CEA 1999 Conference
University of Toronto
08:00-09:00
Trinity
Registration for CERF/CEA Workshop on
Social Experimentation
Thu May 27
12:00-13:00
Trinity
Lunch
13:00-14:00
09:00-10:30
Trinity
The Earnings Supplement Project
11:00-12:00
Trinity
Panel Discussion: What have we learned
from the ESP?
Trinity
The Self-Sufficiency Project
14:00-15:00
Trinity
The Self-Sufficiency Project (continued)
15:30-17:00
Trinity
Panel Discussion: What have we Learned
From the SSP?
CEA 1999 Conference
University of Toronto
08:30-10:00
OISE 2-211
OISE 2-212
OISE 2-213
OISE 2-214
OISE 2-295
OISE 4-411
OISE 8-214
OISE 8-220
OISE 8-280
OISE 8-298
OISE C-155
Exchange Rate Fluctuations
The Role of the IMF
Inflation Forecasting
Impacts of Free Trade
Global Warming (1)
Trends in Income Distribution in Canada
New Labour Market Entrants - An
International Perspective
R&D Causes and Consequences
CWEN (1) The Economics of Coercion
and Gender
Economic History (1) - History and
Resources
Issues in Econometrics (1)
09:00-09:45
Trinity
School-to-Work Projects
Fri May 28
13:45-15:15
OISE 2-211
OISE 2-212
OISE 2-213
OISE 2-214
OISE 2-295
OISE 4-411
OISE 8-214
OISE 8-220
OISE 8-280
OISE 8-298
OISE C-155
Why is the Value of the Canadian Dollar
so Low? (Session co-sponsored by the
Canadian Association for Business
Economics)
Investment & Macro Dynamics
Fiscal Discipline & Debt Management
President’s Policy Panel - UI/EI Reform
in the 1990’s: Lessons Learned and
Future Directions
Global Warming (2)
State of the Art Survey: ”Wealth
Inequality in North America”
Is Increased Skills Mismatch Contributing
to Structural Unemployment in Canada?
Intellectual Property
Teaching: Making Introductory
Economics More Relevant and Effective
Economic History (3) - Growth and Trade
Econometrics (3)
09:45-10:30
Trinity
Employability
15:30-17:00
OISE 2-211
10:20-11:50
OISE 2-211
OISE 2-212
OISE 2-213
OISE 2-214
OISE 2-295
OISE 4-411
OISE 8-214
OISE 8-220
OISE 8-280
OISE 8-298
OISE C-155
Purchasing Power Parity and the Real
Exchange Rate
The Asian Crisis and its Implications
Financial Markets and the Implementation
of Monetary Policy (Bank of Canada)
Ten Years After: A Free Trade
Retrospective
Fight or Flight: Mitigation vs. Adaptation
Actions on Climate Change
Poverty Trends
New Labour Market Entrants - Canadian
Experience
The Adoption of New Technology
CWEN (2) The Well Being of Women
Economic History (2) - Industry Studies
Issues in Econometrics (2)
11:00-12:30
Trinity
Methodological Issues
12:00-13:30
Hart House CWEN Luncheon
OISE 2-212
OISE 2-213
OISE 2-214
OISE 2-295
OISE 4-411
OISE 8-214
OISE 8-220
OISE 8-280
OISE 8-298
OISE C-155
Canadian Exchange Rate Policy - A Panel
Discussion
Models of the Current Account
Debt Strategies and their Implications
Issues in Monetary Policy
Are we Sinking in the Long Run? Carbon
Cycles, Equilibrium Modelling and
Climate Change
Inequality in Canada: Trends, Causes, and
Consequences (session co-sponsored by
PEF)
The Youth Labour Market in Canada in
the 1990’s
Better Measures of Economic Activity
Simulation Models and the Development
of Government Policy on Aging
CWEN / Economic History - History and
Gender
T.B.A.
17:15-18:30
Auditorium Innis Lecture
18:30-20:00
Trinity
University of Toronto President’s
Reception
CEA 1999 Conference
University of Toronto
08:30-10:00
OISE 2-211
OISE 2-212
OISE 2-213
OISE 2-214
OISE 2-295
OISE 4-411
OISE 8-214
OISE 8-220
OISE 8-280
OISE 8-298
OISE C-154
Optimal Money Supply
Brain Drain or Gain, Lessons from Fact
and Theory
Industrial Organization (1)
Canadian Economic Outlook and the
Impact of Y2K on the Economy and
Financial Markets
Economics of Social Assistance (1)
What Explains the Canada-US
Manufacturing Productivity Gap?
Cohort Effects on Wages
Markets/Credit, and Institutions(1)
The Political Economy of Foreign Aid
Economics of the Fishery
Determinants of Long Run Growth
Sat May 29
13:45-15:15
OISE 2-211
OISE 2-212
OISE 2-213
OISE 2-214
OISE 2-295
OISE 4-411
OISE 8-214
OISE 8-220
OISE 8-280
OISE 8-298
OISE C-154
Choice of Exchange Rate Regimes
Transforming Introductory Economics
Using Web-Based Technologies
Competition in IO, Price and Quality
Whither the Nairu? (session co-sponsored
by PEF)
Children and Neighbourhoods
Are Canadians Better Off in 1999 than in
1989?
Human Capital
Resource Prices and Returns
Trade and Investment (1)
Environmental Regulation
Wage Dispersion and its Explanations
14:30-15:30
09:00-10:00
OISE C-155 Economic Theory (5)
OISE C-155 Economic Theory (1)
15:30-16:30
10:00-11:00
OISE C-155 Economic Theory (6)
OISE C-155 Economic Theory (2)
15:30-17:00
10:20-11:50
OISE 2-211
OISE 2-212
OISE 2-213
OISE 2-214
OISE 2-295
OISE 4-411
OISE 8-214
OISE 8-220
OISE 8-280
OISE 8-298
OISE C-154
Lessons from Recent Currency Crises and
Avenues for Reform - a Panel Discussion
Public Sector Production
Industrial Organization (2)
Bank of Canada Monetary Report
Economics of Social Assistance (2)
Productivity in Canada
Returns from Work For Young and Old
Markets/Credit, and Institutions(2)
The Political Economy of Trade
Liberalization
Environmental Policy & its Implications
Growth and Trade
11:00-12:00
OISE C-155 Economic Theory (3)
12:00-13:30
Trinity
Douglas Purvis Memorial Luncheon (Fee
Event)
13:30-14:30
OISE C-155 Economic Theory (4)
OISE 2-211
OISE 2-212
OISE 2-213
OISE 2-214
OISE 2-295
OISE 4-411
OISE 8-214
OISE 8-220
OISE 8-280
OISE 8-298
OISE C-154
Global Financial Instability: Do We Need
New Rules? (And What About Canada?)
State of the Art Survey: ”Bootstrap
Testing in Econometrics”
The Economics of Drugs
Measuring Business Cycles
Issues in Social Policy
Has the Quality of Working Life Fallen in
Canada in the 1990’s?
Labour Markets in the 1990’s
Monetary Union versus Flexible
Exchange Rates: An Industry Perspective
Trade and Investment (2)
Estimating Environmental Benefits
Electricity Deregulation in Canada
16:30-17:30
OISE C-155 Economic Theory (7)
17:15-18:30
Auditorium Presidental Address
18:30-20:00
Trinity
Reception Hosted by Department of
Economics, University of Toronto and
Addison Wesley Longman
CEA 1999 Conference
University of Toronto
08:30-10:00
OISE 2-211
OISE 2-212
OISE 2-213
OISE 2-214
OISE 2-295
OISE 4-411
OISE 8-214
OISE 8-220
OISE 8-280
OISE 8-298
OISE C-154
Alternative Keynesian Economic Policies
to Achieve Full Employment (session
co-sponsored by PEF)
Bank Mergers: Process, Analysis,
Outcomes
Poverty Indices and Inference
Predicting Financial Markets (1)
Crime and Punishment
Incentive Pay
Trade and the Environment
Government Surpluses: Opportunities and
Threats
Borrowing and Consuming
History of Thought and Methodology
Political Economy
09:00-10:00
OISE C-155 Economic Theory (8)
10:00-11:00
OISE C-155 Economic Theory (9)
10:20-11:50
OISE 2-211
OISE 2-212
OISE 2-213
OISE 2-214
OISE 2-295
OISE 4-411
OISE 8-214
OISE 8-220
OISE 8-280
OISE 8-298
OISE C-154
What Will the Economy Look Like Under
Price Stability?
Bank Mergers: Where do we go from
here?
State of the Art Survey: ”Income
Inequality - Is Canada Different or Just
Behind the Times?”
Predicting Financial Markets (2)
Trade, Property Rights & Endangered
Species
Agency Problems
Trade and Technology
Issues in Taxation
Cozier Macroeconomics Session
Issues in Economic Thought
Recent Developments in the Study of
Innovation
Sun May 30
11:45-13:15
OISE 12th
Trinity
Trinity
Canadian Employment Research Forum Board Luncheon
Canadian Journal of Economics Editorial Board Luncheon
Canadian Public Policy - Editorial Board
Luncheon
13:15-14:45
OISE 2-211
OISE 2-212
OISE 2-213
OISE 2-214
OISE 2-295
OISE 4-411
OISE 8-214
OISE 8-220
OISE 8-280
OISE 8-298
OISE C-154
OISE C-155
Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity:
Implications for Employment
Competition in the Airline Industry
Issues in the Economics of Health Care
Term Structure of Interest Rates
Topics in Labour (1)
Co-operation Games
Convergence and Trade in Canada and the
USA
Provincial Taxation and Expenditure
Spreadsheets, Experiments and
Multimedia as Teaching Tools
Money Demand
Search Models & Price Discrimination
How Auctions Work in Theory and
Practice
15:00-16:30
OISE 2-211
OISE 2-212
OISE 2-213
OISE 2-214
OISE 2-295
OISE 4-411
OISE 8-214
OISE 8-220
OISE 8-280
OISE C-154
OISE C-155
Macro-Labour
Competition Policy
Inflation and Unemployment
Monetary Policy Under Uncertainty
Topics in Labour (2)
Co-operation and Decision-making
Economic Causes and Consequences of
the War in Yugoslavia (session
co-sponsored by ECAAR and PEF)
Federal Tax Policy: What Next?
CANSIM
Development Issues
Issues in Transition Economies
16:30-18:00
OISE 8-220
Progressive Economic Forum (PEF)
Annual Business Meeting
11:00-12:00
OISE C-155 Economic Theory (10)
18:00-21:00
Mercurio
PEF Wine and Cheese Social