Other academic activities

Experiences as editor, referee, discussant in conferences and external
examiner

Associate Editor

Member of the Board of Editors and Associate Editor of L'Actualité économique: Revue d'analyse économique- HEC. (May 1997 - June
2003).

Referee for various academic journals

L'Actualité économique, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Journal of Monetary Economics, Revue canadienne
d'économique/Canadian Journal of Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Scandinavian Journal of
Economics, International Economic Review et Journal of International Economics, Review of Business & Economic Statistics.

Discussant in various conferences

Montréal Econometric Workshop, Concordia University, September 1988; Canadian Macroeconomic Study Group Annual Meeting,
October 1988; Canadian Economic Association Meetings, Université Laval, June 1989; Canadian Economic Association Meetings,
University of Victoria, June 1990; Canadian Economic Association Meetings, Queen's University, June 1991; Congrès de la Société
canadienne de sciences économiques, Orford, May 1992; Conference on Aggregate Fluctuations and Labour Market Dynamics,
Université Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne, September 1993; Congrès de la Société canadienne de sciences économiques, Lac Delage,
May 1995; Canadian Macroeconomic Study Group Annual Meeting, November 1996; Congrès de la Société canadienne de sciences
économiques, Québec, May 1998; Canadian Economic Association Meetings, Université d'Ottawa, May 1998; North-American Summer
Meetings of the Econometric Society, UQAM, June 1998; Congrès de la Société canadienne de sciences économiques, Montréal, May
2000.


Examiner of M.Sc. essays, Ph.D. Theses and Qualifying Exams at UQAM

56 M.Sc. essays in Economics; 6 MBA-research essays; 6 Ph.D. theses

Ph.D. Thesis:

•  As chairman of the jury: MAO TAKONGMO, Charles-Olivier. Essais sur les politiques économiques et le cycle économique, École des sciences de la
gestion, Département des sciences économiques, UQAM, October 2013.

•  As representant of the Dean: GAUDETTE, Étienne.  Temps d'attente, vieillissement, maladies chroniques et coûts des soins de santé : enseignement
du modèle de cycle de vie,  École des sciences de la gestion, Département des sciences économiques, UQAM, December 2013.


M.Sc. Essay:

•  As member of the  jury: SENGSAY, Julie. La crise financière de 2007 : la volatilité des marchés boursiers canadiens et américains, École des sciences
de la gestion, Département des sciences économiques, UQAM, February 2013.

•  As member of the  jury:  MAILHOT, Pierre-Yves. Soutenabilité de la dette publique au Québec: une étude empirique, École des sciences de la gestion,
Département des sciences économiques, UQAM, December 2013.


Ph.D. Qualifying Examination:

•  As member of the jury: CHOUCHANE, Atef. The Dynamics of New Keynesian Search and Matching Models: Internal Propagation Mechanisms or Ad Hoc
Components?, École des sciences de la gestion, Département des sciences économiques, UQAM, Novermber 2013.



External examiner of Ph.D. Theses

School of Graduate Studies and Research, Economics, Queen's University:  March 1995, November 1997 and
September 1998.

•   FARAZLI, Janine, Three Essays on Sovereign Debt, School of Graduate Studies and Research, Department of Economics, Queen's University, March
1995.

•   O REILLY, Gerard, An Analysis of Tariffs, Taxes, Initial Conditions and Transitional Dynamics in Models of Economic Growth, School of Graduate
Studies and Research, Department of Economics, Queen's University, November 1997.

•   KANDA, Daniel S., Optimal Fiscal Policy Propagation of Monetary Policy Shocks, School of Graduate Studies and Research, Department of Economics,
Queen's University, September 1998.

École des sciences de la gestion, Administration, UQAM, October 1999.

•   BESNER, Claude, Un modèle spatial autorégressif de prix immobiliers résidentiels, École des sciences de la gestion, UQAM.  August 1999.

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, Economics, Carleton University, April 2000.

•   SANCAK, Cemile, Investment under Borrowing Constraints : Theory and Evidence from Turkey, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, Department
of Economics, Carleton University, April 2000.



External examiner of grant applications

FCAR - Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l'Aide à la Recherche, Grant applications for the new researchers
program, (Fall 1994)

SSHRC - Social and Humanities Resarch Council of Canada, Standard Research Grant applications (Winter 1996 1997
and 1999)
 
Administrative responsibilities for the Department of Economics at UQAM  



Member of the communications and marketing committee (2014-15)

Member of the committee on appeal of an evaluation, SPUQ 11.16 (2014-15)

Representative for the department of economics on the ESG-UQAM promotion commitee (2013-14 and 2014-15)

Member of the Comité de liaison between the part time instructors and the Department of Economics (1996-97, 1997-
98, 1999-2000 et 2014-15)

Member of the committee for the master's program in applied finance and the DESS in finance (2013-14)

Member of the recruiting committee for new professors (1988-89, 1991-92, 2000-01, 2001-02)

Course coordonnator for the course ECO 1045  Environnement économique et marchés financiers  (1997-98, 1998-99,
1999-2000, 2000-01)

Member of the steering committee for the creation of  the Institut de finance mathématique de Montréal (1998-99)

Member of the committee for the multidepartmental program in applied finance  (1997-98, 1998-99)

Member of the committee for the undergraduate program in service administration (1997-98)

Professor with the responsibility of the reform of the Master program in Economics (1996-97, 1997-98)

Member of the committee of the Master program in Economics (1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1995-96)

Member of the admission and evaluation subcommittee for the Master program in Economics  (1992-93, 1993-94,
1995-96)

Department of Economics delegate to the University Library (1989-90) 

Member of the reform committee of the undergraduate program in Economics (1988-89)

Member of the undergraduate program committee in Economics (1988-89)
 
Organization of conferences and workshops  

Forum Ideas for Québec, Saint-Lambert (August 2013)

Member of the conference organization committee and organizer of the plenary session on «Taxation : Fostering Growth and Social
Justice».

Annual  Meeting of the Société canadienne de sciences économiques, Aylmer  (May 2002)

Chairman and organizer of the round table on "The Canada-US Productivity Gap"
Chairman and organizer of the sessions on : "Public Debt and Fiscal Policy" and "Monetary Policy and Inflation"

Congrès de la Société canadienne de sciences économiques, Montréal, (May 2000)

Chairman and organizer of the session on "Macroeconomic Policy Analysis 2/ Analyse et politique macroéconomique 2"

Symposium on Theories and Methods in Macroeconomics, Montréal (May 1999)

Member of the organization committee
Annual  Meeting of the Canadian Economic Association,  University of Ottawa (June 1998)

Chairman and organizer of the session on "International capital market linkages"

Congrès de la Société canadienne de sciences économiques, Québec, (May 1998)

Chairman and organizer of the session on Monetary Policy/Politique monétaire

Joint Conference Bank of Canada-CREFE/UQAM on "Interest Rates in Open Economies and the Transmission of
Business Cycles" (April 1997) -- Co-organizer

Canadian Economic Association Meetings, UQAM (June 1995)

Chairman and organizer of the session on "Expected Inflation and Real Activity/Attentes inflationnistes et économie réelle"

Congrès de la Société canadienne de sciences économiques, Lac Delage, (May 1995)

Chairman and organizer of the session on "Macroeconomics/Macroéconomie"

Seminars in Macroeconomics at UQAM  (1988-89, 1993-94) -- Organizer

Montreal area macroeconomic workshop held at UQAM (May 1993) -- Co-organizer

Montreal area econometric workshop held at UQAM  (November 1992) -- Organizer
 

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