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

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Professor Nick Rowe comments on Bank of Canada rate decision

“Nick Rowe, a Carleton University economics professor and member of the C.D. Howe council, said inflation remains below the Bank of Canada's target even though other areas of the economy seem to be doing well. “‘We simply haven't seen the rise in inflation that you would have expected to have seen as the economy... More

Friday, June 30, 2017

Professor Vivek Dehejia participates in a discussion on Indian economic policy at Indian central bank

Anup Roy, “This is not jobless growth, says Arvind Panagariya,” The Business Standard at www.business-standard.com Related piece on 30 June 2017: Alekh Archana, “NPAs in some sectors slowed infra growth: Arvind Panagariya,” Livemint at... More

Monday, June 19, 2017

Professor Frances Woolley on medical notes

Frances Woolley, “The real sickness of medical notes,” The Globe and Mail, p. A11 and online at... More

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Adjunct Research Professor Åke Blomqvist on how to fix the health system

Åke Blomqvist, “To fix health system we need to invite competition from private sector,” The Globe and Mail at... More

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

M.A. Economics graduate Scott McNeil profiled

“Graduates Who Are Making a Difference: From Homeless Shelters to Parliment Hill,” FPA Voices: Faculty of Public Affairs in Review, June 2017, cover and p. 15 at... More

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Professor Frances Woolley becomes President of the Canadian Economics Association

Professor Frances Woolley was elected over the weekend to the position of President of the Canadian Economics Association. This is a great honour and is very well deserved given Frances' many years of service to the profession and her very high standing among economists in Canada and internationally. More information on the Canadian Economics... More

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Professor Frances Woolley on immigration and trade with U.S.

Frances Woolley, “Defying gravity's pull,” The Globe and Mail, p. A13 and online at www.theglobeandmail.com Professor Frances Woolley comments on Canada's aging population posted on 04 May 2017: “Seniors make up 16.7 per cent of Ontario’s population, barely below the national average of 16.9 per cent. (Among the provinces, Nova Scotia and... More

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

OCGSE Launch Conference

A write-up on the success of the Ottawa-Carleton Graduate School of Economics (OCGSE) launch conference with photographs of the event can be found here.... More

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Economics instructor Collins Ayoo on international environmental agreements

Collins Ayoo, “The case for international environmental agreements,” The Hill Times at... More

Monday, April 3, 2017

CUES-CGES End-of-Year Celebration

An enthusiastic and dedicated throng of economics students, together with a select contingent of faculty, attended this year’s CUES-CGES End-of-Year Celebration, held in the Loeb Building on Thursday, March 30. The Guest of Honour, Glen Hodgson, Senior Fellow (and former Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist) at the Conference Board of... More

Friday, March 31, 2017

Adjunct Research Professor Chuck Freedman on policy while deputy governor of the Bank of Canada from 1988 to 2003

“In the early 1990s, central bankers in Ottawa had a communications problem on their hands: Sometimes-volatile capital flows in international financial markets were leading to swings in the Canadian dollar. Those were obstructing the economic goals they were trying to achieve via their traditional policy tool, the short-term interest rate,... More

Friday, March 31, 2017

Undergraduate Economics student Frohan Foroutan wins CASG Award for Academic Achievement and Community Involvement

Many congratulations to Frohan Foroutan, a third-year student in our undergraduate economics program, who has recently received the prestigious Carleton Academic Student Government Award for Academic Achievement and Community Involvement. The Carleton Academic Student Government (CASG) was established in 1969 under the aegis of the University... More

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Professor Vivek Dehejia on Indian government’s demonetisation

Jagdish Bhagwati, Vivek Dehejia and Pravin Krishna, “Looking back at demonetisation: The concerns of its legion of critics have all been proven plain wrong,” The Times of India at... More

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Alumnus Peter Kuhn profiled for FPA 75 for the 75th

Karen Kelly, “Peter Kuhn,” FPA Story at... More

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Undergraduate Economics student Kyla Fisher and teammates win CU75 POPS Contest

Tyrone Burke, “Interdisciplinary Teams Tackle Environmental Problem in CU75 POPS Contest,” FPA News at carleton.ca/fpa Photo by Chris... More

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Eight former Department of Economics Professor’s publish on how the discipline has changed over time

Optimum: The Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol 47, No 1 (March... More

Monday, March 13, 2017

Professor Frances Woolley comments on women in Canada

“‘A lot of younger women in Canada, in their 20s and 30s, are running into limits,’ says Frances Woolley, a Carleton University professor who specializes in the economies of families and gender. ‘We’ve seen a cohort of women grow up in Canada who have not experienced the struggle to get out of the home... More

Friday, March 3, 2017

Alumnus Michael Benarroch to become provost and academic vice-president of Ryerson University

Martin Cash, “Dean of Asper School heading to Ryerson,” Winnipeg Free Press , p. B5 and online at... More

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Economics instructor Collins Ayoo on Canadian agricultural policy

Collins Ayoo, “Canadian agricultural policy: why supply management?” The Hill Times, p. 12 and online at... More

Friday, February 3, 2017

Economics Careers Evening

A generous party of positive and enthusiastic, job-seeking economics students, together with a select contingent of faculty and alumni, attended the sixth annual Economics Careers Evening, the fourth major joint event being arranged this academic year by the Carleton Undergraduate Economics Society (CUES) and the Carleton Graduate Economics... More

Friday, February 3, 2017

Professors Khan, Papineau and Metaxoglou profiled for research on climate policies

“FPA Feature: Climate Policy Champions,” FPA Voices: Faculty of Public Affairs in Review, January/February 2017, pp.3-5 at... More

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Tomorrow 3.0 – The sharing economy and the future of work

A substantial and enthusiastic crowd of students, together with a select group of faculty, alumni, and members of the broader Ottawa community, gathered in the Tory Building on January 12 for the third of this year’s major joint events hosted by the Carleton Undergraduate Economics Society (CUES) and the Carleton Graduate Economics Society... More

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Professor Frances Woolley on Canada’s marijuana industry

Frances Woolley, “Canada's pot industry needs innovation to thrive, not protection” The Globe and Mail, p. B4 and online at... More

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Distinguished Research Professor Arch Ritter comments on the future of Cuban economy

“‘He (Trump) is the new wild card in Cuba-U.S. relations…We don’t know what Trump will do,’ said Professor Archibald Ritter, during his speech, ‘Cuba 2017: Slow Motion Economic Reforms Plus Political Stasis,’ given to the Probus Club of Perth at the Royal Canadian Legion on Wednesday, Jan. 4. ‘If Trump took a hard line... More

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Adjunct Research Professor Åke Blomqvist on Canada’s healthcare funding model flaw

Åke Blomqvist and Colin Busby, Canada’s existing healthcare funding model has a fatal flaw,” National Post, p. A9 and online at... More

Thursday, December 22, 2016

Alumnus Jeremy Greenwood profiled for FPA 75 for the 75th

Karen Kelly, “Jeremy Greenwood,” FPA Story at... More

Monday, December 19, 2016

Professor Frances Woolley comments on women and their financial planning

“‘You don’t plan your finances, you plan your life,’ said Frances Woolley, professor of economics at Carleton University. ‘Your finances reflect what happens to you in your life.’ “And women’s lives tend to look a little different from men’s, she said. To start with, women live longer, which means they will likely spend more... More

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Professor Nick Rowe comments on U.S. Federal Reserve rate hike

“The simple reason for the hike, says Nicholas Rowe, associate professor of economics at Carleton University, is that with the U.S. economy looking stronger, and the unemployment rate coming down, the Federal Reserve believes that if rates aren't raised, higher inflation becomes a risk. … “Rowe agrees that mortgage rates will rise in Canada... More

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Professor Vivek Dehejia cited on demonetisation

“Vivek Dehejia, professor of economics at Carleton University, points out in a column in Livemint: ‘...the essence of politically difficult economic reform involves managing distributional conflict: Between gainers and losers today, between losses today and gains tomorrow, or some combination of intra-temporal and inter-temporal distributional... More

Monday, November 28, 2016

Distinguished Research Professor Arch Ritter profiled for part in Cuba’s economy

Joanne Laucius, “Why are some economists sceptical about demonetisation?” Ottawa Citizen, p. A2 and online at www.ottawacitizen.com Related comments by Distinguished Research Professor Arch Ritter on Cuba's economy on 16 November 2016: “Arch Ritter, an economics professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, said though Canada should stay the... More

Monday, November 21, 2016

The Economics of the Soviet Union

A substantial crowd of well over a hundred highly-motivated students, from a wide variety of academic units, including the Department of Economics, EURUS, the Department of History, NPSIA, and the Department of Political Science, together with a select contingent of faculty and members of the broader Ottawa community, gathered in the Tory Building... More

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Professor Ba Chu profiled for winning SSHRC Insight Development Grant

“FPA Faculty Win $280,000 for New Research,” FPA News at... More

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Professor Matthew Webb profiled for winning SSHRC Insight Grant

“FPA Researchers Tackling Vital Questions,” FPA News at... More

Monday, November 14, 2016

Professor Vivek Dehejia and Alumnus James Dean on Trudeau and Trump finding common ground

“The Odd Couple: How Trudeau can find common ground with Trump, even on trade,” OpenCanada at www.opencanada.org Related piece by Professor Dehejia on Trump’s policy posted on 15 November 2016: “A return to Reaganomics?” Livemint at www.livemint.com... More

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