Archives: Economics News

Friday, September 7, 2018

Economics Alumna Juliana Serje profiled

“Juliana Serje,” Generation FPA: Stories of Inspiring Alumni at... More

Friday, September 7, 2018

Professor Maya Papineau on cheap renewable energy in Ontario

Maya Papineau, “Will net metering contribute to cheap renewable energy in Ontario?” Calgary School of Public Policy Blog at... More

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

African Economic Development textbook released

Adjunct Research Professor Steven Langdon, Distinguished Research Professor Arch Ritter, and NPSIA Director Yiagadeesen (Teddy) Samy release new textbook African Economic Development. For more information please visit... More

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Professor Vivek Dehejia comments on India’s plan to send a person into space by 2022

“‘I think if you did a grand cost-benefit analysis, this wouldn't rank very high among the priorities,’ said Vivek Dehejia, senior fellow at the IDFC Institute, a think-tank. ‘When we’re a rich country we’ll have plenty of time to put a man on the moon.’” (Simon Mundy, “Critics push back on India’s plan to... More

Monday, August 13, 2018

Retired Professor Nick Rowe profiled for success on teaching macroeconomics

“Why is macroeconomics so hard to teach?” The Economist, Finance and economics section of the print edition under the headline "Mangonomics" and online at... More

Thursday, July 19, 2018

Prof. Vivek Dehejia quoted in Bloomberg on-line

“The Samsung announcement is good news, but it must be seen as a one-off at present,” says Vivek Dehejia, an associate professor of economics at Carleton University in Ottawa. “Make in India is a noble aspiration of the Modi government. Yet, in the absence of a supporting infrastructure and ease of doing business environment, it’s... More

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Professor Chris Worswick comments on a major immigration report.

"Christopher Worswick, a professor at Carleton University, explained that while there are several viable reasons to increase Canadian immigration, he’d caution against increasing levels too drastically, too quickly." "'I worry a little bit when people say we need one per cent immigration to solve all our problems. Well, that’s a very high... More

Monday, October 2, 2017

Hashmat Khan on “Innovation’s ground-shifting impacts on labour”

Hashmat Khan. "Innovation's ground-shifting impacts on labour" Diplomat & International Canada online at www.diplomatonline.com September 30, 2017    ... More

Friday, September 22, 2017

Adjunct Research Professor Åke Blomqvist on Ottawa’s tax moves reveal sad state of doctor compensation

Colin Busby is associate director of research at the C.D. Howe Institute in Toronto; Ake Blomqvist is an adjunct research professor at Carleton University and health-policy scholar at the C.D. Howe Institute, "Physicians, especially those in Ontario, are furious at the federal government's proposed changes to small-business taxation" , The Globe... More

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Professor Simon Power and Teaching Assistant Frohan Foroutan, CUSA 2016/17 Teaching Award Recipients

Pictured below: Prof. Simon Power and T.A. Frohan Foroutan (3rd yr, B.Econ.,Concentration in Math and Quantitative Economics), CUSA 2016/2017 Teaching Award Recipients at the 2017, 51st Annual CEA Conference at St Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. June 3,... More

Friday, September 1, 2017

Professor Vivek Dehejia’s research features in this week’s Economist magazine

Drifting apart: The gap between India’s richer and poorer states is widening at www.economist.com This article appeared in the Finance and economics section of the Economist (print edition, Sep 2nd 2017) under the headline "Drifting apart"... More

Monday, July 17, 2017

Adjunct Research Professor Åke Blomqvist on Ontario’s OHIP+ plan

Colin Busby and Åke Blomqvist, “Covering drugs for young people isn’t the best way to fill gaps in health care,” The Toronto Star, p. A9 and online at... More

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