CIRANO celebrates 25 years!


25 years is worth celebrating in style! Throughout the year, CIRANO will celebrate its 25 years of existence through a dedicated program of events. A series of special events will honor the achievements of CIRANO over the last 25 years, the expertise of its researchers, its products, its experimental economics laboratory and its centers of excellence.

CIRANO's 25th anniversary program will be unveiled on September 18th at McCord Museum.

 
OUTREACH
Bernard Fortin appointed co-holder of the Industrial Alliance Research Chair on the Economics of Demographic Change
tw Bernard Fortin, CIRANO Fellow and full professor at Université Laval, was appointed in early July co-holder of the Industrial Alliance Research Chair on the Economics of Demographic Change.
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Michel Magnan appointed Distinguised Member of the Quebec Order of Excellence in Education
tw Michel Magnan, CIRANO Fellow, Professor and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Corporate Governance at Concordia's John Molson School of Business, was appointed Distinguished Member of the Québec Order of Excellence in Education on June 15.
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A CIRANO researcher receives the Robert Mundell Prize 2018
tw Andriana Bellou, CIRANO researcher and Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Université de Montréal, received the Robert Mundell Prize for the best article published in the Canadian Journal of Economics in 2017 by an early-career economist. Her paper, "Male Wage Inequality and Marital Dissolution: Is There a Link?", was published in the February 2017 issue of the CJE.
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François Vaillancourt keynote speaker at a workshop organized by the World Bank
tw François Vaillancourt, CIRANO Fellow and Emeritus Professor, Department of Economics, Université de Montréal, was keynote speaker at a workshop organized by the World Bank in Tirana (Albania) on June 28th.
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Pierre-Carl Michaud appointed to the Financial Literacy Research Sub-Committee
tw Pierre-Carl Michaud, CIRANO Fellow and Professor, Department of Applied Economics, HEC Montréal, was appointed to the Financial Literacy Research Sub-Committee for 2018-2020.
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COMING EVENTS
CIRANO represented at the launch of the ASDEQ Capital-National Section's 2018-2019 season
Thursday, September 6, 2018
Marcelin Joanis, Vice President Research – Government partners at CIRANO and Associate Professor at Polytechnique Montréal, and Bernard Fortin, CIRANO Fellow and Full Professor at Université Laval, will present the book Le Québec économique 7 : Éducation et capital humain.
 
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3rd Workshop on the Applications of Industrial Organization : Estimating Productivity
Friday, September 7, 2018
The mission of the workshop is to highlight different fields of study that interface with industrial organization. For its 2018 edition, the workshop will focus on estimating productivity.
 
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7th annual Workshop on Networks in Economics and Finance
Friday, September 14, 2018
The 7th annual Workshop on Networks in Economics and Finance will be held on September 14th and September 15th, 2018 in Lucca Italy. It will be hosted by IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca. This workshop is organized jointly with CIRANO and the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, and builds on the successful CIRANO Workshops on Networks in Trade and Finance that have taken place in Montreal and Fayetteville, Arkansas over the last six years.
 
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Researchers Meeting
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin and her management team will unveil the upcoming activities and projects to CIRANO’s researchers and Fellows.
This meeting will be followed by a cocktail to launch the 25th anniversary activities in the presence of CIRANO’s partners.
 
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CEO Seminar, Andrée-Lise Méthot
Monday, September 24, 2018
Ms Andrée-Lise Méthot, Founder and Managing Partner of Cycle Capital Management (CCM), will share her experience during a networking reception gathering researchers and business people. The presentation will be followed by a networking cocktail.
 
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CIRANO - ADRIQ-RCTi Forum on Innovation
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
CIRANO, QuébecInnove and ADRIQ-RCTi are proud to present the Forum on Innovation. A one-day conference to better understand the innovation challenges for your organization and for Quebec organizations’ global competitivity through testimonies from industry experts, researchers, and government representatives.
 
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Working Papers
La main-d’œuvre surqualifiée : qu’en pensent les employeurs? (Mircea Vultur)
Structures tarifaires et spirale de la mort : État des lieux des pratiques de tarification dans la distribution d’électricité résidentielle (Timothé Beaufils, Pierre-Olivier Pineau)
Structures tarifaires et spirale de la mort : Technologies décentralisées et stabilité des revenus dans la distribution d’électricité résidentielle (Timothé Beaufils, Pierre-Olivier Pineau)
Leading the Unwilling: Unilateral Strategies to Prevent Arctic Oil Exploration (Justin Leroux, Daniel Spiro)
A Large Canadian Database for Macroeconomic Analysis (Olivier Fortin-Gagnon, Maxime Leroux, Dalibor Stevanovic, Stéphane Surprenant)
A Laboratory Study of the Effect of Financial Literacy Training on Retirement Savings (Dina Tasneem, Audrey Azerot, Marine de Montaignac, Jim Engle-Warnick)
A Laboratory Study of Nudge with Retirement Savings (Dina Tasneem, Audrey Azerot, Marine de Montaignac, Jim Engle-Warnick)
Decision Rules for Precautionary and Retirement Savings (Dina Tasneem, Jim Engle-Warnick)
Value Chain Analysis in the Canadian Egg Industry: Estimating the Bargaining Power of Farmers, Graders and Retailers in the Determination of Price (Baoubadi Atozou, Lota Dabio Tamini, Maurice Doyon)
Monographs
Baromètre CIRANO 2018 - La perception des risques au Québec (Ingrid Peignier, Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin)
Project Reports
Portrait des consommateurs québécois qui privilégient l’achat local de produits alimentaires (Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin, Ingrid Peignier)
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