Trial and Error in the Courts: Information Aggregation and
Free Riding in Hierarchical Institutions
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
International Macroeconomics: International Financial Crises
Chair Qureshi, Mahvash (International Monetary Fund)
Papers Arghyrou, Michael Georgiou (Cardiff University):
The EMU Sovereign-Debt Crisis: Fundamentals, Expectations
and Contagion
Pasricha, Gurnain (Bank of Canada):
Determinants of Financial Stress and Recovery during the
Great Recession
Razo-Garcoa, Raul (Carleton University):
Speculative Attacks Under Strategic Uncertainty
Discussants Maier, Philipp (Bank of Canada); Smith, Gregor (Queen's University);
Schembri, Larry (Bank of Canada)
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Microstructure and Liquidity
Chair Coen, Alain (Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM))
Papers Lo, Ingrid Ka Man (Bank of Canada / Chinese University of
Hong Kong):
Belief Dispersion and Order Submission Strategies in the
Foreign Exchange Market
Gungor, Sermin (Bank of Canada):
Time-Variation in Liquidity and Portfolio Returns
Morin, Lealand (Queen's University):
Liquidity Effects on Return and Volume Co-movement when
Traders Behave Strategically
Malinova, Katya (University of Toronto):
Subsidizing Liquidity: The Impact of Make/Take Fees on
Market Quality
Discussants Malinova, Katya (University of Toronto); Li, Bo (Queen's University); Coen,
Alain (Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM)); Lo, Ingrid (Ka Man)
(Bank of Canada)
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
State of the Art Lecture / Conférence État des connaissances
Chair Khalaf, Lynda (Carleton University)
Speaker Lewbel, Arthur (Boston College)
Topic Binary Choice Models With Endogenous Regressors
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CMSG 7: Multi-sector Macroeconomics / GCEM 7: Macroéconomie multisectorielle
Chair MacGee, Jim (University of Western Ontario)
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Papers Sevcik, Pavel (Université du Québec à Montréal):

Size and Productivity of Single-segment and Diversified
Firms: Evidence from Canadian Manufacturing
Khan, Hashmat (Carleton University):
Investment Shocks in a Multi-Sector Model
MacGee, Jim (University of Western Ontario):
Re-Examining the Role of Sticky Wages in the U.S. Great
Depression: A Multi-sector Approach
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis Session
Chair Stengos, Thanasis (University of Guelph)
Papers Engineer, Merwan (University of Victoria):
Maximizing Human Development
Melino, Angelo (University of Toronto):
Estimating sibling interaction effects in long run wages
Plesca, Miana (University of Guelph):
Women's Higher Returns to Post-Secondary Education:
Increased Productivity or Longer Hours Worked?
Pinar, Mehmet (University of Guelph):
Construction of World Governance Indicators: Revisiting the
Institutions Hypothesis
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CEBERG 7: Behavioural Economics
Chair Childs, Jason (University of Regina)
Papers Alger, Ingela (Carleton University):
Evolutionary Stability, Cooperation and Hamilton's Rule
Freeman, David (University of British Columbia):
A recursive non-expected utility model of the isolation effect
Sonntag, Axel (Vienna University of Economics and
Business):
Choosing the choice rule - An economic metaheuristic to
account for strategy selection behavior
Zitikis, Ricardas (University of Western Ontario):
Subjective probability in economics and insurance
Discussants Childs, Jason (University of Regina); Kneeland, Terri (University of British
Columbia); Terry, Eric (Ryerson University); Webb, Ryan (Queen's
University)
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
HEQCO - Higher Education Session / COQES - Séance sur l'enseignement supérieur
Organizer Norrie, Ken (McMaster University)
Papers Norrie, Ken (McMaster University):
Using NSSE Data to Examine Instructional Quality in
Economics
Livernois, John R (University of Guelph):
Making Large Classes Small(er): Assessing the Effectiveness
of a Hybrid Teaching Technology
Park, Sean (Simon Fraser University):
Towards an Integrated Undergraduate Economics
Curriculum: Education for Competence and Capability
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CPEG 7: Political Economy III
Papers Hickey, Ross (University of British Columbia - Okanagan):
The effects of lobbying regulations on the market for
lobbying services
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Yilmaz, Fatih (University of Calgary):

Contract Stability and Private Infrastructure Investments
Duran-Vigneron, Pascale (University of Exeter Business
School):
Assemble to resemble? A study of fiscal disparities among
French municipalities
Location
14:00-15:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CREE Session 7: Resource and Environmental Economics Theory
Chair Anyangah, Joshua (unaffiliated)
Papers Marrouch, Walid (Lebanese American University):
International environmental agreements in the presence of
adaptation
Taherkhani, Farnaz (McGill University):
Sustaining Asymmetric International Environmental
Agreements
Location
15:30-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CWEN Corner Cafe / RFE Petit café du coin
Location
15:30-16:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Location
16:00-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Economics of Frictions
Papers Jiang, Janet Hua (University of Manitoba):
Information, Prices and Ex-ante Investment
Chiu, Jonathan (Bank of Canada):
Innovation and Growth with Financial (and other) Frictions
Li, Li (University of Toronto):
Welfare effects of Increasing Borrowing Limit in the Presence
of Self Control Problem
Location
16:00-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CEA/EPRI/MESA Invited Panel on Post-Secondary Education
Organizer Finnie, Ross (University of Ottawa)
Panelists Bradshaw, James (Globe and Mail)
Norrie, Ken (McMaster University)
Hopkins, Mark (Government of Canada)
Location
16:00-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Labour: Experiments
Papers de Raaf, Shawn (Social Research and Demonstration
Corporation):
Preliminary Results from a Social Experiment that Provided
Online Labour Market Information to Post-Secondary
Education Graduates in British Columbia
Webb, Matt (Queen's University):
How Targeted is Targeted Tax Relief? Evidence from the
Employment Insurance Youth Hires Program
Thomsen, Stephan (University of Magdeburg):
Should Welfare Administration be Centralized or
Decentralized? Evidence from a Policy Experiment
Discussants Naqvi, Zareen (British Columbia Institute of Technology)
Location
16:00-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
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Labour: Low Incomes and Minimum Wage

Papers Luong, May (McMaster University):
The financial situation of employed low-income families
Pacheco, Gail (Auckland University of Technology):
Making the minimum wage binding: What is the impact on
employment effects?
Rybczynski, Kathleen (University of Waterloo):
Employment Effects of Minimum Wage on Women and
Immigrants
Discussants Lu, Yuqian (Statistics Canada); Summerfield, Fraser (University of
Guelph)
Location
16:00-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CDESG: Caste/Gender
Papers Wang, Shun (University of British Columbia):
The Long-Term Consequences of Family Class Origins in
Urban China
Solati, Fariba (University of Manitoba):
Women and Work
Bazillier, Remi (Université d'Orléans):
Gender Discrimination and Emigration : Push Factor versus
Screening Process Hypothesis
Location
16:00-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Economics of Religion and Culture
Papers Dilmaghani, Maryam (Saint Mary's University):
Religious Displays and the Cohesion of Religious Groups
Ferrero, Mario (University of Western Ontario):
From Jesus to Christianity: The Economics
Georges, Patrick (University of Ottawa):
An Econometric Analysis of Classical Music Manuscripts
Discussants Ferrero, Mario (University of Western Ontario); Dilmaghani, Maryam
(Saint Mary's University); Chipty, Tasneem (Analysis Group, Inc.)
Location
16:00-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Topics in Auctions and Voting
Chair Welling, Linda A. (University of Victoria)
Papers Brown, Natalya (Nipissing University):
Uncertainty, Alienation, Polarization and Voter Turnout
Dalkir, Elif (University of New Brunswick):
Reaction of responsive equilibrium to changes in preferences
Wang, Xiaoting (Acadia University):
Asymmetric Job Auctions
Discussants Kirkegaard, Rene (University of Guelph)
Location
16:00-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CDESG: Microfinance
Papers Agier, Isabelle (Ecole d'Economie de Paris):
Microfinance and Gender: Is There a Glass Ceiling in Loan
Size?
Acclassato, Denis (Université d'Abomey-Calavi):
Efficacité des institutions de microfinance dans l'UEMOA :
analyse des expériences au Bénin
Zrill, Lanny (University of British Columbia):
Present Bias and High Interest Borrowing: Evidence from
Microfinance
Messomo Elle, Serge (University of Buea):
Quel modèle de financement durable des microentrepreneurs
au Cameroun par les EMF ?
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Location
16:00-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Industrial Organization 7: Theoretical Industrial Organization
Chair Roland, Michel (Université Laval)
Papers DaGraça, Tarcisio Barroso (Competition Bureau / Industry
Canada):
Resale Price Maintenance (RPM) Can Reduce Economic
Efficiency Even Absent Collusion And Foreclosure
Higashida, Keisaku (Kwansei Gakuin University):
Misleading Advertising of the Horizontally Differentiated
Products
Xu, Heng (Carleton University):
Discount or Distance? Duopoly and Spatial Competition
Discussants Atallah, Gamal (University of Ottawa); Xu, Heng (Carleton University);
Chaudhuri, Sarbajit (unaffiliated)
Location
16:00-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Central Bank Policy
Papers Chahrour, Ryan (Columbia University):
Transparency and Limited Attention
Turdaliev, Nurlan (University of Windsor):
Central Bank Transparency: Does It Matter?
Mahmoudi, Babak (Queen's University):
Liquidity Effects of Quantitative Easing
Location
16:00-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
New Trends in Measuring Inequality
Organizers Zitikis, Ricardas (University of Western Ontario)
Greselin, Francesca (Università di Milano Bicocca)
Chair Zitikis, Ricardas (University of Western Ontario)
Papers Pasquazzi, Leo (University of Milano-Bicocca):
The new inequality measure: statistical inference and
Canadian cross-regional income survey data
Zenga, Michele (University of Milano-Bicocca):
Decompositions of the new inequality and uniformity
measures by income sources
Greselin, Francesca (Università di Milano Bicocca):
Geographical differences in income inequality: a comparison
between Canada and Italy
Porro, Francesco (Università di Milano Bicocca):
A new inequality measure: its definition, properties and
applications to income data
Location
16:00-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Bangladesh Young Economists (BYE): Development Issues in Bangladesh
Organizer Das, Anupam (Mount Royal University)
Chair Das, Anupam (Mount Royal University)
Papers Hussain, Ghulam (University of Dhaka):
Employment effects of Microcredit Revisited: Evidence Using
Household Panel Data from Bangladesh
Shonchoy, Abu (Institute for Developing Economies):
Seasonal Migration and Micro-credit in the Lean Period:
Evidence from Northwest Bangladesh
Nargis, Nigar (University of Waterloo):
The Impact of Taxation on Cigarette and Bidi Consumption in
Bangladesh: Evidence from the International Tobacco Control
(ITC) Bangladesh Survey
Das, Anupam (Mount Royal University):
Short Run Relationships between Remittances and GDP in
Bangladesh
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Discussants Das, Anupam (Mount Royal University); Nargis, Nigar (University of

Waterloo); Shonchoy, Abu (Institute for Developing Economies); Hussain,
Ghulam (University of Dhaka)
Location
16:00-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Health Economics 9 - Obesity
Chair McDonald, Ted (University of New Brunswick)
Papers Stewart, Jennifer (Carleton University):
Understanding the Relationship between Parental Work
Schedules and Obesity in Children
Sarma, Sisira K (The University of Western Ontario):
Does it Matter the Way Obesity is Measured in Social Science
Literature? Some New Findings from Canada
Powell, Lisa (University of Illinois at Chicago):
Soda Taxes and Adolescent Weight Outcomes
Discussants Ariste, Ruolz (Canadian Institute for Health Information); McDonald, Ted
(University of New Brunswick); Maclean, Catherine (Cornell University)
Location
16:00-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Risk in the Banking Industry
Papers Mirza, Afrasiab (Queen's University):
Dynamic Prudential Regulation
Li, Bo (Queen's University):
Assets Liquidation and Refinancing under the Interbank
Market versus the Shadow Banking System
Guidara, Alaa (Laval University):
The Impact of Capital Regulations and Acquisitions of
Investment Dealers and Brokerage Firms on Non-Interest
Income, Risk and Capital of Canadian Banks
Discussants Tchana Tchana, Fulbert (Ministere des Finances du Québec); Huang,
Helen (University of Waterloo); Bordeleau, Etienne (University of Toronto)
Location
16:00-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Aggregate Shocks with Frictions
Papers Pollak, Andreas (University of Saskatchewan):
Optimal Unemployment Insurance and the Business Cycle
Zhang, Yahong (Bank of Canada):
Credit frictions, labour market search and optimal interest
rate rules
Petrosky-Nadeau, Nicolas (Carnegie Mellon University):
Propagation in a Model of Good, Labor and Financial Market
Frictions
Location
16:00-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Housing and the Financial Crisis
Papers Huang, Haifang (University of Alberta):
From Housing Bust to Credit Crunch: Evidence from Small
Businesses Loans
Yepez, Carlos (Brandeis University):
Financial Intermediation and Collateral Constraints in
Business Cycles
Christensen, Ian (Bank of Canada):
Countercyclical loan-to-value ratios and monetary policy
Location
16:00-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
International Trade: The Current Account
Papers Barattieri, Alessandro (Université du Québec à Montréal):
Comparative Advantage, Service Trade, and Global
Imbalances
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Graff, Michael (ETH Zurich and Jacobs University Bremen):

Does Demographic Change Affect the Current Account? A
Reconsideration
Yu, Xiaoyu (University of Western Ontario):
Do Fast Growing Countries Run Current Account Surplus?
Discussants Nitsch, Volker (Technische Universität Darmstadt); Jacks, David (Simon
Fraser University)
Location
16:00-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Canadian Economics Association Invited Lecture
Speaker Drummond, Don (TD Bank Financial Group)
Topic Productivity
Location
16:00-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CMSG 8: Economics of Growth / GCEM 8: Économie de la croissance
Chair Ranasinghe, Ashantha (University of Toronto)
Papers Dusha, Elton (University of Toronto):
Intermediated Corruption with Reputation
Gunn, Christopher (McMaster University):
From growth to cycles through beliefs
Ranasinghe, Ashantha (University of Toronto):
Extortion, Protection and Entrepreneurship
Location
16:00-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CEBERG 8: Social Comparison and Contributions to the Public Good / Altruisme et
comparaison sociale
Chair Cadsby, Bram (University of Guelph)
Papers Danese, Giuseppe (Simon Fraser University):
Idiosyncratic heterogeneity in network-formation games
Fehr, Ernst (University of Zurich):
Social Comparison in the Workplace: Evidence from a
Randomized Field Experiment
Ong, David (Peking University):
Pro Bono Work and Honor in Expert Fields
Smith, Alexander (University of Calgary):
Estimating the Causal Effect of Beliefs on Contributions in
Repeated Public Good Games
Discussants Cadsby, Bram (University of Guelph); Moir, Robert (University of New
Brunswick Saint John); Sonntag, Axel (Vienna University of Economics
and Business); Spraggon, John (Lakehead University)
Location
16:00-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CESG 7: Copulas
Chair Ning, Cathy (Qiao) (Ryerson University)
Papers Huang, Wanling (McGill University):
A new, exact, distribution-function-based goodness-of-fit
test for copulas
Medovikov, Ivan (University of Western Ontario):
Non-Parametric Copula-Based Test For Independence
Ning, Cathy (Qiao) (Ryerson University):
Modeling Asymmetric Volatility Clusters Using Copulas and
High Frequency Data
Discussants Huang, Wanling (McGill University); Medovikov, Ivan (University of
Western Ontario); Ning, Cathy (Qiao) (Ryerson University)
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Location
16:00-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CPEG 8: Impacts of Tax Policy
Papers de Lamirande, Patrick (Cape Breton University):
The impact of the Nova Scotia Capped Assessment Program
on Equity and Fairness
Kryvoruchko, Iryna (McMaster University):
The Effects of the Russian Flat Tax Reform on Unofficial
Employment
Liu, Hu Ju (Statistics Canada):
Life-cycle Optimal Saving and Adequacy of Household
Savings in Canada
Yang, Wei (McMaster University):
Are contributions of time and money substitutes or
complements?
Location
16:00-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
CREE Session 8: Resource and Environmental Economics Theory
Chair Insley, Margaret (University of Waterloo)
Papers Insley, Margaret (University of Waterloo):
On the timing of non-renewable resource extraction with
environmental consequences
Tatoutchoup, Francis Didier (Université de Montréal):
Optimal Forestry Contracts with Interdependent Values
Mayer, Katarina (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies):
An Equilibrium Conflict Model of Land Use without Ownership
Rights
Location
16:00-17:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
State of the Art Lecture / État des connaissances
Speaker Acemoglu, Daron (MIT)
Topic Beliefs and Institutions
Location
17:45-19:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011
T.B.A.
Presidential Address / Discours présidentiel
Chair Veall, Michael (McMaster University)
Speaker Zinde-Walsh, Victoria (McGill University)
Location
08:00-08:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
Location
08:30-08:50 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
The Stand-up Economist: Yoram Bauman / Yoram Bauman, l'humoriste économiste
Location
09:00-10:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
Financial Economics / Économie financière
Chair Huang, Helen (University of Waterloo)
Papers Shen, Yue (Queen's University):
Contagion of Fire Sale on Security-Trader Network
Sayili, Koray (Queen's University):
Gold Related Investments' Hedging: Are They More Like Gold
or Stock Indices?
Muriu, Peter (University of Birmingham):
Microfinance Profitability: Does the financing structure
matter?
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Zhu, Hui (University of Calgary):

The New Game on Competitive Earnings News and
Post-earnings-announcement Drift
Discussants Gradojevic, Nikola (Lakehead University); O'Gorman, Melanie (University
of Winnipeg); Sayili, Koray (Queen's University)
Location
09:00-10:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
European Monetary Policy
Chair Lombardi, Marco (European Central Bank)
Papers Sekhposyan, Tatevik (Bank of Canada):
Taylor Rule and the Country Specific Stabilization Effects of
the Euro Area Monetary Policy
Monticini, Andrea (Catholic University):
The Impact of ECB and FED announcements on the Euro
Interest Rates
Kouassi, Tchudjane (Université de Limoges):
Deposit Insurance, Moral hazard and Market discipline:
Evidence from Central and Eastern European Banks
Discussants Bruneau, Gabriel (Université de Montréal)
Location
09:00-10:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
Explaining International Differences in Economic Growth / Comprendre les différences
internationales en croissance économique
Chair Mohamed, Ghada (ECO-ENA)
Papers Priyo, Asad Karim Khan (University of Toronto):
Sector-Specific Capital, Labor Market Distortions and Cross-
Country Income Differences: A Two-Sector General
Equilibrium Approach
Mohamed, Ghada (ECO-ENA):
Population growth and transitional dynamics of Egypt Basic
growth theories with perfect capital mobility
Huang, Zongye (McGill University):
Industrialization, Structural Transformation in an Open
Economy
Discussants Wong, Sara (Polytechnic University); Mohamed, Ghada (ECO-ENA)
Location
09:00-10:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
MESA-EPRI 1: Barriers to Post-secondary Education and Interventions / Obstacles à
l'éducation postsecondaire et interventions
Papers Frenette, Marc (Social Research and Demonstration
Corporation):
Does Advanced Academic Study Help Middle-Achieving High
School Students? Evidence from a Randomized Field
Experiment
Childs, Stephen (University of Ottawa):
It's Not Who You Are, but How You're Doing: a New
Approach to Identifying Students at Risk of Dropping Out of
PSE
Mueller, Richard (University of Lethbridge):
High School Student Characteristics, Barriers and Access to
Post-Secondary Education in Canada: Evidence from the
YITS
Location
09:00-10:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
CIPO Session on the Administration of Intellectual Property Rights / CIPO: Gestion des
droits de propriété intellectuelle
Organizer Nikzad, Rashid (Canadian Intellectual Property Office)
Papers Nikzad, Rashid (Canadian Intellectual Property Office):
The Economic Impact of Joining the Madrid Protocol
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Collette, Elias (Carleton University):

An empirical investigation into the use of extensions of time
in the trade-mark opposition process
Neville, Marc (Canadian Intellectual Property Office):
SME Report: Findings from the Identification of SMEs in
Patent Administrative Data
Location
09:00-10:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
HRSDC Session: Employment Equity / Séance RHDCC: Equité en emploi
Organizer Tu, Jiong (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada - Labour
Program)
Chair Bibi, Sami (Université Laval)
Papers Bibi, Sami (Université Laval):
Estimating the Underutilization Cost of Aboriginal Peoples
and Visible Minorities' Skills in Canada: Evidence from
Census Data
Chatti, Rim (HRSDC):
A General equilibrium assessment of the economic costs of
underutilization of Aboriginal Peoples and Visible Minorities'
Skills in Canada
Javdani Haji, Mohsen (Simon Fraser University):
Glass Ceilings or Glass Doors? The Role of Firms in
Male-Female Wage Disparity in Canada
Location
09:00-10:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
Topics in the Economics of Education and Labour / Des Sujets en l'Economie de
l'Education et du Travail
Chair Luong, May (McMaster University)
Papers Haeck, Catherine (University of Leuven):
Increased paid maternity leave and children's development
measured at age five. An empirical analysis.
Chen, Ding (Xi'an Jiao Tong University):
Why We Should Keep One Eye on Neighbors --An Empirical
Study of Chinese Regional Unemployment Rate
Cano Urbina, Javier (University of Western Ontario):
Understanding the role of the informal sector in the early
career of low-educated workers
Location
09:00-10:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
Bank of Canada Session: Theory of Money and Payments II
Organizer Shao, Enchuan (Bank of Canada)
Chair Irrcher, Tobias Simon (Bank of Canada)
Papers Irrcher, Tobias Simon (Bank of Canada):
Retail Payment Innovations and Cash Demand
Tkacz, Greg (Saint Francis Xavier University):
Cheques and Balances: Nowcasting Spending and Inflation
Using Payments System Data
Arango, Carlos (Bank of Canada):
Will that be Cash, Debit, or Credit? How Canadians Pay
Location
09:00-10:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
CSLS 4 : New Measures of Well-being for Canada
Chair Osberg, Lars (Dalhousie University)
Papers Hazell, Elspeth (Centre for the Study of Living Standards):
Estimates of the Human Development Index for the
Canadian Provinces, 2000-2010
Messinger, Hans (Statistics Canada):
An Overview of the Canadian Index of Wellbeing
Johnson, Erik (Centre for the Study of Living Standards):
An Analysis of the Inequality of Happiness in Canada
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Discussants McCracken, Michael C (Informetricia Limited); Barrington-Leigh,

Christopher (University of British Columbia)
Location
09:00-10:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
Topics in International Economics / Sujets en économie internationale
Papers Qirjo, Dhimitri (The University of British Columbia):
Love of Variety and Immigration
Syropoulos, Constantinos (Drexel University):
Trade and Insecure Resources
Saavedra, Luz (University of St. Thomas):
Cross Country Spillovers in the Creation of Social Trust
Location
09:00-10:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
Short Presentations in Macroeconomics and Finance / Présentations courtes en
macroéconomie et finance
Papers Cai, Wenbiao (University of Iowa):
Scale and Productivity: A Two-Sector Perspective
Köberl, Eva (ETH Zurich):
Capacity Utilisation, Constraints and Price Adjustments
under the Microscope
Some, Modeste (Université de Montréal):
A General Equilibrium Analysis of the Term Structure of
Interest Rates
Zhao, Yan (Concordia University):
The volatility of consumption and output with increasing
industralization
Location
09:00-10:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
International Trade and Investment / Commerce international et investissement
Papers Hakobyan, Shushanik (University of Virginia):
Export Competitiveness of Developing Countries and US
Trade Policy
Rutzer, Christian (University of Basel):
Country Risk, Productivity Dynamics and International
Commerce
Su, Li (University of Oklahoma):
Total Factor Productivity, Foreign Direct Investment, and
Entry Barriers in Chinese Automobile Industry
Discussants Adekunle, Bamidele (University of Guelph); Wang, Shengzu (International
Monetary Fund); Xie, Yiqing (University of Colorado at Boulder)
Location
09:00-10:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
Inflation and Monetary Policy I / Inflation et politique monétaire I
Papers Kia, Amir (Utah Valley University):
Developing a Market-Based Monetary Policy Transparency
Index: Evidence from United States
Taheri, Javid (Saint Mary's University):
Why Deflation is So Rare in Post-WWII Era? The Real Debt
resistance Hypothesis
Kichian, Maral (Bank of Canada):
Real-Time and Forward-Looking Estimates of the Canadian
Equilibrium Real Rate
Location
09:00-10:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
Health Economics 10 - Smoking / Économie de la santé 10 - Consommation de tabac
Organizer DeCicca, Philip (McMaster University)
Chair DeCicca, Philip (McMaster University)
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Papers Li, Cong (McMaster University):

Do higher cigarette taxes lead smokers to lose (self) control?
Warman, Casey (Queen's University):
Effects of Minimum Legal Drinking and Smoking Ages in
Canada
Liu, Feng (Canadian Institute for Health Information):
Excise tax avoidance
Discussants Warman, Casey (Queen's University); Pierard, Emmanuelle (University of
Waterloo); Lewis, Joshua (University of Toronto)
Location
09:00-10:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
CDESG: Health / Santé
Papers Nikolov, Plamen V (Harvard University):
Does AIDS Treatment Stimulate Negative Behavioral
Response? A Field Experiment in South Africa.
McKitrick, Ross (University of Guelph):
Household size threshold effects on malaria prevalence and
probability of eradication
Agurto, Marcos (University of British Columbia):
Improved Stove Adoption, Firewood Consumption and
Housewives' Health: Evidence from the Peruvian Andes
Location
09:00-10:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
Topics in Applied Microeconomics and Microeconometrics / Sujets en microéconomie et
microéconométrie appliquées
Papers Dong, Yingying (California State Universtiy, Fullerton):
Jumpy or kinky? Regression discontinuity without the
Discontinuity
Ge, Houtian (University of Saskatchewan):
Grain Handling on the Prairies - Optimal Strategies for
Preventing Wheat Handling Risks
Location
09:00-10:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
International Macroeconomics: International Capital Markets
Chair Tsangarides, Charalambos (International Monetary Fund)
Papers Alexeev, Vitali (University of Tasmania):
A Mean-Variance Global Approach to Investing and Home
Country Bias: 1988-2010.
Beltran, Daniel (Federal Reserve Board):
Foreign Official Holdings of U.S. Treasuries and U.S. Interest
Rates: A Lens on the `Savings Glut'
Mukherjee, Sanchita (University of California, Santa Cruz):
The effects of capital market openness on exchange rate
pass-through and welfare in an inflation targeting small open
economy
Discussants Arghyrou, Michael Georgiou (Cardiff University); Vasishtha, Garima (Bank
of Canada); Dong, Wei (Bank of Canada)
Location
09:00-10:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
CDESG: Economic Growth
Papers Tombe, Trevor (University of Toronto):
The Missing Food Problem: How Low Agricultural Imports
Contributes to International Income Differences
Aurangzeb, Zeb (University of Guelph):
Assessing the Impact of Natural Disasters on Economic
Growth with an Application of Threshold Regression
Approach
Samy, Yiagadeesen (Carleton University):
The Kuznets Hypothesis Revisited: De-Industrialization,
Growth and Inequality in Brazil
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Location
09:00-10:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
CMSG 9: Monetary Policy Shocks / GCEM 9: Chocs monétaires
Chair Peneva, Ekaterina (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)
Papers Ruge-Murcia, Francisco J. (Université de Montréal):
Dissents
Francis, Neville R. (University of North Carolina):
The Low-Frequency Impact of Daily Monetary Policy Shocks
Peneva, Ekaterina (Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System):
Timing and Effects of Monetary Policy Shocks across Sectors
Location
09:00-10:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
CESG 8: Portfolio Selection
Chair Chu, Ba Manh (Carleton University)
Papers Chu, Ba Manh (Carleton University):
Large Deviations Estimation of the Windfall and Shortfall
Probabilities for Optimal Diversified Portfolios
Jia, Zhibo (University of Western Ontario):
A Numerical Analysis of the Properties of Optimal Portfolio
under Inequality Constraints
Noumon, Neree (Université de Montréal):
Optimal Portfolio Selection using Regularization
Discussants Chu, Ba Manh (Carleton University); Jia, Zhibo (University of Western
Ontario); Noumon, Neree (Université de Montréal)
Location
09:00-10:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
CREE Session 9: Issues in Applied Environmental and Resource Economics / Questions
en économie environnementale et des ressources appliquée
Chair Ghosh, Madanmohan (Environment canada)
Papers Moghadam, Arian (Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania):
Impact analysis of the most common water disinfection
practices in the Canadian drinking water systems
Ghosh, Madanmohan (Environment canada):
Why Does the Cost of GHG Emission Abatements Differ
Across Countries? An Illustration for Canada and the US
Mirza, Bilal (United Nations University-MERIT):
Energy Poverty or Energy Prosperity: Vice-Versa Effect
Measurement of Household Income and Energy Poverty
Location
10:30-11:00 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
Location
11:00-12:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
PEF 7: Measuring the Credit Union Difference: The Economic Consequences of Credit
Unions
Organizer Pigeon, Marc Andre J (Credit Union Central of Canada)
Papers Hammond Ketilson, Lou (University of Saskatchewan):
Measuring the impact of credit unions on wealth building in
communities
Pigeon, Marc Andre J (Credit Union Central of Canada):
Weathering the Storm: Canadian Credit Union Performance
Before, During and After the GFC
Kalmi, Panu (Aalto University School of Economics):
Organizational Structure and Performance in European
Banks: A Reassessment
Smith, David (Pepperdine University):
The Resiliency of Credit Unions During Economic Crises
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Location
11:00-12:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
CDESG: Human Capital / Capital humain
Papers Lehrer, Kim (University of Oxford):
Learning by Doing: Skills and Jobs in Urban Ghana
Estevan, Fernanda (University of Ottawa):
Conditional cash transfers and education quality
Xue, Dong (University of Western Ontario):
Education and Off-farm Activities in Rural China
Location
11:00-12:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
Innovation and Economic Growth / Innovation et croissance économique
Papers Cai, Jie (University of New South Wales):
Knowledge Linkages and Multi-sector Firm Innovations
Milionis, Petros (University of Groningen):
Innovation-Based Growth & Long-Run Economic
Development
Li, Xiaofeng (University of Guelph):
Productivity Analysis Using Statistics Canada's KLEMS data
to Estimate Dynamic Factor Demand Equations
Location
11:00-12:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
MESA-EPRI Session: Issues in Access to Post-Secondary Education
Papers Sweetman, Arthur (McMaster University):
STEM Students: Access to and Persistence through
Post-Secondary Education
Finnie, Ross (University of Ottawa):
Participation in Post-Secondary Education: Towards a New
Behaviouralist Model
Liu, Xingfei (Concordia University):
Educational Attainment of Second-generation Immigrants: A
Comparison between U.S. and Canada
Location
11:00-12:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
Canadian Economics Association Invited Lecture
Speaker Mintz, Jack (University of Calgary)
Topic The GST After Twenty Years
Location
11:00-12:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
Labour: Immigration and Labour Market Decisions II / Économie du travail: Immigration
et marché du travail II
Papers Grady, Patrick (unaffiliated):
The Poor Performance of Recent Immigrants in the Labour
Market and Immigration Policy
Yuksel, Mutlu (Dalhousie University):
Age at Migration, Adult Height and Socioeconomic Outcomes
Aydede, Yigit (Saint Mary's University):
Effects of Immigration on Inter-Regional Population Flows in
Canada: An Economic Approach
Location
11:00-12:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
HRSDC Session: Employment and Labour Productivity in Canada
Organizer Tu, Jiong (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada - Labour
Program)
Chair Tu, Jiong (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada - Labour
Program)
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Papers Tu, Jiong (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada

- Labour Program):
The Impact of Business Climate on Employment Equity
Outcomes
Reza, Sadat (HRSDC):
Labour Management Relations Practices and Labour
Productivity in Canada
Lai, Tat-kei (University of Toronto):
The Impact of Competition on Training Provision: Evidence
from Canada
Location
11:00-12:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
Information in Financial Markets
Papers Huang, Helen (University of Waterloo):
Private Inside Information and Two-Stage Market Making: A
Simple Model
Tchana Tchana, Fulbert (Ministere des Finances du Québec):
The Implications of VaR and Short-Sell Restrictions on the
Portfolio Manager Performance
Gradojevic, Nikola (Lakehead University):
Reducing uncertainty in technical trading with fuzzy logic:
'Fuzzy technical indicators'
Discussants Mirza, Afrasiab (Queen's University); Essid, Badye Omar (HEC Montréal);
Morin, Lealand (Queen's University); Khoroshilovi, Yuri (University of
Ottawa)
Location
11:00-12:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
CDESG: Political Economy III / Inde
Papers Amegashie, J. Atsu (University of Guelph):
Cultures of Silence: Customers' Reports and Corruption
Jackson, Ken (Wilfrid Laurier University):
Fiscal Federalism and the Role of Local Diversity
Paul, Sohini (National Council of Applied Economic
Research):
Impact of political reservation on women empowerment:
Evidence from fertility choice by women from Indian villages
Location
11:00-12:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
Industrial Organization 8: Industry Studies 2 / Organisation industrielle 8: Études
industrielles 2
Papers Shangari, Varun (University of Ottawa):
Broadband Growth and its Determinants in OECD Countries
Sidthidet, Taweewan (McGill University):
Competition and Mergers in Banking under Credit Risk
Mann, Janelle (Queen's University):
Do Wholesale and Retail Gasoline Prices Respond
Asymmetrically to the Price of Crude Oil? - The North
American Experience
Location
11:00-12:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
Topics in Applied Macroeconometrics / Sujets macroéconomie appliquée
Papers Emara, Noha (Barnard College, Columbia University):
Bayesian Estimation of the Welfare Effects of Inflation
Volatility And Institutions in a Monetary Small Open
Economy
Luitel, Hari Sharan (Algoma University College):
Temporal Aggregation and Unit Root Property: An
Examination of US State Tax Revenue Data
Owyang, Michael (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis):
An Endogenous Clustered Factor Approach to International
Business Cycles
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Location
11:00-12:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
International Business Cycles
Papers Mohsin, Mohammed (The University of Tennessee):
Durable Goods, Interest Rates and Small Open Economy
Business Cycles
Rhee, Jay Hyuk Jae (University of Windsor):
Optimal Monetary policy in a Small Open Economy with
Staggered Wage and Price Contracts
Discussants Liu, Xuan (East Carolina University)
Location
11:00-12:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
Money and Finance
Papers Islam, Kazi (Carleton University):
Power of an explicit deposit insurance scheme's authority
and a banking crisis
Jamali, Ibrahim (American University of Beirut):
The Response of Stock Market Volatility to Monetary Policy
Shocks
Rumler, Fabio (Austrian Central Bank (OeNB)):
The Impact of Macroeconomic and Economic Policy
Developments on Bank Profitability
Location
11:00-12:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
Health Economics 11 - Equity / Économie de la santé: Questions d'équité
Chair Worswick, Christopher (Carleton University)
Papers Wolfson, Michael (University of Ottawa):
A Two Dimensional Income-Mortality Gradient, Is Health
Made or Bought?
Apouey, Benedicte (University of South Florida):
The Age-Profile in the Relationship Between Family Income
and Child Health: Evidence From the UK
Barrington-Leigh, Christopher (University of British
Columbia):
Economic inequality and subjective well-being
Discussants Stewart, Jennifer (Carleton University); Woolley, Frances (Carleton
University); Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude (Dalhousie University)
Location
11:00-12:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
International Trade: Foreign Direct Investment
Papers Jeong, Yujin (HEC Montréal):
Does Foreign Investment Carry Baggage from Home?
Xie, Yiqing (University of Colorado at Boulder):
Exporting, Licensing, FDI and Productivity Choice: Evidence
from Chilean Data
Wang, Shengzu (International Monetary Fund):
Strategic FDI Policies and Cross-border Mergers
Discussants Hericourt, Jerome (University of Lille 1); Basso, Leonardo (Universidad de
Chile); Su, Li (University of Oklahoma)
Location
11:00-12:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
Short Presentations in Public Economics
Papers Yuan, Jia (University of Macau):
Examining the Substitution Effect between Canadian Lottery
Tickets: A Multidimensional Regression Discontinuity
Approach
Neymotin, Florence (Kansas State University):
Community Matters: How the Volunteering of Others Affects
One's Likelihood of Engaging in Volunteer Work
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Kalamov, Zarko Yordanov (Otto-von-Guericke University

Magdeburg):
Tax Competition, Risk Sharing and Financing Decisions of
Firms
Bessey, Donata (Seoul National University):
Love Actually? Dissecting the Marriage-Happiness
Relationship
Location
11:00-12:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
International Pricing Behaviour: Distance and Pass Through Effects
Papers Cao, Shutao (Bank of Canada):
Price Adjustment and Exchange Rate Pass-through: Insights
from Producer Price micro data
Kano, Takashi (University of Tokyo):
Exaggerated Death of Distance: Revisiting Distance Effects
on Regional Price Dispersions
Smith, Gregor (Queen's University):
How Wide Was the Ocean? U.S. and Swedish Commodity
Price Dispersion from 1732 to 1860
Location
11:00-12:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
Economic Growth and the Environment / La puissance économique et l'environment
Papers Sadeghzadeh, Javad (York University):
Environmental Policy, Industry Productivity, and Competition
Doda, Lider Baran (University of Toronto):
Macroeconomics of Climate Change with Endogenous Energy
Efficiecny
Cherniwchan, Jevan (University of Calgary):
Economic Growth, Industrialization and the Environment
Location
11:00-12:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
CMSG 10: Technology Shocks / Chocs technologiques
Chair Bocola, Luigi (University of Pennsylvania)
Papers Vukotic, Marija (Banque de France):
A Sectoral Approach to News Shocks
Bocola, Luigi (University of Pennsylvania):
Identifying Technology Shocks in Models with Heterogeneous
Inputs
Janko, Zuzana (San Francisco State University):
Energy Shocks and the Business Cycles in a Small Open
Economy: A Case for Canada
Location
11:00-12:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
Inflation and Monetary Policy II / Inflation et politique monétaire II
Papers Cateau, Gino (Bank of Canada):
Financial imbalances, learning, and credibility of the inflation
target
Jain, Monica (Queen's University):
Conservatism in Inflation Forecasts
Sarker, Subrata (Bank of Canada):
Limited Asset Market Participation and Optimal Monetary
Policy in a Small Open Economy
Location
11:00-12:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
CESG 9: Financial Econometrics II / Économétrie financière II
Chair Kalnina, Ilze (Université de Montréal)
Papers Kalnina, Ilze (Université de Montréal):
High Frequency Data and Time Variation in Betas
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Nguyen, Chi M. (Indiana University):

Time-changed residual based specification tests for asset
pricing models in continous time
Stevens, Jason (Cape Breton University):
Testing futures market efficiency with a time-varying price of
uncertainty: an application to crude oil
Discussants Kalnina, Ilze (Université de Montréal); Nguyen, Chi M. (Indiana
University); Stevens, Jason (Cape Breton University)
Location
11:00-12:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
Macroeconomics and Health / Macroéconomie et santé
Papers Dunbar, Geoff (Simon Fraser University):
Parents, The Pill and Property or, The Rise of the
Two-Working-Parent Family
Phelan, Gregory (Yale University):
Labor Allocation and Productivity: Consequences of the 2010
Health Insurance Reform
Zhao, Kai (University of Western Ontario):
Social Security and the Rise in Health Spending: A
Macroeconomic Analysis
Location
11:00-12:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
CREE Session 10: Trade and the Environment / Commerce et environnement
Chair Siddiqui, Muhammad Shahid (Environment Canada)
Papers Messinger, Hans (Statistics Canada):
The Impact of Imports on the Carbon Footprint of Canadian
Consumers
Siddiqui, Muhammad Shahid (Environment Canada):
Embedded Emission in International Trade: Regional
Dimensions
Song, Yang (University of Calgary):
To share or not to share information: an economic
comparison of oil exploration policies between Canada and
US
Location
12:30-13:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
CEA Annual General Meeting / Assemblée générale annuelle de l'ACE
Location
13:30-15:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011
T.B.A.
CEA Executive Council Meeting 2 / Réunion du conseil exécutif de l'ACE 2
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Preliminary Conference Program

Papers Karimi, Mohammad (University of Ottawa):

Hahm, Sang-moon (KDI School of Public Policy):

Topics in Macroeconomic Theory / Sujets en théorie macroéconomique

Chair Viju, Crina (Carleton University)

Papers Liu, Pujun (University of Western Ontario):

Chair Dupré, Ruth (HEC Montréal)

Bonikowska, Aneta (Statistics Canada):

Health Economics 2 - Cycles and Behaviour / Économie de la santé 2 - Cycles et

Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity Session on Management / Institute for

Wu, Jing (University of Western Ontario):

Papers Boyer, George (Cornell University):

Papers Galdo, Jose (Carleton University):

Chan, Kelvin Ka Yin (Industry Canada):

Brett, Craig (Mount Allison University)

Hicks, Peter (unaffiliated):

Papers Fehr, Dietmar (WZB):

Panelists Schmidt, Ingo (Athabasca University)

Discussants Milla, Joniada (University of Guelph); Stoyanov, Andrey (York University);

Organizer Vasishtha, Garima (Bank of Canada)

Ariste, Ruolz (Canadian Institute for Health Information):

Speaker Rudin, Jeremy (Department of Finance)

Discussants Ponomareva, Maria (University of Western Ontario); Richard, Patrick

Organizer Keay, Ian (Queen's University)

Papers Robinson, David (Laurentian University):

Bilateral Trade Relationships / Relations commerciales bilatérales

Papers Chen, Zhuoqiong (Peking University):

Boskovic, Branko (University of Toronto):

Discussants Packalen, Mikko (University of Waterloo); Plesca, Miana (University of

Bayesian Methods for Forecasting and Applied Macroeconomics / Méthodes baysiennes

Papers Bond, Amanda (Ryerson University):

Gu, Wulong (Statistics Canada)

Stewart, Kenneth G (University of Victoria):

Papers Devlin, Rose Anne (University of Ottawa):

State of the Art Lecture / Conférence État des connaissances

Frank, Natalie (HRSDC):

Helliwell, John F. (University of British Columbia):

Papers Sevcik, Pavel (Université du Québec à Montréal):

Yilmaz, Fatih (University of Calgary):

Labour: Low Incomes and Minimum Wage

Discussants Das, Anupam (Mount Royal University); Nargis, Nigar (University of

Graff, Michael (ETH Zurich and Jacobs University Bremen):

Zhu, Hui (University of Calgary):

Collette, Elias (Carleton University):

Discussants McCracken, Michael C (Informetricia Limited); Barrington-Leigh,

Papers Li, Cong (McMaster University):

Papers Tu, Jiong (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada

Kalamov, Zarko Yordanov (Otto-von-Guericke University

Nguyen, Chi M. (Indiana University):

© 2011 Canadian Economics Association.

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