Friday, August 18, 2023

Professor Minjoon Lee’s Research Cited in the New York Times

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

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

Professor Maya Papineau Interviewed About Her Research on CBC’s The World This Weekend

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

Professor Simon Power Celebrates 35 Years as a Faculty Member in the Department of Economics

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

MA Economics Alumnus Jenna Sudds Appointed as Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development

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

Friday, July 21, 2023

Associate Professor Vivian Hoffmann Wins Best Article in the Journal Agricultural Economics

We are proud to announce that Associate Professor Vivian Hoffmann has been awarded Best Article in Agricultural Economics 2022 for her paper "Can information drive demand for safer food? Impact of brand-specific recommendations and test results on product choice" with coauthor Sarah Wairimu Kariuki (CIMMYT). Agricultural Economics is the journal... More

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Najia Haneefi Featured in the Ottawa Citizen for Her Community and Philanthropic Work

Najia Haneefi (B.A., M.Ed. University of Ottawa) is featured in today's print version of the Ottawa Citizen and the online version for her community and philanthropic work. In the article titled "Q & A: Ottawa's Najia Haneefi talks about education, gender equality and Afghanistan" Najia shares her experiences as a founding member of the... More

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Professor Matthew D. Webb’s Paper Accepted for Publication by the Stata Journal

Professor Matthew D Webb’s paper titled "Leverage, Influence, and the Jackknife in Clustered Regression Models: Reliable Inference Using summclust"  joint with James G. MacKinnon (Queen's University)  and Morten Ørregaard Nielsen (Aarhus University) is accepted for publication in the Stata Journal. Congratulations, Professor Webb, on this... More

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Professor Zhiqi Chen’s Paper Accepted for Publication by the Economic Journal

Chancellor's Professor and Full Professor Zhiqi Chen’s paper titled "Partitioned Pricing and Collusion on Surcharges" has been accepted for publication in the Economic Journal – one of the top general interest journals in the discipline. Congratulations, Professor Chen, on this publication!   Abstract: Partitioned pricing is a pricing... More

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Professor Christopher Worswick’s Research Cited in the Globe and Mail

Professor Christopher Worswick's research was cited in the Globe and Mail yesterday. Reporter Ian McGugan's article "What's the right number of immigrants for Canada?" draws on a working paper co-written by Professor Worswick that offers a critique of the federal government's current policy on immigration and the government's justification for... More

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Professor Zhihao Yu and Distinguished Research Professor Richard Brecher’ Paper Accepted for Publication in The World Economy

Professor Zhihao Yu’s paper titled "Trade-Induced Reduction in Unemployment of a High-Wage Economy," joint with Distinguished Research Professor Richard Brecher, has been accepted for publication in The World Economy – a journal focusing on trade policy and open economy issues. Congratulations on this publication Professors Yu and... More

Monday, May 1, 2023

Professor Lynda Khalaf’s Paper Accepted for Publication by the Journal of Econometrics

Professor Lynda Khalaf’s paper titled “Identification-robust benchmark neutrality tests: the case of Catastrophe bond mutual funds” joint with Olena Melin (Bank of Canada), Marie-Claude Beaulieu (Laval) and Jean-Marie Dufour (McGill) is accepted for publication at the Journal of Econometrics – the top field journal in Econometrics. Olena... More

Friday, April 28, 2023

Congratulations to Associate Professor Maya Papineau on Receiving 3 New Frontiers in Research Fund Grants!

Associate Professor Maya Papineau has received 3 New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) grants. Professor Papineau received the NFRF - Exploration grant as a co-Primary Investigator with Professor Cynthia Cruickshank from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Carleton University, and co-applicant Professor Daniel Chung from the... More

Thursday, April 27, 2023

Congratulations to Professor Lynda Khalaf on receiving a SSHRC Insight Grant!

Professor Lynda Khalaf has been awarded an Insight Grant by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Professor Khalaf is a Co-Investigator for a research project in collaboration with Professor Bertille Antoine (Simon Fraser University), who is the Primary Investigator, titled "Identification, Estimation, and Inference of... More

Thursday, April 27, 2023

Congratulations to Adjunct Research Professor Lanny Zrill on receiving a SSHRC Insight Grant!

Adjunct Research Professor Lanny Zrill has been awarded a Insight Grant by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Professor Zrill is the Primary Investigator for a research project titled "New Experimental Methods for Identifying and Measuring Preferences." The goal of the SSHRC Insight program is to build knowledge and... More

Thursday, April 27, 2023

Congratulations to Professor Jevan Cherniwchan on receiving a SSHRC Insight Grant!

Professor Jevan Cherniwchan has been awarded an Insight Grant by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Professor Cherniwchan is the Primary Investigator for a research project in collaboration with Professor Nouri Najjar (Western University) titled "The Effects of International Trade on Environmental Policy." The goal of the... More

Thursday, April 13, 2023

Professor Thomas Russell has a Paper Accepted for Publication in the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Congratulations to Professor Thomas Russell on his paper "Simple Inference on Functionals of Set-Identified Parameters Defined by Linear Moments” (joint with Joon Hwan Cho, a PhD student at U of Toronto). Professor Russell's paper has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics - a leading field journal... More

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Munir Sheikh Has a Letter Published in the Globe and Mail Online

Department of Economics Adjunct Research Professor Munir Sheikh has written a letter that has been published in the Globe and Mail online edition this week, in which he criticizes their editorial on carbon taxes. Read his full letter... More

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Second Year B.ECON Student Abigail Meloche Announced as Successful Candidate of CUROP 2023

The Department of Economics is proud to announce that Abigail Meloche, a second year Bachelor of Economics student, has been announced as a successful candidate of CUROP 2023. The Carleton University Research Opportunity Program (CUROP) holds a competition each year for undergraduate research internships. Candidates design a research project in... More

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Mumtaz Ahmad has a Paper Recommended for Publication in the Journal of International Trade & Economic Development

Mumtaz Ahmad, contract instructor and an alumnus of the Economics PhD program at Carleton University, has a manuscript recommended for publication in The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development. Dr. Ahmad's paper "Tariff Pass-Through and Implications for Domestic Markets: Evidence from U.S. Steel Imports" (joint with Imtiaz... More

Monday, February 27, 2023

Associate Professor Till Gross Receives SSHRC Insight Development Grant

Associate Professor Till Gross from the Carleton University Department of Economics has received a SSHRC Insight Development Grant. Congratulations Professor Gross on this strong recognition and funding support for your ongoing and planned research! From the SSHRC website: The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has... More

Monday, February 27, 2023

Dr. Hashmat Khan Receives SSHRC Insight Development Grant

Dr. Hashmat Khan, Professor and Chair of the Department of Economics, has received a SSHRC Insight Development Grant. Congratulations Dr. Khan on this strong recognition and funding support for your ongoing and planned research! From the SSHRC website: The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has awarded over... More

Friday, February 24, 2023

Munir Sheikh Discusses How to Fix Canada’s $1.1-trillion Debt in the Globe and Mail

Department of Economics Adjunct Research Professor Munir Sheikh has written an opinion article for the Globe and Mail this week that has generated a significant amount of comments and attention. In the article titled "To fix our $1.1-trillion debt, Canada must rethink the principles behind government spending" he discusses the importance of... More

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Congratulations to the Carleton Team for Reaching the Final Round of the Governor’s Challenge

We are proud of the Carleton Team (Alec Knox, Anna Wang, Jonah Sider-Echenberg, Ife Sonde, Seun Aduwo) for reaching the final round of this year’s Governor’s Challenge and a superb performance. We applaud Professor Raul Razo-Garcia’s dedicated efforts as the Team coach. The competition began in November 2022 with over 100 students from 19... More

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Professor Vivian Hoffmann Has Two Papers Accepted for Publication

Congratulations to Professor Vivian Hoffmann on the publication of two of her papers.  Professor Hoffmann has had her paper "Upside risk, consumption value, and market returns to food safety" (joint with Sarah Kariuki, Janneke Pieters, and Mark Treurniet) published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics – a leading journal for... More

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Professor Matthew Webb’s paper accepted for publication by the Journal of Applied Econometrics

Congratulations to Professor Matthew Webb on his paper titled "Fast and Reliable Jackknife and Bootstrap Methods for Cluster-Robust Inference" joint with James MacKinnon and Morten Nielsen of Queen's University. The paper has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Econometrics – a leading journal in the field of... More

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Professor Ba Chu’s paper accepted for publication by the Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Congratulations to Professor Ba Chu on his paper titled “Local Linear Regression with Nonparametrically Generated Covariates for Weakly Dependent Data.” The paper has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference -  a leading journal in Statistics and classified as an A journal by the Australian... More

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Professors Stanley Winer and J. Stephen Ferris Published in the Cambridge Elements in Public Economics Series

Congratulations to emeriti faculty members and Distinguished Research Professors Stanley Winer and J. Stephen Ferris upon being published in the Elements in Public Economics Series of Cambridge University Press. Their publication Political Competition and the Study of Public Economics was published by Cambridge University Press in September 2022.... More

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Professor Christopher Gunn’s paper accepted for publication by the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Congratulations to professor Christopher Gunn on his paper titled “What Drives Inventory Accumulation? News on Rates of Return and Marginal Costs”  joint with Christoph Görtz and Thomas Lubik. The paper has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking - a leading journal in macroeconomics covering monetary and... More

Friday, February 3, 2023

Professor Matt Webb Has a Paper Accepted for Publication in the Journal of Econometrics

The Department of Economics is pleased to announce that Professor Matt Webb’s paper “Testing for the appropriate level of clustering in linear regression models” (joint with James MacKinnon of Queen's University and Morten Nielsen of Aarhaus University in Denmark) is now accepted for publication at the Journal of Econometrics. The Journal of... More

Thursday, February 2, 2023

Dept. of Economics Welcomes Visiting Undergraduate Scholar Maria Suarez Fernandez from Colombia

The Department of Economics at Carleton University is pleased to announce that we are hosting Maria Suarez Fernandez (Undergraduate Student, Universidad Externado de Colombia) for the Winter 2023 academic term. Maria is the recipient of the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP) scholarship, which is offered through the Global Affairs... More

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

CD Howe Institute Publishes Intelligence Memo by Professor Maya Papineau

The C.D. Howe Institute has published an intelligence memo written by Professor Maya Papineau and co-authored with Erica Myers of the University of Calgary. The piece discusses the implications of her recent research on observed energy savings from home retrofits, particularly when it comes to meeting climate change commitments. Since it's... More

Thursday, January 26, 2023

PhD Student Debora Loccisano’s paper accepted for publication by the Annals of Operation Research

Congratulations to PhD student Debora Loccisano’s on the publication of her paper titled “Co-movements, option pricing and risk management: an application to WTI versus Brent spread options” joint with her former professors Domenico De Giovanni and Arturo Leccadito from Calabria, Italy. The paper has been accepted for publication in the... More

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

First Female Economics Full Professor Marks Her Legacy at Carleton

The newly dedicated boardroom in Carleton University’s Department of Economics is graced with decor that an economist can truly appreciate. Desk-sized sheets of yellowed graph paper, covered with numbers and symbols, have been framed for posterity. To the knowledgeable, it is clearly an equation, which took then-PhD student Kanta Marwah two days... More

Monday, January 23, 2023

PhD Candidate Derek Mikola has a Paper Accepted for Publication in Economics of Education Review

PhD Candidate Derek Mikola has had his paper "Finish It and It's Free: An Evaluation of College Graduation Subsidies," joint with Professor Matthew Webb, accepted for publication in Economics of Education Review  - a leading journal in the field of education economics which publishes research on education policy and finance, human capital... More

Monday, January 23, 2023

Professor Matthew Webb has Two Papers Accepted for Publication

Congratulations to Professor Matthew Webb on having two papers accepted for publication. Professor Webb has had his paper "Finish It and It's Free: An Evaluation of College Graduation Subsidies," joint with Derek Mikola (PhD Candidate in our department), published in Economics of Education Review  - a leading journal in the field of education... More

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