Economics Graduate Research Day
An annual event hosted by the Department of Economics, offering graduate students a platform to showcase their research.
MA and PhD Economics students are invited to present completed or ongoing projects, from MA papers and theses to course-based research, dissertation chapters, or other Economics-related work.
The Department thanks the Economics Graduate Students Association (EGSA) for its valued support.
2026 edition: April 15, 13:30 to 15:30
Eligibility
- All active MA and PhD students (must be active in the current term)
Format
- Each participant will have 5 minutes to present.
- Presentations will be held in-person in H-1145
- Include up to 5 slides in PowerPoint or PDF format. One title slide followed by three slides of content and one reference slide is recommended.
- Presentations should include an introduction, objectives and model(s), results, and conclusion.
Deadlines
- Register via this form by March 18 by 11:59 pm! Please send any questions directly to Kelly at Kelly.routly@concordia.ca
- Send your presentation slides to Kelly by April 13
Jury
- Arezoo Banihashem, PhD alumna and Assistant Professor
- Elise Critoph, MA alumna and Assistant Professor
- Dana Ghandour, PhD alumna and Part-time Faculty member
Prizes
- The Economics Graduate Student Association (EGSA) is sponsoring a Most Popular Presentation award! Determined by the audience by popular vote, the recipient will be awarded a 150$ cash prize.
- First- and second-place prize recipients will be selected by the jury and will receive the following cash prize. This year’s first-place prize will be awarded in memory of Prof. Damba Lkhagvasuren:
- First place: the Damba Lkhagvasuren Memorial Prize: 400$
- Second place: 250$
2025
- First prize: Israa Hashem, Transmission of Educational Outcomes: A comparison between Immigrant and Native Families in Canada
- Second prize: Meriam Arifa, Bootstrapping Robust Estimators of Time Dependent Moment Condition Models
- EGSA special prize: Ibrahim AlSoussy, Domestic Drivers of Environmental Multilateralism: Evidence from Environmental Treaties
2024
- First place: Hosam Alarabi (co-first author: Sati Semnani), The Silent Barrier to Education: Unveiling the Impact of Adolescence Mental Health on Academic Success
- Second place: Lauren Cosenza, Vertical Interactions in the U.S. Pharmaceutical Supply Chain in the Presence of a Generic Substitute
- EGSA award: Meriam Arifa, Analysis of Immigration Patterns Pre and Post Democratic Transition: Evidence from Tunisia
2022
- Best MA poster: Mubina Hirani, The Impact of Rental Control on Housing Quality across Provinces in Canada
- Best PhD poster: Munkh-Ireedui Bayarjargal, Social Security Disability Insurance in an equilibrium search model
- Best poster, EGSA vote: Siming Xie, Cultural activities and social segregation: An economic analysis on friendship networks
2021
- Best MA poster: Jijia Cao, A Game Theoretic Study of Soccer
- Best PhD poster: Olha Hnatyshyn, Multiple International Environmental Agreements: an alternative approach to tackle climate change
- Best poster, EGSA vote: Hangyeol Seo (MA student), Comparison of the COVID-19 Impacts on Labour Markets in Canada and South Korea
2019
- Best MA poster: Manuel Michael Lepage Lévesque, Limited-Action Processing (LAP) games
- Best PhD poster: Karla Iskandar, Employment Insurance across Canadian Regions and Labor Mobility
- Best poster, EGSA vote: Samuel F. Pichette (PhD student), Let me persuade you
2018
- Best MA poster: Marco Ioffredi, Inequality Profile: Differing Effects on Growth?
- Best PhD poster: Asefeh Salarinezhad, Matching with Consecutive Acceptance Intervals
- Best poster, EGSA vote: Rouzbeh Ghouchani (PhD student), Preference Aggregation for Couples
2017
- Best MA poster: Yiwen Chen
- Best PhD poster: Farrokh Darvishi
