Submitted by dalip on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 14:32.
The 2010 M.A. Mini Conference will be held on July 29th from 4:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. and on August 3rd. from 9:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m. The conference will be held in SS 423.
Submitted by mives on Wed, 07/14/2010 - 09:58.
AIESEC is the world's largest student run organization. It is a platform for students to explore and develop their leadership potential. It also provides students with international internship opportunities world-wide.
Submitted by mives on Tue, 06/29/2010 - 14:28.
The Department of Economics is pleased to announce that six undergraduate students accepted summer employment in 2010 as part of the Summer Internship in Regulatory Economics program. Students who completed the industrial organization sequence (Econ 471 and Econ 477) obtained placements at the Alberta Market Surveillance Administrator, Enbridge Inc., ENMAX Corporation, Alberta Utilities Commission, the National Energy Board, and Capital Power Corporation. This was the eleventh year for the Summer Internship in Regulatory Economics.
Submitted by mives on Fri, 06/25/2010 - 11:59.
Welcome to the Spring 2010 issue of "Newsletter" the Department of Economics report of departmental facts and figures for the academic year of 2009-10.
Submitted by mives on Mon, 06/21/2010 - 11:31.
Jesse Matheson successfully defended his PhD thesis on June 17, 2010. His title was "Essays on the Economics of Social Consumption". His supervisor was Dr. B.C. Eaton. Yvonne Smith was successful in defending her MA thesis on June 16, 2010. Her thesis title was "A Melting Iceberg: The Impact of Distance on International Trade and the Effect of a New Arctic Trade Route on Trade Patterns". Her supervisor was Dr. E. Beaulieu.
Submitted by mives on Thu, 06/10/2010 - 13:12.
Alexander Smith successfully defended his PhD thesis on June 8, 2010. His thesis title was "Who Cooperates with Whom? Experimental and Empirical Evidence on Cooperation and Heterogeneity". Supervisor was Dr. R. Oxoby.
Submitted by mives on Thu, 04/01/2010 - 13:39.
Important changes to the Applied Energy Economics program enhance your prospects for rewarding employment in the energy sector. See the Applied Energy Economics <http://econ.ucalgary.ca/undergraduate/applied-energy-program> page for details.
Submitted by mives on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 12:10.
Professor Aidan Hollis' work on creating and promoting an alternative incentive mechanism to the patent system for pharmaceuticals targeted to illness and disease in the developing world is making headlines. Instead of using patents that create market exclusivity and high prices, the Health Impact Fund would provide innovators with the option of instead being rewarded financially on the basis of the health impact of their products provided they agree to sell at cost.
Submitted by mives on Mon, 07/14/2008 - 09:37.
In conjunction with Career Services, the Department of Economics has established a mentorship program for economics students. The main objective of the program is to provide student apprentices with an opportunity to build contacts with working economists in the Calgary community, and to allow mentors to learn more about the next generation of leaders emerging from the University of Calgary. For more information, including applications for both mentors and apprentices, visit http://www.ucalgary.ca/sue/mentor.
Submitted by mives on Fri, 05/02/2008 - 11:11.
Scholarship for continuing undergraduate students
Submitted by admin on Fri, 10/19/2007 - 10:13.
The University of Calgary's Behavioural and Experimental Economics Laboratory is inviting people to register for experiments to be conducted in the lab