UBC economist Siwan Anderson makes history as John Rae Prize recipient
Siwan Anderson has won this year’s John Rae Prize from the Canadian Economics Association, becoming the first woman to receive the award.
Achievements & Recognition
- Siwan Anderson has won this year’s John Rae Prize from the Canadian Economics Association, becoming the first woman to receive the award.
- Congratulations to Mauricio Drelichman who has been named one of ten UBC Killam fellowship recipients.
- Congratulations to Christina Cheung, a third-year dual degree student, who received first place for her penny-rounding research at the Harvard National Collegiate Research Conference...
- Fourth-year Economics major, Caroline Li, has won the HSBC Emerging Leader Scholarship & the designation of Wesbrook Scholar...
- The BIE program has been awarded the Alfred Scow Award...
- Hiro Kasahara wins Japanese Economic Association's Nakahara Prize..
- Matilde Bombardini Wins Prestigious Killam Research Prize
Faculty in the News
- Data hasn’t borne out fears of loss from American tax cuts - Business in Vancouver (June 13, 2018)
- UBC prof: the sex robots are coming to save your marriage. No, really - Global News (April 17, 2018)
- Want to Be Happy? Try Moving to Finland - New York Times (March 14)
- 'Fear and uncertainty': Out-of-province homebuyers could rush to sell if B.C. slaps speculation tax - Financial Post (March 12, 2018)
- The side effects of the decline of men - Bloomberg (Feb. 14, 2018)
- Should foreign buyers be banned from the B.C. housing market? - BNN (Jan. 30, 2018)
- Beyond consenting, women actually want to enjoy sex - Globe & Mail (Jan. 19, 2018)
- US tax cuts could affect Canadian economy - News1130 (Dec. 20, 2017)
- Who is Michael Wolfson? - Maclean's (Dec. 13, 2017)
- The Canadian economy might be booming, but not if you’re an immigrant - VICE (Dec. 11, 2017)