Friday, November 1, 2024

08:30-09:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
09:00-10:20 Session 1: Voting Models: Theory and Evidence (Chair: TBA)

Arnaud Dellis (UQAM), “How Do People Vote Under Instant Runoff Voting? An Experiment on Complexity and Voting Behavior” (with Sabine Kröger) • Discussant: Jean Guillaume Forand (Waterloo)

Christian Cox (Arizona), “Identification and Estimation of Two-Candidate Voting with Micro Data” (with Steve Berry and Phil Haile) • Discussant: Jun Zhao (York)

10:20-10:35 Break (Coffee)
10:35-11:55 Session 2: Social Assistance and Teacher Incentive Schemes (Chair: TBA)

Jeffrey Hicks (Toronto), “The Effects of Field Office Closures on Social Assistance Take-up and Targeting” • Discussant: Antonella Mancino (Laurier)

Uros Petronijevic (York), “It Takes Time: The Asymmetric Impacts of Imposing and Removing a Teacher Incentive Scheme” (with Michael Gilraine and Nolan G. Pope) • Discussant: Noah Spencer (Toronto)

11:55-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:20 Session 3: Tax Incentives and Social Norms (Chair: TBA)

Elena Herold (Ifo Institute), “Disentangling Gender Norms and Tax Incentives – Analyzing the Introduction of Joint Income Taxation for Same-Sex Couples” (with Leonie Koch and Carina Neisser) • Discussant: Frances Woolley (Carleton)

Abid Alam (Queens), “Behind Pro-Social Behaviour: Exploring Motivations in Charitable Giving and Volunteering through National Surveys” (with Ida Ferrara and Tsvetanka Karagyozova) • Discussant: Rose Anne Devlin (Ottawa)

14:20-14:35 Break (Coffee)
14:35-16:35 Session 4: Politicians, Media and Transnational Identities (Chair: TBA)

Andrew Dickens (Brock), “From Couch to Poll: Media Content and the Value of Local Information” (with Mathias Bühler) • Discussant: Gustavo J. Bobonis (Toronto)

Anke Kessler (SFU), “Norms of Corruption in Politicians’ Malfeasance” (with Gustavo J. Bobonis) • Discussant: Ross Hickey (UBC, Okagagan)
Benjamin Tremblay-Auger (Stanford), “Building Reputation: State-Sponsored Rebellions and Transnational Identities” (with Marion Mercier and Benjamin Tremblay-Auger) • Discussant: Juan Morales (Laurier)

16:35-16:50 Break (Coffee)
16:50-17:50 John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy (JDI)

Distinguished Lecture: Julie Berry Cullen (UC San Diego)
“Instructor Effectiveness and Job Mismatch: Evidence from the Military”
Chair: Christopher Cotton

18:00-22:00 Dinner (The Diplomat; 43 King William St., Hamilton, ON L8R 1A2)

Saturday, November 2, 2024

08:30-09:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
09:00-10:20 Session 5: Occupations and Wage Growth (Chair: TBA)

João G. da Fonseca (Université de Montréal), “Accident-Induced Absence from Work and Wage Growth” (with Anikó Bíro, Márta Bisztray and Timea Laura Molinar) • Tammy Schirle (Laurier)

William Arbour (Montréal), “What Occupations Do” (with David J. Price) • Discussant: Matias Cortes (York)

10:20-10:35 Break (Coffee)
10:35-11:55 Session 6: Capital Gains Taxation and the Elasticity of Taxable Income (Chair: TBA)

Andrew Lonsdale (LSE), “How Should Capital Gains Be Taxed?” (with Arun Advani, Helen Hughson and Andy Summers) • Discussant: Michael Smart (Toronto)

Kuot D. Manyang (Calgary), “Elasticity of Taxable Income and Social and Cultural Norms: Evidence from Immigrants in Canada” • Discussant: Michael Veall (McMaster)

11:55-13:00 Lunch

13:00-14:20 Invited Plenary Lecture: Jon Eguia (Michigan State University)

“Lognormal (Re)Distribution: A Macrofounded Theory of Inequality” (with Dimitrios Xefteris)
Chair: Adam Lavecchia

14:20-14:35 Break (Coffee)
14:35-16:05 Session 7: The Implications of Market Power and Imperfect Information (Chair: TBA)

Till Gross (Carleton), “Time to Bury the Deadweight Loss: A New Partial-Equilibrium Approach to Approximating the Welfare Effects of Market Power and Taxes” (with Paul Klein) • Discussant: Nicolas-Guillaume Martineau (York)

Marie-Louise Leroux (UQAM), “Incentivizing Physicians’ Diagnostic Effort and Test Under Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection” (with David Bardey and Philippe De Donder) • Discussant: TBA

16:05-16:10 Closing Remarks