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Thursday, November 23, 2023
Associate Professor Maya Papineau was interviewed by The Narwhal as an economic expert in their recent article on carbon prices. Professor Papineau had this to say: The carbon price is the most efficient way to meet our climate change targets — at least if you’re concerned about affordability for households. There’s a lot of... More
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Associate Professor Vivek Dehejia was quoted in the Ottawa Citizen today regarding his expertise on monetary issues and government fiscal policy. Here is a quote from the article: Vivek Dehejia, an economics professor at Carleton University, said he was “surprised and disappointed” to see the findings of the PBO’s latest report.... More
Friday, November 10, 2023
Associate Professor Maya Papineau was interviewed by the CBC's Robyn Miller yesterday for the CBC Ottawa News, regarding the recent carbon tax exemption passed in Parliament. Professor Papineau spoke about the recent passage of a heating oil exemption to the carbon tax, and the potential implications for Canada’s carbon tax in other sectors.... More
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Associate Professor Maya Papineau has received an NSERC Alliance Grant as Co-PI totaling close to $1.1 million over 5 years, along with 2 colleagues in engineering and 1 in public policy. This grant will provide approximately $90,000 support for 1 Econ PhD student and a few MA students. Congratulations, Professor Papineau! It is great... More
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Associate Professor Minjoon Lee has had his paper titled "Portfolio Allocation over the Life Cycle with Multiple Late-in-Life Saving Motives" accepted for publication in the Journal of Empirical Finance - a leading journal publishing empirical work in financial economics and financial econometrics. Congratulations to Professor Lee on this... More
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Associate Professor Louis-Philippe Beland is one of four scholars who were asked by publication The Conversation whether or not smartphones should be allowed in classrooms. Here is his response: Louis-Philippe Beland: Bans help low-achieving students the most Numerous studies indicate that low-achieving students stand to benefit the most from the... More
Friday, August 18, 2023
Professor Minjoon Lee from the Department of Economics has been cited in the New York Times for his research on cognitive decline in an article titled A Retirement Puzzle: Turning Over Control of Your Money. Congratulations, Professor Lee! It’s wonderful to see this recognition and dissemination of your research in high-profile international... More
Thursday, August 3, 2023
Full Professor Christopher Worswick was invited by radio station 980-CKNW in Vancouver to appear on The Mike Smyth Show, hosted by Jody Vance, to discuss the new special draws of immigrants with experience on the skilled trades. Professor Worswick pointed out that this would be fine so long as the immigrants elected are highly... More
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
This past weekend Professor Maya Papineau was interviewed by the CBC on their show "The World This Weekend" (click the link to hear the interview). Professor Papineau discussed her research on climate change and building retrofits for a segment on green buildings. Professor Papineau was also interviewed last month for a CBC article titled... More
Monday, July 31, 2023
Congratulations to Professor Simon Power who is celebrating his 35th anniversary of working at Carleton University as a faculty member in the Department of Economics. Professor Power has been a significant part of our department and the Carleton community for his entire career here. He has received 22 teaching awards, and spent many years... More
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Congratulations to Jenna Sudds on being appointed to cabinet as Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development! Jenna graduated from the MA Economics program at Carleton University in 2003, and has had a long career since in both the federal government and tech sector. In 2015 she was named one of “Forty Under 40”... More
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Congratulations to Professor Vivian Hoffmann on the publication of one of her papers. Professor Hoffmann has had her paper "Self-selection versus population-based sampling for evaluation of an agronomy training program in Uganda" (joint with Miki Khanh Doan and Tomoko Harigaya) published in the Journal of Development Effectiveness. The article... More
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