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

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 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

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Professor Ba Chu’s paper accepted for publication by the Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Congratulations to Professor Ba Chu on his paper titled “A Distance-Based Test of Independence Between two Multivariate Time Series.” The paper has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Multivariate Analysis - a leading journal in... More

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Professor J. Stephen Ferris’s paper accepted for publication by Public Choice

Congratulations to Distinguished Research Professor J. Stephen Ferris on his paper titled “Inequality, transaction costs and voter turnout: evidence from Canadian provinces and Indian states,” joint with Marcel Voia and Bharatee Dash. The paper has been accepted for publication in Public Choice -  a peer-reviewed journal that studies the... 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

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

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

Welcome to Vivian Hoffmann, Associate Professor

The School of Public Policy and Administration (SPPA) and the Department of Economics welcome Vivian Hoffmann in a joint-appointment as Associate Professor at Carleton University. "We are excited to have Vivian join us," says Jennifer Stewart, director of the School of Public Policy and Administration. "Her significant contribution to research in... More

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

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

Monday, December 5, 2022

Professor Minjoon Lee’s Research on Nursing Home Aversion Garners Media Attention

Professor Minjoon Lee’s recent research on nursing home aversion in Canadians has been garnering media attention recently. His paper “Nursing Home Aversion Post-Pandemic: Implications for Savings and Long-term Care Policy" is a joint work with Bertrand Achou, Philippe De Donder, Franca Glenzer, and Marie-Louise Leroux that was published last... More

Thursday, November 17, 2022

Professor Minjoon Lee Featured on Most Recent Episode of Research Shop Talk Podcast

Professor Minjoon Lee is featured on the most recent episode of Kyla Reid’s podcast Research Shop Talk, alongside Dale Spencer (Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University). The episode is called “Mentoring the Next Generation” and Professors Lee and Spencer detail their former experiences as graduate students and current experiences... More

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Carleton Ph.D. Alumnus Joshua Brault Stirs Up Econ Twitter by Identifying Coding Error in Recent Paper

Joshua Brault stirred up economists on Twitter over the weekend when he attempted to replicate the results of a recently published economics paper by Daniel J. McDonald and Cosma Rohilla Shalizi and got vastly different results than the researchers. After posting his results for others to read and attempt to replicate, he was given... More

Friday, November 4, 2022

Congrats to Associate Professor Ana Dammert on Co-Chairing LACEA – LAMES 2022 in Lima, Peru!

Associate Professor Ana Dammert of Carleton University is one of two Program Chairs for the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) and she just had the honor of welcoming guests to the opening of the LACEA – LAMES 2022 Annual Meeting. The LACEA – LAMES Annual Meeting is the largest economics and econometrics... More

Friday, October 28, 2022

Chair Hashmat Khan Named as a Featured Researcher for SSHRC Real Insight Campaign

Chair Hashmat Khan has been named as one of fifteen featured researchers for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Real Insight campaign. Chair Khan's featured research is titled "Modelling Human Behaviour to Forecast Pandemics: Using Both Epidemiology and Economics Data to Better Predict Future Waves of COVID-19." Check out... More

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Professor Maya Papineau featured in the energy, environment, and economics podcast Ergs and Equilibrium!

Professor Maya Papineau was recently featured in the podcast Ergs and Equilibrium, hosted by Brandon Schaufele (Director of the Ivey Policy and Management Centre and an Associate Professor of Business, Economics and Public Policy at the Ivey Business School). In the episode titled “Flying Over the Trap Door,” Maya discusses her Journal of... More

Friday, August 19, 2022

Professor Ba Chu’s paper accepted for publication by Computational Economics!

Congratulations to professor Ba Chu on his paper titled "Comparing Out-of-Sample Performance of Machine Learning Methods to Forecast U.S. GDP Growth" joint work with Carleton Ph.D candidate Shafiullah Qureshi. The paper has been accepted for publication by Computational Economics -- a leading and official journal of the Society for Computational... More

Monday, August 8, 2022

Professor Vivek Dehejia speaks to the Canadian Press Press on the Prospects for a Successful Conclusion of the Canada-India Trade Agreement

Professor Vivek Dehejia speaks to the Canadian Press on the prospects for a successful conclusion of the Canada-India trade agreement, which has been under negotiation between the two countries since 2010. For a link to the full article, click here.... More

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Professor Lynda Khalaf’s paper accepted for publication by Econometric Reviews!

Congratulations to professor Lynda Khalaf on her paper titled "Endogeneity in Empirical Risk Analysis: Multivariate Finite Sample Inference on Catastrophe Bond Mutual Funds," joint work with Marie-Claude Beaulieu, Maral Kichian and Olena Melin. The paper has been accepted for publication by Econometric Reviews --  widely regarded as one of the... More

Monday, July 25, 2022

Professor Minjoon Lee’s paper accepted for publication by the American Economic Review: Insights

Congratulations to professor Minjoon Lee on his paper titled "Cognitive Decline, Limited Awareness, Imperfect Agency, and Financial Well-being" joint with John Ameriks, Andrew Caplin, Matthew Shapiro, and Christopher Tonetti. The paper has been accepted for publication by the American Economic Review: Insights -- a top-tier, general-interest... More

Friday, July 15, 2022

Professor Vivek Dehejia speaks to the Canadian Press Wire Service on Bank of Canada’s 100 Basis Point Rate Hike

Professor Vivek Dehejia speaks to the Canadian Press wire service about the impacts on average Canadians of the Bank of Canada's recent 100 basis point rate hike in the midst of high inflation.  See below for an excerpt featuring Professor Dehejia's interview: "As Canadians face a double whammy of skyrocketing inflation and the largest... More

Friday, July 15, 2022

Professor Zhiqi Chen appointed as the Managing Editor of the Canadian Journal of Economics!

Congratulations to Professor Zhiqi Chen on his appointment as Managing Editor of the Canadian Journal of Economics as of July 1,... More

Thursday, July 7, 2022

Professor Gaëlle Simard-Duplain’s paper accepted for publication by the Journal of Health Economics!

Congratulations to our incoming colleague and Health Economist Professor Gaëlle Simard-Duplain on her paper titled “ Heterogeneity in informal care intensity and its impact on employment”. The paper has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Health Economics -- a leading field journal which publishes articles related to the economics... More

Monday, July 4, 2022

Professor Minjoon Lee’s paper accepted for publication by the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization!

Congratulations to professor Minjoon Lee on his paper titled “Nursing Home Aversion Post-Pandemic: Implications for Savings and Long-term Care Policy”  joint with Bertrand Achou, Philippe De Donder, Franca Glenzer, and Marie-Louise Leroux. The paper has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization -- a... More

Thursday, June 16, 2022

Professor Pat Coe’s paper accepted for publication by the Journal of Applied Econometrics!

Congratulations to professor Pat Coe on his paper titled “Reassessing the Dependence Between Economic Growth and Financial Conditions since 1973”, joint with Tony Chernis (Bank of Canada) and Shaun Vahey (Warwick Business School).  The paper has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Applied Econometrics -- a leading journal that... More

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Professor Chris Gunn’s paper accepted for publication by the B.E Journal of Macroeconomics!

Congratulations to professor Chris Gunn on his paper titled “Charge-offs, Defaults and the Financial Accelerator”, joint with Alok Johri (McMaster), and Marc-Andre Letendre (McMaster).The paper has been accepted for publication by the B.E Journal of Macroeconomics, which publishes significant research and scholarship in both theoretical and... More

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Professor Jiankang Zhang’s paper accepted for publication by Economic Theory Bulletin!

Congratulations to professor Jiankang Zhang on his paper titled “More Ambiguity Aversion or More Risk Aversion?".  The paper has been accepted for publication by Economic Theory Bulletin- an outlet for research in all areas of Economics based on rigorous theoretical reasoning, and one of the official journals of the Society for the Advancement... More

Friday, June 10, 2022

Professor Raul Razo-Garcia Awarded the Department’s 2022 Inaugural Teaching Award!

Congratulations to Professor Raul Razo-Garcia,  who was awarded the Department's Inaugural Teaching Award of 2022. The Award celebrates Raul’s inspirational, dedicated, and innovative teaching, and his showcasing of experiential learning in our undergraduate program. Raul dedicated superb efforts to training and coaching our B. ECON (H) team... More

Monday, June 6, 2022

Professor Jevan Cherniwchan Awarded 2022 Doug Purvis Memorial Prize!

Congratulations to Professor Jevan Cherniwchan, Canada Research Chair in Economics of Sustainability and Globalization, who was awarded the 2022 Doug Purvis Memorial Prize. The prize was awarded for Professor Cherniwchan's outstanding written contributions to Canadian Economic... More

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