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VSE team reaches finals of the Bank of Canada’s 2019 Governor’s Challenge
For the second year in a row, a VSE team has reached the finals in Ottawa.
VSE Prof. wins behavourial economics award for paper on cricket players & caste integration
Prof. Matt Lowe’s paper tests how to bring people of different castes together & have them achieve collaborative goals.
VSE Prof. Claudio Ferraz named Fellow of Econometric Society
VSE Prof. Claudio Ferraz is the fourth VSE faculty member to be recognized with the prestigious honour.
How women & girls get political power
Women are less likely to be thought of as politically influential than men, finds a new working paper from VSE Prof. Cesi Cruz.
Policy work to help children proves practical & purposeful for VSE prof
VSE’s Kevin Milligan talks about his involvement in the Canada Child Benefit in this extended Q&A.
Fewer Canadian-invented patents stay in Canadian hands: IRPP study
Based on US patent data, Canadian-invented intellectual property (IP) is increasingly transferred or assigned to foreign entities, says new research from VSE’s Nancy Gallini.