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
Congratulations to all participants of the 2026 edition of the Economics Graduate Research Day!
2026 winners
Damba Lkhagvasuren Memorial Prize
Zahraa Arkahdan, PhD student, The Impact of University Quality on Earnings: Evidence from Canada
Second place
Joshua Calvin Koa, MA student, Beyond the Aesthetics: Risk, Information, and Equity in Singapore's ABC Water Programme
Most Popular Presentation award (sponsored by the Economics Graduate Students Association - EGSA)
Quentin Collier, MA student, Strategic Voting with Party Loyalty & Circular Policy Spaces
Thank you to our jury:
- Arezoo Banihashem, PhD alumna and Assistant Professor
- Elise Critoph, MA alumna and Assistant Professor
- Dana Ghandour, PhD alumna and Part-time Faculty member
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
