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Introduction to Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group

June 23, 2019

Global Topics

Trade War between US and China And its Impact on the Global Economy

June 16, 2019

Canadian Topics

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

November 23, 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

Introduction to Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group

Finance June 23, 2019

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

Global Topics June 16, 2019

Behavioural Economics Series 2: Are Financial Markets Efficient?

Finance March 23, 2018

Recent Articles

Finance

Introduction to Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group

June 23, 2019

The CME Group Inc. is distinguished as one of the world’s largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace. It owns large derivatives, options and futures...

Global Topics

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

June 16, 2019

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

Department Updates

Qidi Hu awarded Governor General's Silver Medal
Tuesday, July 23, 2019 The Economics department is extremely pleased to announce that Qidi Hu, an Economics 2+2 student from Shandong Normal University, has been awarded the Governor General's Silver Medal for outstanding academic achievement. For more than 125 years, the Governor General’s Academic Medals have recognized the outstanding scholastic achievements of studen
Roy Brouwer awarded SSHRC funding
Friday, July 19, 2019 Congratulations to Professor Roy Brouwer for being awarded SSHRC funding for the “Payments for wetland ecosystem services as a nature-based solution to sustainably manage urbanized watersheds" project. Professor Alain Nimbona will be a collaborator on this three year project as well. For the full story, see the article on the Water […]
Associate Professor Kate Rybczynski wins Gender Equity Grant
Wednesday, July 17, 2019 Congratulations to Associate Professor Kate Rybczynski, who has been awarded a Waterloo Gender Equity Grant, as part of the He for She campaign. PhD student Annie Pan will be working on the project with Professor Rybczynski.
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.