Student Alex Wind Wins Progressive Economics Forum Student Essay Contest
Alex’s winning essay evaluates the National Child Benefit.
Student Hugo Jales Wins IAAE’s Best Student Paper Award
Hugo’s paper investigates how the minimum wage affects developing economies, and shows how to measure these effects from data. Read more…
Sophie Cetre Wins W. Erwin Diewert Prize
Prize offered to an undergraduate student who has written an outstanding paper in Applied Economics.
Economics PhD Book Award Winners Announced
Congratulations to Yin Chi Terry Tam, Nathan Canen, and Denis Kojevnikov! Read more…
Economics Student Wins Major Awards & Attends G20 Youth Forum
Hassan Bhatti is the first UBC international student to win both the 2014 Nestor Korchinsky Student Leadership Award and the Margaret Fulton Award!
Viktoria Hnatkovska Wins CWEN Research Prize
Dr. Hnatkovska one of only three economists ever to win this award from Canadian Women Economists Network.