Two universities, two departments, and one vision for graduate studies in economics.

Venue : Demarais Building, 55 Laurier Avenue East, Room 12102

8:00 - 8:30 Coffee

8:30 - 8:40 Opening Remarks
Yazid Dissou, Chair, Department of Economics, University of Ottawa

8:40 - 10:30 Session 1 on Labour and Health Economics
Chair: Gilles Grenier, University of Ottawa

  • 8:40 - 9:30 Keynote speaker 1: David Card, UC-Berkeley
    [The Role of Firms in the Labor Market: What Have We Learned]

  • 9:30 - 10:00 Kory Kroft, University of Toronto
    [Long Time Out: Unemployment and Joblessness in Canada and the United States]

  • 10:00 - 10:30 Abel Brodeur, University of Ottawa
    ["Terrorism, Employment and Consumer Sentiment: Evidence from Successful and Failed Terror Attacks"]

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 12:50 Session 2 on Political Economy
Chair: Serge Nadeau, University of Ottawa

  • 11:00 - 11:50 Keynote speaker 2: Erik Snowberg, CREC, UBC
    [Econographics and Political Behavior]

  • 11:50 - 12:20 Christopher Cotton, Queen’s University
    [Clueless Politicians]

  • 12:20 - 12:50 Roland Pongou, University of Ottawa
    [Political Popularity under Social Influences]

12:50 - 13:50 Lunch

14:00 - 16:00 Session 3 on Experimental and Environmental Economics
Chair: Rose-Anne Devlin, University of Ottawa

  • 14:00 - 15:00 Keynote speaker 3: John List, University of Chicago
    [Using field experiments to speak to policymakers]

  • 15:00 - 15:30 Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, University of Toronto
    [Subways and Urban Air Pollution]

  • 15:30 - 16:00 Anthony Heyes, CRC in Environmental Economics, University of Ottawa
    [The Effect of Air Pollution on Investor Behavior: Evidence from the S&P 500]

Conferral of Honorary Doctorates and Reception

All individuals participating in the academic procession need to go to DMS 4165 at 3:45pm for gowning.

Room DMS 4101  16:30 19:00

16:30- 17:45 Official ceremony

18:00- 19:00 Reception