Department seminars
First term, Sep. - Dec. 2024
The Departmental Seminar Coordinators are Colette Salemi, Tao Wang and Justin Wiltshire.
Seminars are held in BEC 363 on Fridays from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., unless otherwise indicated (in bold).
If you are interested in viewing a paper from one of our seminar speakers, please contact econdept@uvic.ca for a copy.
| Date | Speaker | Title | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20 | Bank Loan Portfolio and Monetary Policy | Ke Xu | |
| Sep 27 | Polygyny and the Economic Determinants of Family Formation in Sub-Saharan Africa | Donn Feir | |
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Oct 4 *Lansdowne DTB A104 |
Long-Run Effects of Food Assistance: Evidence from the Food Stamp Program and Administrative Data | Justin Wiltshire | |
| Oct 11 | Ian Luby (The Nature Conservancy) | From Global Agreements to Local Action: The Role of Economics in Protecting the Planet | Colette Salemi |
| Oct 18 | Jing Tao (University of Washington) | TBD | Tao Wang |
| Oct 25 | Witson Pena Tello (University of Barcelona) | TBD | TBD |
| Nov 1 | Carl McPherson | TBD | Justin Wiltshire |
| Nov 8 | Nicholas Carollo (Federal Reserve Board) | TBD | Jason Hicks |
| Nov 15 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Nov 22 | Siwei Wang (Hunan University, China) | TBD | Tao Wang |
Second term, Jan. - Apr. 2025
The Departmental Seminar Coordinators are Colette Salemi, Tao Wang and Justin Wiltshire.
Seminars are held in BEC 363 on Fridays from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., unless otherwise indicated (in bold).
| Date | Speaker | Title | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10 | TBD | TBD | |
| Jan 17 | Alison Johnston (Oregon State University) | Paul Schure | |
| Jan 24 | Minjie Deng (Simon Fraser University) | TBD | |
| Jan 31 | TBD | TBD | |
| Feb 07 | Kevin Schepnel (Simon Fraser University) | Donn Feir | |
| Feb 14 | TBD | TBD | |
| Feb 21 | N/A Reading Week | TBD | |
| Feb 28 | Leonard Geoff (University of Calgary) | Justin Wiltshire | |
| Mar 07 | Eric Renault (University of Warwick) | Tao Wang | |
| Mar 14 | TBD | TBD | |
| Mar 21 | Weixin Yao (UC Riverside) | Tao Wang | |
| Mar 28 | Martha Stinson (Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau) | Justin Wiltshire | |
| Apr 04 | Giovanni Peri | Justin Wiltshire |