Speaker Series
The Department of Economics hosts a visiting speaker series that features guests from various fields of economics that align with the strengths and priorities of our team members. Presentations are always open to all faculty, staff and students at Memorial University and to members of the community.
Please visit this page regularly or follow us on social media for updates.
Upcoming Speakers
We do not currently have any guest speakers scheduled.
Please check back soon.
Past Speakers
University of California, Davis
Is Affirmative Action the Answer? Shrinking the STEM Gender Gap in Higher Education
June 2nd, 2025
3:00pm to 4:30pm
Science Building, Room SN 2109
Queen's University
Are Uniform or Fragmented Carbon Taxes Optimal? Evidence from Canadian Manufacturing
May 27th, 2025
3:00pm to 4:30pm
Science Building, Room SN 2109
University of Victoria
Socioeconomic Impacts of the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway
May 20th, 2025
3:00pm to 4:30pm
Arts and Administration Building, Room AA 1043
Université d'Orléans
Am So Tired! I Don't Know What To Do! Fatigue and Financial Literacy: Results from a Randomized Experiment
March 31st, 2025
2:00pm to 3:15pm
Education Building, Room ED 1005
Université Laval
Machine Learning in Finance: Motif Discovery in Stock Market Prices
March 20th, 2025
3:30pm to 4:45pm
Engineering Building, Room EN 2006
Dalhousie University
The Effects of Temporary and Permanent Monetary Policy Shocks in the United States, 1979-2019
November 21st, 2024
3:30pm to 4:30pm
Arts and Administration Building, Room AA 1049
University of Montreal
Identifying Labor Market Power: A Quasi Experimental Approach
November 7th, 2024
3:30pm to 4:30pm
Arts and Administration Building, Room AA 1049
University of Maine
From the Food Mail Program to Nutrition North Canada: The Impact on Food Insecurity among Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Families with Children
April 3rd, 2024
2:00pm to 3:15pm
GA Hickman Building, Room ED 1005
McMaster University
Taxation and Regular Folks' Migration: Evidence from 35 Years of Canada Data
March 28, 2024
3:30pm to 4:30pm
GA Hickman Building, Room ED 2018B
University of Waterloo
Negatively Dependent Optimal Risk Sharing
March 21st, 2024
11:15am to 12:30pm
Arts and Administration Building, Room AA 1043
University of Waterloo
The Economics of Canadian Immigration Levels
March 18th, 2024
2:30pm to 3:45pm
GA Hickman Building, Room ED 2018A
Library of Parliament
Optimal Taxation in Frictional Labor Markets
December 15th, 2023
2:00pm to 3:30pm
Arts and Administration Building, Room AA 1043
Sam Houston State University
Monetary Policy and Economic Activity: The Role of Money Supply and Leverage
December 13th, 2023
10:30am to 12:00pm
GA Hickman Building, Room ED 1020
Cape Breton University
College Dropout, Labour Supply, and Education Policy
December 11th, 2023
3:15pm to 4:45pm
Arts and Administration Building, Room 1043