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  • November 2-3, 2012: Friday 5:30 pm - Saturday 4:30 pm
    Economics of Trade, Environment and Resources Conference

Venue:    
St. John's College
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Dinner and lunch will take place in the Cross Common Room St. John’s College (registration required for dinner and lunch - please contact Betty McGregor email: Betty.McGregor@ad.umanitoba.ca  ph. 474-6240)

Presentations will take place in 118 St. John’s College (presentations are open to all)


Conference Program:

Friday, November 2, 2012


5:30 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. Dinner and coffee

7:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Opening remarks

7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Scott Taylor, University of Calgary, presents "Buffalo Hunt: The Virtual Extinction of the North American Bison"

8:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Discussion


Saturday, November 3, 2012


9:30 a.m. - 10: 00 a.m. Coffee and cookies


Session I

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Anthony Heyes, University of Ottawa, presents “Community Pressure for Enhanced Environmental Performance"

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Discussion

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Amrita Raychaudhuri, University of Winnipeg, presents "Cleaner technologies and the stability of international environmental agreements" 

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch

 

Session II  

1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Chad Lawley, University of Manitoba, presents "Protectionism vs. Risk in Screening for Invasive Species"

2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Janelle Mann, University of Manitoba, presents "Further Evidence of an Environmental Kuznets Curve in Spain"

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Coffee break

 

Session III  

2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Brian Copeland, University of British Columbia, presents "Trade and Fishery Subsidies"

3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Discussion


  • Friday, September 28, 12:30-1:20pm
Event Details:

Public Lecture: Arman Glodjo
Date: Friday, September 28, 12:30-1:20pm
Place: The University of Winnipeg, Buhler Center, Room 3BC57
 
 
Financial engineering has become one of the most important areas of human intellectual activity, for accuracy of financial models, their longevity and forecasting reliability governs not only profits inside high-frequency trading shops, but financial models upon which private and public long- and short-term decisions are made, which decisions affect allocation of resources, labor, investment, product r&d, pensions and environmental citizenship.  There is no existential proof that financial markets are short or long term model-able.  We examine whether 'man-made' universes, such as financial markets, yield themselves to statistical or mathematical modeling to begin with and what are the consequences on decision-makers at all levels whose decisions are highly sensitive to quality of financial modeling.  

Arman Glodjo is a hedge-fund manager, an inventor with over 15 issued or pending patents in financial services, e-commerce and social networking and funds software start-ups of interest through his family investment vehicles.


  • June 12 & 13, 2012

2012 CA & CMA Conference
Includes speaker Phil Cyrenne, Department Chair of the Department of Economics, University of Winnipeg:
Economic Outlook
Wednesday, June 13, 11:15 am – 12:15 pm

See conference schedule for further details.

Event Contact: cmamb@cmamb.com

  • January 24, 2012

Microfinance – The Illusion of Development

The Department of Economics is co-sponsoring a public presentation by Dr. Milford Bateman, a British economist with expertise in microfinance programs of large organizations. He has published several articles and books that present empirical support of an economic structural critique of excessive reliance on micro-credit as an economic development strategy (e.g., Why Doesn’t Microfinance Work?, Confronting Microfinance).
 
Event Details:
Date: January 24, 2012
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: Convocation Hall, University of Winnipeg
Reception: Refreshments will be served.

Program:
5:00pm - Doors open and reception begins
5:30pm - Program Begins

This event is being presented by Menno Simons College/Canadian Mennonite University and co-sponsored by the University of Winnipeg departments/programs: Economics, Urban and Inner-city Studies, & Canada Research in Inner-City Issues, Community Learning and Engagement.

  • October 14-15, 2011

Topics in Economic Transition and Development
Joint Conference Organized By The University Of Manitoba and University Of Winipeg, Department Of Economics

Sylvain Dessy
Universite Laval
"The Political Economy of Social Inclusion"

Mukesh Eswaran
University Of British Columbia
"An Economic Theory of the Evolutionary Origin of Property Rights"

Xiao-Yuan Dong
University Of Winnipeg
"Gender Equality and China's Economic Transition"


Place: 118 St. John's College and Common Cross Room-St. John's College, University of Manitoba
Please contact Ms. B. McGregor (Betty_McGregor@UManitoba.CA) for registration. Registration period ends on Oct 6, 2011.


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