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Economic Outlook 2025: Immigration: Challenges and Opportunities for Canada in the 21st Century
Featured Pedro Antunes, Chief Economist, Conference Board of Canada & Jennifer Hunt, Professor of Economics, Rutgers University and former Chief Economist, U.S. Secretary of Labor on Wednesday, February 12, 2025.
Professor Morrisson and co-author investigate causes of insurance claim dishonesty in new publication
In a paper accepted by the Journal of Risk and insurance, Laurier professor William Morrison and co-author Bradley Ruffle conduct a lab experiment on insurance claims and find that there is no link between dishonest insurance reporting and the amount paid for insurance. Similarly, decreases in the consumer surplus from insurance purchases do not induce more dishonest reporting. aaaaaaaa
Carpe Diem: Can daily oil prices improve model-based forecasts of the real price of crude oil?
New working paper by Dr. Stephen Snudden and co-authors analyzes whether daily oil prices improve model-based forecasts of the real price of crude oil.
The Evolution of Access to Public Accommodations in the United States
Congratulations to Dr. David Rose and coauthors and on their accepted paper in The Quarterly Journal of Economics. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa