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Welcome to the Economics news blog. Here, you can find the latest departmental news, stories, and events.
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Fall 2019 graduate awards winners
During every fall convocation, we have awards given to outstanding graduate students pursuing their master's or doctoral degrees in the Department of Economics. This year we have six winners. read more
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Xiaoting Sun joins the Department of Economics as an Assistant Professor
This fall, Xiaoting Sun will be joining the Department of Economics. Her area of research is in Econometrics.With the overlap of Econometrics and Microeconomics, her work builds the connection between the microeconomic theory model and the data under mild restrictions on the model. read more
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Dongwoo Kim joins the Department of Economics
Dongwoo Kim will be joining the Department of Economics at Simon Fraser University this July as an assistant professor. Most recently, he was a teaching assistant at University College London in England, where he earned his master’s of science (2014), his master’s of research (2015) and his PhD (2019) all in economics. read more
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SFU Equilibrium: Kevin Schnepel on the Economics of Crime
Kevin Schnepel is a new faculty member in SFU's Economics department, moving over here last year from the University of Sydney. In this conversation with PhD student Marieh Azizirad, he describes his interesting and roundabout path to economics and, in particular, the economics of crime. read more
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The Meiyu Li Memorial Scholarship in Economics
May 25, 2019 marks the one year anniversary of SFU student Meiyu Li's tragic passing at the age of 27. read more
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SFU grad wins Canada’s 2019 Developer 30 Under 30 award
SFU graduate Andy Wong (BA 2013) has been named one of 30 up-and-coming software developers. read more
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SFU Economics assistant professor Lucas Herrenbrueck examines money and evil
It has been argued that money is the root of all evil, yet also that evil is the root of all money. Which is right? #SFUEcon assistant professor Lucas Herrenbrueck tackles the debate in his new paper, “Money and Evil: Complexities Examined.” read more
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Economics Students Tour Best Buy
The Department of Economics would like to thank the team at Best Buy for inviting our students on a tour of their Canadian headquarters. SFU students got an inside look at working in analytics at one of the world’s biggest electronics retailers. read more
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Don and Julia DeVoretz Economics Scholarship
The Department of Economics is pleased to announce the establishment of a new scholarship generously funded by Don and Julia DeVoretz. read more
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SFU Equilibrium: Gord Myers on the Economics of Higher Education
Professor Gord Myers spent the last six years in high level administration at SFU. Now he’s combining this experience with his research interests to study the economics of higher education. read more
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