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Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Professor Vivek Dehejia comments on Patel’s departure and India’s competitive populism

“Vivek Dehejia, economics professor at Carleton University in Canada, said Mr Patel’s departure signalled a decisive shift away from the liberal economic ethos that had largely guided India’s policy since 1991, and towards a new ‘economic nativism’. That nativism is marked by a belief that western economic thought does not apply to... More

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Dept. Econ Chair, Professor Lee and Grad Students attend book launch

The Chair Lynda Khalaf, Professor Minjoon Lee and a group of Graduate students attended a special book launch and reception for the 8th volume of the Canadian Leadership Collection, The Governors of the Bank of Canada. Pictures below were taken at the event held on Thursday, December 6, 2018 at the Bank of Canada Museum.... More

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

ECON 3920 students present at the Discovery Centre

Discovery Centre news featuring Department of Economics students:... More

Thursday, November 8, 2018

Congrats to the Fall 2018 Graduates!

The students listed below have been awarded degrees by the Senate of Carleton University in October 2018. Doctoral Graduate Vincent Paquet Master of Arts Stephanie Joe Assad Varvara Brusentsova Ashiqul Haq Chowdhury Hadi Farsi Adane Nabso Fufa Jessica Guillemette Rabiul Islam Shenghao Jia Changhan Kim Boni Li Ahmadshah Malgarai Anthony Michael... More

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

M.A. Economics alumna Jenna Sudds profiled

Jonathan Willing, “Transportation top of mind as Sudds heads to city hall,” Ottawa Citizen, p. A5 and online at www.ottawacitizen.com Photograph Wayne... More

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Congratulations to Professor Dana Galizia and Professor Matthew Webb!

RePEc Top Young Economists, as of October 2018 Congratulations to Professor Dana Galizia and Professor Matthew Webb on making the list for top 100 young Economists! The list can be found here: RePEc top young Economist More information on the list can be found on here: RePEc... More

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Professor Vivek Dehejia comments on Modi government and Reserve Bank of India

“‘In my reading, this was Urjit Patel firing a warning shot across the bow of the government from the shoulder of his deputy,’ said Vivek Dehejia, an economics professor at Canada’s Carleton University. ‘It was a message to say don’t interfere with the autonomy of the RBI or the consequences will be dire.’” (Amy... More

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

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