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Behavioural Economics Series 2: Are Financial Markets Efficient?

March 23, 2018

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The Rise of Cryptoassets & Derivatives

February 24, 2018

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Behavioral Economics Series 1: Prospect Theory

February 12, 2018

Economics News

Economic Outlook on the U.S and Global Economy in 2019

Economics News December 5, 2018

William Nordhaus and the Economics of Climate Change

Economics News November 24, 2018

NAFTA? USMCA? What’s the Deal With It? – Part 1

Canadian Topics November 23, 2018

Original Articles

Trade War between US and China And its Impact on the...

Original Articles June 16, 2019

Behavioural Economics Series 2: Are Financial Markets Efficient?

Finance March 23, 2018

The Rise of Cryptoassets & Derivatives

Economics News February 24, 2018

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Original Articles

Trade War between US and China And its Impact on the...

June 16, 2019

What is Trade War? A trade war happens when one country retaliates against another by raising import tariffs or placing other restrictions on the opposing...

Economics News

Economic Outlook on the U.S and Global Economy in 2019

December 5, 2018

An Article Written by Zuleykha Gasinova As we progress to the last month of 2018, economists and various well-known financial agencies have released their forecasts...

Department Updates

Congratulations to our 2019 graduates!
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
MA student Ramsha Jaweed wins second prize in CRDCN Policy Challenge Competition
Thursday, June 13, 2019 Ramsha Jaweed, Econ MA student, wins second prize in the Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN) Policy Challenge Competition. Competitors came from UBC, Calgary, Western, McMaster, Toronto, and Laval. The competition is an opportunity for students to use their research results to inform real-world Canadian policy-making and propose innovative policy solutions.
Graduate student award winners - 2018/2019
Thursday, May 23, 2019 The graduate student award winners for the 2018/2019 year are as follows: The Ken Stollery Graduate Memorial Award: Chulsoon Kim and Gray Boyko, MA students The Nihar and Mina Bose scholarship: Renfang Tian, PhD student Macroeconomics award: Ramsha Jaweed, MA student Microeconomics award: Tong Zhou, MA student Econometrics award: Wenzuo Xu and Oliver Loertscher, […]
Professor Mikal Skuterud comments on Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 Professor Mikal Skuterud discusses immigrant employment in the tech sector in this CBC article titled, "A new immigration stream is coming for Ontario tech workers, but is it necessary?". Read the full article for Professor Skuterud's thoughts.
Canada’s skills gap in data analysis?
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 In an article published in the National Post, Professor Anindya Sen points to a skills gap in data analysis in Canada and, in particular, in our ability to interpret and gain useful insights from the data. Professor Sen argues that this gap can be partly addressed by training in the the […]