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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.


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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.
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Laurier Economics Department congratulates its most recent Insight Development Grants recipients




LCERPA congratulates our four members who have recently been announced as recipients of SSHRC Insight Development Grants.
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Seize the Last Day: Period-End-Point Sampling for Forecasts of 




New working paper by Dr. Stephen Snudden and co-authors analyses the Forecasts of Temporally Aggregated Data.



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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.



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What We RANDomly Did Not Learn: Opioid Elasticities and Underlying Mechanisms




New working paper by Dr. Antonella Mancino and co-author Dr. Cecilia S. Diaz Campo highlights the underlying mechnisms of opioid elasticities.



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Is the Bank of Canada concerned about inflation or the state of the economy?




Congratulations to Dr. Ke Pang and Dr. Christos Shiamptanis on their published paper in the Journal of International Money & Finance. 



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Forecasts of the real price of oil revisited: Do they beat the random walk?




Congratulations to Dr. Stephen Snudden and co-authors on their published paper in the Journal of Banking & Finance. 



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Can Social Pressure Stifle Free Speech?




New working paper by Dr. Juan S. Morales and co-authors analyzes the effect of social pressure on free speech.



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Futures Prices are Useful Predictors of the Spot Price of Crude Oil




Congratulations to Dr. Stephen Snudden and co-authors on their published paper in The Energy Journal. 



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The Work Trajectories of Married Canadian Immigrant Women, 2006–2019




Congratulations to Dr. Tammy Schirle  and co-authors on their published paper.




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Guest Editors’ Introduction: Pensions, Retirement, Longevity, and Long-Term Care II




Congratulations to Dr. Tammy Schirle  and co-authors on their published paper in the Canadian Public Policy.



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The Effect of Tax Price on Donations: 
Evidence from Canada




Congratulations to Dr. Justin Smith  and co-authors on their published article in the National Tax Journal.



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Forced displacement and migrants' location choices: Evidence from the Japanese-Canadian experience during World War II




Congratulations to Dr. Jeff Chan on his published paper in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.



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Tax Austerity: Does It Avert Solvency Crises?




Congratulations to Dr. Christos Shiamptanis on his published paper in the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking.



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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
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Jam-Barrel Politics




Congratulations to Dr. Juan S. Morales on his forthcoming paper in The Review of Economics and Statistics.
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Forced displacement and migrants' location choices: Evidence from the Japanese-Canadian experience during World War II


Congratulations to Dr. Jeff Chan on his published paper in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.



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Tax Austerity: Does It Avert Solvency Crises?


Congratulations to Dr. Christos Shiamptanis on his published paper in the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking.



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Economic Outlook 2023


Featuring Beata Caranci, Senior VP and Chief Economist at TD Bank Group and Royce Mendes, Managing Director and Head of Macro Strategy at Desjardins on March 7.


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Clean Air and Cognitive Productivity: Effect and Adaptation 


New working paper by Dr. Nikolai Cook and co-authors analyzes the effect on mental health & cognitive productivity with  exposure of air pollution.


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Oil royalties and the provision of public education in Brazil


Congratulations to Dr. Jeff Chan and Dr. Ridwan Karim on their published paper in the Economics of Education Review. 



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The long-run effects of childhood exposure to market access shocks: Evidence from the US railroad network expansion


Congratulations to Dr. Jeff Chan on the published paper in Explorations in Economic History. 

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Recent SSHRC Grant Awarded to LCERPA Member


Congratulations to Juan S. Morales on new IDG SSHRC grant to investigate "The Loudest Voice: Social Media, Morals and Political Conflict"                     aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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The Evolution of Access to Public Accommodations in the United States


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Asset Integration and Risk-Taking in the Laboratory


Congratulations to Dr. William Morrison and Dr. Robert Oxoby on their forthcoming paper in Canadian Journal of Economics.    
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Jam-Barrel Politics


Congratulations to Dr. Juan S. Morales on his forthcoming paper in The Review of Economics and Statistics.
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Recent Grants Awarded to LCERPA Members


Members have been awarded 9 SSHRC grants, 1 National Science Foundation grant, and other competitive external grants in recent years.
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Psychological Exposure to Pollution


New working paper by Nikolai Cook shows psychological - in addition to physical - exposure to air pollution hurts workers.
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LCERPA Working Papers

LCERPA publishes a working paper series that is indexed with RePec. 



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Publications by Members

LCERPA members offer expertise in a wide range of fields. On this page we provide information on our members' publications.

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Research Grants by Members

LCERPA members have been awarded many competitive grants over the years. This page has information about grants recieved in recent years.


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LCERPA Working Papers

LCERPA publishes a working paper series that is indexed with RePec. 




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Publications by Members

LCERPA members offer expertise in a wide range of fields. On this page we provide information on our members' publications.


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Research Grants by Members

LCERPA members have been awarded many competitive grants over the years. This page has information about grants recieved in recent years.

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