Department seminars
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 | No speaker this week | ||
| Jan 17 | Bent into Submission? Foreign Investors, Domestic Investors, and Populist Governments | Paul Schure | |
| Jan 24 | No speaker this week | ||
| Jan 31 | No speaker this week | ||
| Feb 07 | The Direct and Intergenerational Effects of Criminal History-Based Safety Net Bans in the U.S. | Donn Feir | |
| Feb 14 | No speaker this week | ||
| Feb 21 | Reading Week | ||
| Feb 28 | Measuring and Decomposing Bias: Theory and Evidence from Corruption Complaints in Peru (with Michael Best, Jonas Hjort, Dafne Murillo, and Gaston Pierri) | Justin Wiltshire | |
| Mar 07 | The Harvard Growth Lab and UVic | Vasco Gabriel | |
| Mar 14 | From Diaspora Dollars to Default Risk: Remittances and Sovereign Spreads | Ke Xu | |
| Mar 21 | Semiparametric Partially Linear Varying Coefficient Modal Regression* | Tao Wang | |
| Mar 28 | Tip of the Iceberg: Tip Reporting at U.S. Restaurants, 2005-2018 | Justin Wiltshire | |
| Apr 04 |
*Reid Elliott Lecture |
The Contribution of Foreign Master's Students to US Start-Ups | Justin Wiltshire |
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 | |
|
Oct 4 *Lansdowne BEC 363 |
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 | Post-Clustering Robust Inference | Tao Wang | |
| Oct 25 | Policy Interactions and CO2 Emissions in the Electricity Generation Sector: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis | Katya Rhodes / Colette Salemi | |
| Nov 1 | How Magnetic Can Welfare Be? | Justin Wiltshire | |
| Nov 8 | The Impact of Occupational Licensing on Earnings and Employment: Evidence from State Policy Changes | Jason Hicks | |
| Nov 15 | Sport Geoeconometric | ||
| Nov 22 | Quantile Prediction with Factor-augmented Regression: Structural Instability and Model Uncertainty | Tao Wang |