Fall 2020 Issue

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR, PROFESSOR ETTORE DAMIANO Ettore Damiano’s remarks on developments in the department over the last year → More	COVID-19 RESEARCH IN THE DEPARTMENT Contributions by members of the department on the economic effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic → More	PROMOTIONS, APPOINTMENTS, NEW FACES, RETIREMENTS A roundup of recent changes in the department → More	YORAM HALEVY WINS THE JOHN RAE PRIZE The prize is awarded to the Canadian economist with the best research record during the last five years → More
THE DOUG PURVIS MEMORIAL PRIZE WINNER Philip Orepoulos and his co-editor receive the 2020 award for their Journal of Labor Economics special supplement → More	AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL BEST PAPER PRIZE Rahul Deb co-authored “Discrimination via Symmetric Auctions”, the best microeconomics paper → More	OTHER HONOURS, AWARDS AND POSITIONS Other achievements from department members, including an award of the Order of Canada → More	IN MEMORIAM: MEL WATKINS, PROFESSOR EMERITUS Professor emeritus Mel Watkins passed away at the age of 87 on April 2, 2020 → More
IN MEMORIAM: WAHIDUL HAQUE, PROFESSOR EMERITUS Professor emeritus Wahidul (‘Wahid’) Haque passed away in Toronto on July 2, 2020, at the age of 86 → More	TIME TELLS THE STORY OF GOOD TEACHING Professor emeritus David Foot gets a shout-out 25 years on from a former student who’s now a Hong Kong-based banking expert → More	FACULTY MEDIA: READ, WATCH, LISTEN Including a new podcast venture that presents accessible research on the increasingly pressing issue of inequality → More	VISIT OUR ONLINE PHOTO GALLERY Snapshots of life in the department before COVID-19 – we are looking forward to returning to more social times in the future → More

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