Annual Conference
Program
CPEG 2013 Conference
University of Alberta, Telus Centre
Edmonton, AB, Canada
November 9-10, 2013
| Saturday, November 9, 2013 | |
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| 8:15 am – 8:50 am | Breakfast and registration |
| 8:50 am – 9:00 am | Welcome remarks (Douglas West, Chair, UofA Economics) |
| 9:00 am – 10:30 am | Session 1: Urban Sprawl Chair: Iryna Kryvoruchko |
| Martin Farnham (University of Victoria): The Road To Ruin: Parasitic Suburbs and Traffic Congestion Discussant: Craig Brett |
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| Stefan Dodds (University of Winnipeg): Retail Amenities and Urban Sprawl Discussant: Andrew Eckert |
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| 10:30 am – 11:00 am | Break/Refreshments |
| 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Invited Lecture Chair: Joanne Roberts |
| James R. Hines (University of Michigan) What Do We Know About Base Erosion and Profit Shifting? |
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| 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm | Lunch (Telus Atrium) |
| 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Session 2: Dynamic Political Economy Chair: Stuart Landon |
| Jean Guillaume Forand (University of Waterloo): A Dynamic Duverger’s Law Discussant: Johanna Goertz |
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| Thomas Groll (Columbia University): Dynamic Commercial Lobbying Discussant: Ross Hickey |
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| 3:30 pm – 3:30 pm | Break/Refreshments |
| 3:30 pm – 5:45 pm | Session 3: Individual Decisions Under Risk Chair: Katherine Cuff |
| Jack Leach (McMaster University): Why Lottery Tickets are Purchased by Poor People Discussant: Phil Curry |
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| Marie Louise Leroux (Université du Québec à Montréal): Fair Retirement Under Risky Lifetime Discussant: Jack Leach |
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| Phil Curry (University of Waterloo): Crime, Apprehension, and Clearance Rates Discussant: Martin Farnham |
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| 6:30 pm | Reception and dinner (Union Bank Inn) |
| Sunday, November 10, 2013 | |
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am – 10:30 am | Session 4: Fiscal Federalism Chair: Connie Smith |
| Elisabeth Gugl (University of Victoria): Tax Competition and the Efficiency of ‘Benefit-Related’ Business Taxes Discussant: Matt Krzepkowski |
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| Jean-Denis Garon (Université du Québec à Montréal): Environmental Taxation in a Federal System of Government with Equalization Payments Discussant: Andrew Leach |
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| 10:30 am – 11:00 am | Break/Refreshments |
| 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Invited Lecture Chair: Craig Brett |
| Francesco Trebbi (University of British Columbia) How Do Voters Respond to Information? Evidence from a Randomized Campaign |
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| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch (Telus Atrium) |
| 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Session 5: Voting Chair: Tilman Klumpp |
| Johanna Goertz (University of Guelph): Inefficient Committees: Small Elections with Three Alternatives Discussant: Jean-Denis Garon |
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| Craig Brett (Mount Allison University): Citizen Candidates and Voting Over Incentive-Compatible Nonlinear Income Tax Schedules Discussant: Thomas Groll |
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| 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Break/Refreshments |
| 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm | Session 6: Coalitions and Tax Offsets Chair: Xuejuan Su |
| Emilson Silva (University of Alberta): Coalition-Proof Overlapping International Green R&D Agreements Discussant: Katherine Cuff |
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| Matt Krzepkowski (Statistics Canada): Debt and Tax Loss: The Effect of Tax Asymmetries on the Cost of Capital and Capital Structure Discussant: Elisabeth Gugl |
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| 4:30 pm | Adjourn |
Attendees
List of attendees for this year's annual conference
Last Name
First Name
Organisation
Basnet
Pratap
Student
Behere
Bhakti
Student
Brett
Craig
Mount Allison University
Chu
Filmer
Student
Cuff
Katherine
McMaster University
Curry
Phil
University Of Waterloo
Dellis
Arnaud
Laval University
Dodds
Stefan
University of Winnipeg
Eckert
Andrew
University of Alberta
Farnham
Martin
University of Victoria
Fisher
Breanna
Student
Forand
Jean Guillaume
University of Waterloo
Garon
Jean-Denis
ESG-UQAM
Gjioncaj
Osli
Student
Goertz
Johanna
University of Guelph
Groll
Thomas
Columbia University SIPA
Gugl
Elisabeth
University of Victoria
Hickey
Ross
University of British Columbia
Hines
James
University of Michigan
Huang
Jingyu
Student
Klumpp
Tilman
University of ALberta
Kryvorucho
Iryna
University of Regina
Krzepkowski
Matt
Statistics Canada
Landon
Stuart
University of Alberta
Leach
Andrew
University of Alberta
Leach
John
McMaster University
Leroux
Marie-Louise
ESG UQAM
Mehta
Janm
Student
Nwokeukwu
Iheanyi
Student
Razavilar
Negar
Student
Roberts
Joanne
University of Calgary
Silva
Emilson
University of Alberta
Smith
Constance
University of Alberta
Su
Xuejuan
University of Alberta
Trebbi
Francesco
University of British Columbia
West
Douglas
University of Alberta
