Introduction to the Department

Welcome to the Economics Department at the University of Calgary. Our department is among the top research-oriented departments in the country. Faculty members have expertise in a broad range of fields but we are best known for our work on Energy, Environmental and Natural Resource Management; Behavioral and Experimental Economics; Health; Industrial Organization; Institutions and Growth; International Trade; Money and Banking and Public Finance.

Announcements

Congratulations
Jevan Cherniwchan was featured in UToday, May 9, 2013 issue.
The link to the site is: http://www.ucalgary.ca/news/utoday/may9-2013/one-phds-journey-from-classroom-to-job-offers?utm_source=UToday&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=textlink&utm_campaign=May-9-2013&utm_term=One-Economics-PhDs-journey-from-classroom-to-multiple-job-offers
Congratulations Jevan!
Income Sharing with a Twist
Dr. Jack Mintz, Director of the School of Public Policy and Economics' PhD student, Matt Krzepkowski, argued in a research paper that the current tax system of income sharing is unfair to single-earner families.
To read the full article; http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2013/04/29/business-mintz-income-splitting.html
Arvind Magesan's Research on Traffic Countdown Signals
Arvind Magesan's research on the impact of traffic countdown signals appeared in April 10, 2013 edition of the Calgary Herald. Here is the link:
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Crosswalk+clocks+improve+pedestrian+safety+worse+drivers/8218994/story.html
Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Janet Currie
Dr. Janet Currie presented her lecture entitled "Causes and Consequences of Early Life Health" on March 21, 2013.
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Congratulations, Jared!
Jared Carbone has been named a Nonresident Fellow at Resources for the Fture (RFF). RFF is an environmental economics and policy research institute in Washington DC. Researchers at RFF in the 1950s and 60s were largely responsible for establishing the field of environmental economics and the organization remains at the forefront of the field today. The fellowship is given primarily to leading researchers in academia as an honor and to facilitate collaboration with researchers at RFF.

Featured Faculty Member

Arvind Magesan
Arvind Magesan joined the Department of Economics in July 2010, after completing his doctoral work at the University of Toronto under the supervision of Victor Aguirregabiria. Arvind’s fields of research fall into two broad areas. The first is applied microeconomics: the application of econometric methods, often with the guidance of microeconomic theory, to data on individual decision makers in order to understand and interpret real world phenomena.

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