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Seminar Series

The Department of Economics offers weekly External and Internal Seminar Series in the fall and winter terms.

Our external speakers represent a variety of economics specializations and reflect the broad range of research interests of the department. Our internal speakers also cover a variety of topics – everything from pedagogical options to faculty research in progress.

All faculty and graduate students are welcome to attend any of the seminars. 

The seminars for Winter 2025 will be offered through a combination of remote and in-person delivery.

External Seminars

Time: Fridays, 11 a.m. to 12:20 p.m., unless otherwise noted

Room: LH2066 or LH4114, or remote via Zoom (see schedule)

Schedule

March

  • March 7: "Costly Increases in Public Debt when r < g" | Yongquan Cao, International Monetary Fund (*11:30 a.m., Remote)
  • March 14: "The Urban Wage Premium in Historical Perspective" | Kyle Butts, University of Arkansas (Remote)
  • March 21: "Casting roles, casting votes: Lessons from Sesame Street on media representation, racial biases, and voting" | Jiangnan Zeng, University of Guelph (LH2066)
  • March 28: "Strengthening between-group analyses with additional methods: A replication study" | Stephanie Thomas, St. Mary's University (Remote)

April

  • Thursday, April 3: Topic TBD | Chenyu (Sev) Hou, Simon Fraser University (*11:00 a.m., LH4114)
  • April 4: Topic TBD | Ananth Ramanarayanan, Western University (LH2066)
  • April 11: Topic TBD | Fabian Lange, McGill University (*11:30 a.m., LH4114)

 

Internal Seminars

Time: Thursdays, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., unless otherwise noted

Room: LH4114, unless otherwise noted

Schedule

March

  • March 6: "Bank Uninsured Deposits, CEO Compensation, and Regulations" | Wendy Wu
  • March 13: "What We RANDomly Did Not Learn: Wave Zero of the US Opioid Epidemic" | Antonella Mancino
  • March 20: "Information, Consumer Privacy, and Central Bank Digital Currency" | Zijian Wang
  • March 27:  "Home Children in Canada, 1869-1921" | David Rosé Cancelled

April

  • April 10: "Efficient Unrestricted MIxed DAta Sampling (eMIDAS) | Stephen Snudden (LH2062)

 

Past Seminars