The Department of Economics is fast growing and dedicated to excellence in research and teaching. We offer a PhD in Economics, an MA in International Economics and Finance, a BA in International Economics and Finance and a BComm in Business Management (Economics and Management Science major).
News & Announcements
Congratulations to all our 2018-19 job market candidates! We wish them the best in their future careers!
- Nazanin Behzadan, external link, opens in new window, Assistant Professor, University of Prince Edward Island
- Doriane Intungane, external link, opens in new window, Assistant Professor, Macewan University
- Nken Moïse, external link, opens in new window, Lecturer (Assistant Professor), the University of the West Indies, Mona
- Hakan Toksoy, external link, opens in new window, Assistant Professor (Limited-Term Faculty), Ryerson University
Keyvan Eslami, opens in new window and Kevin Fawcett will be joining the department for the 2019-2020 academic year.
Dr. Maurice Roche has received the 2019 Errol Aspevig Award for Outstanding Academic Leadership, opens in new window.
Dr. Brennan Thompson has received the 2019 Dean's Teaching Award - Faculty (RFA, opens in new window).
Dr. Paul Missios and Dr. Halis Yildiz has a paper titled "Consumption externalities, product quality and the role of national treatment" ( with I. Ferrara), accepted for publication at European Economic Review.
Angelique Bernabe, a fourth-year doctoral student in economics, is the recipient of the 2018 YSGS Graduate Student Leadership Award, opens in new window in the category of Student Engagement and Experience.
Events
Seminar: Frank Stahler (Tuebingen University)
Title: "New Gravity"
Sep 24, 2019, 3:30pm - 5:00pm, (venue: VIC305)
Seminar: Eftichios Sartzetakis (University of Macedonia)
Title: "International Environmental Agreements and Trading Blocks -Can issue linkage enhance cooperation?"
Oct 01, 2019, 3:30pm - 5:00pm, (venue: VIC305)
Seminar: Bernardo Morais (Federal Reserve Board)
Title:"Forward Looking Loan Provisions: Credit Supply and Risk-Taking"
Oct 08, 2019, 3:30pm - 5:00pm, (venue: VIC305)
Seminar: Sergey Kichko (HSE)
Title: "Intersectoral linkages: Good shocks, bad outcomes?"
Oct 10, 2019, 3:30pm - 5:00pm, (venue: VIC210)
Seminar: Ben Friedrich (Northwestern, Kellog)
Title: “Trade Shocks, Firm Hierarchies, and Wage Inequality”
Nov 05, 2019, 3:30pm - 5:00pm, (venue: VIC305)
Seminar: Thanasis Stengos (University of Guelph)
Title: "A GMM estimator for the linear Index threshold model"
Nov 12, 2019, 3:30pm - 5:00pm, (venue: VIC305)
Seminar: Antoine Djogbenou (York University)
Title: "Tests for Group-Specific Heterogeneity in High-Dimensional Factor Models"
Nov 19, 2019, 3:30pm - 5:00pm, (venue: VIC305)
Seminar: Aloysius Siow (University of Toronto)
Title: “Occupational Choice, Matching and Earnings Inequality" (with Eric Mak)
Nov 26, 2019, 3:30pm - 5:00pm, (venue: VIC305)
Seminar: Harun Onder (World Bank)
Title: TBA
Dec 03, 2019, 3:30pm - 5:00pm, (venue: VIC305)
Seminar: Ba Chu (Carleton University)
Title: Composite Quasi-Likelihood Estimation of Dynamic Panels with Group-Specific Heterogeneity and Spatially Dependent Errors
Dec 10, 2019, 3:30pm - 5:00pm, (venue: POD368)