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Keep your alumni information up to date. It only takes two minutes, and if you do it by October 27, you'll be entered to win great prizes. ow.ly/YGF950ZPUpT
Love econometrics? SFU economics professor Bertille Antoine is hosting the 41st Annual Meeting of the Canadian Econometrics Study Group (CESG) from Oct 16 - 18 in downtown Vancouver.
Registration info: caneconometrics.ca/annualMee…
SFU Economics retweeted
There's only a few more days left to submit a paper for the NBER Economics of Religion conference -> fall 2026 in San Francisco... nber.org/conferences/economi…
Professor Steeve Mongrain discussed the economic impacts extending the federal government's fuel excise tax suspension on @globalnews Radio Weekends. He predicts gas prices will rise 8-11 cents per litre when the pause is lifted. #SFU
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International trade expert and @SFU professor emeritus of economics Nicolas Schmitt spoke with @CTVNews about the potential impacts of new American tariffs on BC.
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New publication alert: #SFU professor Krishna Pendakur on Indigenous earnings and labour market disparity.
@uOttawaGSPIA and @SFUEcon researchers estimate #Indigenous labour market disparity among Canadian-born workers over the 1995–2020 period and describe new facts about earnings patterns.
Discover the research in Canadian Public Policy 52.2: bit.ly/CPP522c
How does air pollution affect school performance?
Research by @SFU economics professor Michael Gilraine, featured in @tes magazine, found that installing air filters in schools in highly polluted areas improved students' math and English test scores.
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Congratulations to professors @serenacanaan and @PMouganie on this most recent publication!
New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP21449
Authority Figures and the Polarization of Gender Norms
Ali Abboud @AUB_Lebanon, Samuel Bazzi @SamuelBazzi @UCSDEcon, Serena Canaan @SFUEcon, Antoine Deeb @WorldBank, Pierre Mouganie @SFUEcon
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#CEPR_DE #CEPR_LE #CEPR_PoE #EconTwitter
SFU Economics retweeted
📢#CallForPapers - 3rd Transatlantic Political Economy Conference (T-PEC)
⌛Deadline: 19 June
📆9-10 Oct 2026 | 📍McGill University
Event partners: @EBRD @HEC_Montreal @KingsCollegeLon @mcgillu
Organisers: @Nicolas_Ajz @cevatgirayaksoy @clpennec
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📢Publication alert!
Congrats to @SFU economics PhD student Merve Intisah on a new paper in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. Examines how auction order affects losses for global bidders in sequential auctions.
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Professor @MinjieDeng will represent @SFU on a panel of experts for a conversation on rules-based international order at the May 12th @SFUFASS Parasiuk Dean's Symposium. At Vancouver campus, reserve your free ticket:
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Recently professor Randall Akee (@Harvard Kennedy School) delivered the 2026 Ting BMO Public Lecture on the Economic and Social Well-being of Indigenous Children at SFU.
Watch the recording now: youtube.com/watch?v=gnbGqcQh…
Thanks to our sponsors, David and Cecilia Ting and BMO.
SFU Economics retweeted
📢#CallForPapers - The Economics of Longevity and Ageing
9-11 July 2026 | @Cambridge_Uni
Deadline: 27 February 2026
Organisers: Martin Ellison @UniofOxford, Tiernan Evans @eitoxford, Eric French @Cambridge_Uni
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#EconTwitter
CTV interviewed #SFU professor emeritus Nicolas Schmitt on the US Supreme Court's recent ruling on tariffs. He predicts indirect effects on Canadian prices as well as additional market uncertainty.
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We are excited to be hosting the @CanEconomics CEA conference @SFU this May! Submit your abstracts by Feb 13.
🚨 Submissions for the 2026 CEA Conference are open!
We are currently accepting papers for the upcoming conference in May! See our submission page for more details:
🔗 economics.ca/submissions
Don't forget to check our current events page:
🔗 economics.ca/competitions...
Congratulations professor Deng!
📢 Call for Papers!
Submit to the inaugural Vancouver Applied Microeconomics Conference (May 21–22, 2026, Vancouver, BC).
Theme: Education, children & human capital
Organized by @serenacanaan @PMouganie @KSchnepel & Mike Gilraine
🗓 Deadline: March 1
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On Feb 25 Randall Kekoa Akee from @Harvard Kennedy School will deliver the 2026 TING BMO Public lecture on the @SFUVan campus. He'll share recent research into how poverty shapes the long-run economic and social outcomes of Indigenous children.
Register: tinyurl.com/ymmc3byy
Congratulations to doctoral student Uzair Azmat on a successful PhD thesis defence. His research advances our understanding of faith-based financial decision-making by comparing Islamic and Western mortgages and measuring faith-based debt aversion using a real-options model.
