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New
Executive Board Appointments
At the 2009
Executive Board meeting, by unanimous vote of the Board...
Darwin Hall, California State University, Long Beach, was
appointed the new WEAI Executive Director; and Seth Norton, Wheaton
College, was appointed the new Secretary-Treasurer.
Thanks to outgoing Board members Paul Milgrom, Lawrence White,
Richard Meese, and Anil Puri for their commitment of time
and energy over the years in helping to further WEAI's educational
objectives.
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2008
Best Article Award Winners
Winners of the Best Article Awards
for Economic Inquiry (EI) and Contemporary Economic Policy (CEP)
were
announced at the 2009 annual conference.
Edward
C. Lawrence and Gregory Elliehausen, “A
Comparative Analysis of Payday Loan Customers” published in the
April 2008 issue of CEP.
Naci Mocan, “What
Determines Corruption? International Evidence from Microdata” published in the
October 2008 issue of EI.
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2009 Bylaws and Corporate Name Amendment
As of Friday, March 20th, the 2009 a proposed bylaws amendment and update of
WEAI's corporate name are underway. Voting can be done electronically in a matter of
minutes, and for every 100 votes cast WEAI will donate a dairy goat
through Heifer International, an organization that helps families around
the world become self-reliant. All it takes is a few minutes of your time.
Current WEAI members were e-mailed voting information, however if you prefer to
receive your election materials by mail, please call 714-965-8800 today.
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84th
Annual Conference
June 29-July 3, 2009, Vancouver,
B.C.
Thank you to all who attended and participated in
the conference.
LOST & FOUND: The only items turned in this year are a
pen and a flash drive. If you would like to contact
us with an accurate description, we would be happy to return the items
to you.
General Information
Exhibitors
Preliminary Program (rev.5/18/09)
Participant
Directory
Session
Instructions
Program Addenda (rev.6/22/09)
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Graduate
Student Dissertation Workshop
June 29, 2009, Vancouver, B.C.
WEAI's
Executive Board extends its thanks to Ron Oaxaca, University of Arizona,
Tucson, and Ellis Tallman, Oberlin College, who served as the advisors for
this year's student workshop.
The following students were selected and participated in
the inaugural workshop held at WEAI's 84th Annual Conference:
Macro/Trade Group (Advisor:
Ellis Tallman)
Hirokazu
Ishise, Boston University; Brian Kovak, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor;
Tatevik Sekhposyan, University of North Carolina; Greg Wright, University
of California, Davis
Applied
Micro Group (Advisor:
Ron Oaxaca)
Moriah
Bellenger, Oregon State University; Sera Linardi, California Institute of
Technology; Maria Canon, University of Rochester; Byron
Lee, University of Toronto
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INCEIF |
Welcome
to WEAI's Newest Institutional Member!
International Centre for Education
in Islamic Finance
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JOBS!
JOBS!
JOBS!
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Opportunities for Economists
* Economic
Research Analyst, Milken Institute
* Senior
Economist/Project Director/Center for Global Capital Markets, Milken Institute
* Project Faculty, Department of
Economics, National Cheng Kung University
* Faculty Position, Department of
Economics, National Cheng Kung University
* Tenure-track
positions,
Department of Economics, National Chengchi University
* Tenure-track positions, Department of
Economics, National Chengchi University
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EI
& CEP Online
Log in using your last name as your username
and your membership ID number as your password. If you don't know your
membership ID number, please e-mail info@weai.org
and we will send you your ID number as quickly as possible.
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