Economics Graduate Research Day: Friday, April 4 at 3 p.m.
The Economics Graduate Research Day is an annual event in the Department of Economics which provides an opportunity for graduate students to showcase their research. MA and PhD students in Economics were invited to participate by presenting a completed or ongoing research project, whether it is the MA research paper or thesis, research expanded from a course assignment, one or more chapters of the doctoral dissertation, or any other research project pertaining to Economics.
Participants are invited to present their research by using a maximum of five (5) slides. Participants will have 5 minutes to present, with 5 minutes for questions.
The Department of Economics thanks the Economics Graduate Students Association (EGSA) for its support.
Eligibility and format
- All active MA and PhD Economics students
- Up to 5 (five) slides, either PowerPoint or PDF: one title slide, three content slides, and a references slide.
- We expect that students will include the following categories either on the slides or in their presentation: Introduction, objectives and model, results, conclusion.
Deadlines
- Final deadline to send your slides to Ms. Routly at kelly.routly@concordia.ca: Wednesday, April 2.
- Slides sent after April 2 end of day will not be accepted.
Prizes!
- The Economics Graduate Students Association (EGSA) is sponsoring a $150 EGSA special award (popular vote on April 2)
- Two prizes will be awarded this year for best slides and presentation. The selection will be done by the jury.
- First place: $350
- Second place: $250
- This year's event will be presented in-person, using in-person presentations and slides
- Digital presentations must be submitted to Kelly Routly at kelly.routly@concordia.ca by Wednesday, April 2 end of day. Presentations submitted after this date will not be presented during the competition and are not eligible for prizes.
- Only one presentation allowed per entrant.
- Presentations are limited to 5 (five) slides, either in PPT or PDF format: one title slide, three slides for content, and one reference slide.
- Participants do not have to follow a specific template, but are encouraged to organize their slides as follows:
- Title slide
- Introduction and objectives
- Model/research methods
- Results and conclusion
- List of references
- On Graduate Research Day: All entrants should be in H-1145 at 3:00 p.m. and remain until 4:30 p.m. Entrants who are not available to attend in person will not be considered for an award.
- Order of presentations will be alphabetical (Last name, First name).
- Each entrant will have five (5) minutes for their presentation, after which they will be asked to remain in front of the room to answer questions from the jury (5 minutes).
- Presentations will be assessed for the two juried prizes according to two criteria:
- Research content and how accessible this is made to other participants
- Design: presentation and visual communication
| 2024 |
| First place: Hosam Alarabi (co-first author: Sati Semnani), The Silent Barrier to Education: Unveiling the Impact of Adolescence Mental Health on Academic Success |
| Second place: Lauren Cosenza, Vertical Interactions in the U.S. Pharmaceutical Supply Chain in the Presence of a Generic Substitute |
| EGSA award: Meriam Arifa, Analysis of Immigration Patterns Pre and Post Democratic Transition: Evidence from Tunisia |
| 2022 |
| Best MA poster: Mubina Hirani, The Impact of Rental Control on Housing Quality across Provinces in Canada |
| Best PhD poster: Munkh-Ireedui Bayarjargal, Social Security Disability Insurance in an equilibrium search model |
| Best poster, EGSA vote: Siming Xie, Cultural activities and social segregation: An economic analysis on friendship networks |
| 2021 |
| Best MA poster: Jijia Cao, A Game Theoretic Study of Soccer |
| Best PhD poster: Olha Hnatyshyn, Multiple International Environmental Agreements: an alternative approach to tackle climate change |
| Best poster, EGSA vote: Hangyeol Seo (MA student), Comparison of the COVID-19 Impacts on Labour Markets in Canada and South Korea |
| 2019 |
| Best MA poster: Manuel Michael Lepage Lévesque, Limited-Action Processing (LAP) games |
| Best PhD poster: Karla Iskandar, Employment Insurance across Canadian Regions and Labor Mobility |
| Best poster, EGSA vote: Samuel F. Pichette (PhD student), Let me persuade you |
| 2018 |
| Best MA poster: Marco Ioffredi, Inequality Profile: Differing Effects on Growth? |
| Best PhD poster: Asefeh Salarinezhad, Matching with Consecutive Acceptance Intervals |
| Best poster, EGSA vote: Rouzbeh Ghouchani (PhD student), Preference Aggregation for Couples |
| 2017 |
| Best MA poster: Yiwen Chen |
| Best PhD poster: Farrokh Darvishi |