September 2019 Newsletter
 

It is our great pleasure to present the latest CIRANO newsletter. This edition includes information on our most recent news, events, and publications.

 
OUTREACH
Claude Montmarquette appointed Officer of the National Order of Quebec
tw On June 20, Premier François Legault presented the insignia of Officer of the National Order of Quebec to Claude Montmarquette, Fellow and former CEO of CIRANO and Professor Emeritus at the Université de Montréal. Congratulations!
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Robert Lacroix promoted Officer of the Order of Canada
tw Robert Lacroix, first president and co-founder of CIRANO and Emeritus Professor and Rector of the Université de Montréal, was promoted Officer of the Order of Canada by Governor General Julie Payette. Congratulations!
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CIRANO shines in South America
tw In May 2019, François Vaillancourt, CIRANO Fellow and Professor at the Department of Economics at Université de Montréal, gave a presentation at the Comisión Económica para América Latina (CEPAL) in Santiago (Chile), and also at the Comisión Federal de Impuestos (CFI) in Buenos Aires (Argentina).
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Roxane Borgès Da Silva appointed President of the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR)
tw Roxane Borgès Da Silva, CIRANO Fellow and Associate Professor in the Department of Health Management, Evaluation and Policy at the École de santé publique de l’Université de Montréal, has been appointed President of the CAHSPR for a two-year term.
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Mélanie Bourassa Forcier appointed Vice-Chairperson of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB)
tw Mélanie Bourassa Forcier, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Université de Sherbrooke and CIRANO Fellow, was appointed to the PMPRB on June 14, 2019. The PMPRB is an independent body with quasi-judicial powers. It protects the interests of Canadians by ensuring that patented drug products are not sold in Canada at excessive prices, and report trends in pharmaceutical sales and pricing for all drugs, as well as patentees' research and development expenditures.
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A LOOK BACK ON OUR EVENTS
CIRANO partner of the Conference of Montreal of the International Economic Forum of the Americas
CIRANO organized the panel "Competitiveness 4.0 and Artificial Intelligence: Are you ready?" on June 10, 2019 during the Montreal Conference of the International Economic Forum of the Americas.

Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin, President and CEO of CIRANO and full professor at Polytechnique Montréal, moderated the panel. Louise Roy, Chair of CIRANO Board of Directors and Invited CIRANO Fellow as well as Chancellor Emeritus of the Université de Montréal, made the introductory statement of the panel.

Pierre-Carl Michaud (HEC Montréal) and Philippe A. Tanguy (Polytechnique Montréal), both CIRANO Fellows, also presented at the Conference of Montreal.
 
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Conference: Assessment of the Short-, Medium- and Long-Term Impacts of the Quebec Infrastructure Program (PQI) on the Quebec Economy
The CIRANO Pole on Quebec economy modelization (peMEQ-CIRANO) wished to bring together researchers and practitioners in the field to promote exchanges between government modelers, with a view to enabling researchers to better understand the needs of the government and users of government models to identify models (existing or to be developed) that would meet their needs.

The results of the project "Evaluation of the short-, medium- and long-term impacts of the Quebec Infrastructure Program (PQI) on the Quebec economy" was presented at this two-part conference.

This project is an example of a study of the impacts of economic policies in relation to the Pole's mission, whose objectives are the transfer of knowledge and the creation of interest in modelling the Québec economy.
 
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Seminar: Financing Québec Public Schools from a Comparative Perspective - Property Taxes and Small, Remote or Declining Schools
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Jean-Philippe Meloche, Associate Professor at Université de Montréal and CIRANO Fellow, and François Vaillancourt, Emeritus Professor at Université de Montréal and CIRANO Fellow, will present the results of the CIRANO report "Le financement des écoles publiques québécoises dans une perspective comparative - La fiscalité foncière et les écoles petites, éloignées ou en déclin".
 
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Conference: Launch of Robert Lacroix's book
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Robert Lacroix, Emeritus Professor and Rector of the Université de Montréal and CIRANO Fellow, will speak during a conference for the launch of his book "Grandeurs et misères de l'université québécoise - Souvenirs et réflexions d'un recteur".
 
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Seminar: Regulating Organizational Change in Health Care Facilities: How Effective?
Friday, September 20, 2019
Olivier Baly, doctor in Management Sciences and Research Engineer at Armines, will present his analytical work on the effects of regulatory mechanisms deployed during the 2015-2017 Transformation Plan of the French health system.
 
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External Activity: Conference by Claude Montmarquette, winner of the Prix Gérard-Parizeau 2019
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
The conference, organized by HEC Montréal and Fonds Gérard-Parizeau, will be followed by a round table discussion with Simon Bergeron, Assistant Deputy Minister for Higher Education, Marie Connolly, CIRANO Fellow and Professor in the Department of Economics at ESG UQAM, Robert Gagné, CIRANO Fellow and Full Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at HEC Montréal, Henri-Paul Rousseau, Invited Fellow to CIRANO and associate professor at HEC Montréal. The panel will be moderated by Pierre-Carl Michaud, CIRANO Fellow and Full Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at HEC Montréal.
 
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Agro Forum: Technologies Driving Canada's Food Industry
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Save the date, September 26, 2019 to attend "Technologies Driving Canada’s Food Industry" presented by NSF International and CIRANO, together with CTAQ, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Montreal. JoAnne Labrecque, CIRANO Fellow and Associate Professor of Marketing at HEC Montréal will present on the theme "The degree of competitiveness of the agro-food sector in the Internet age".
 
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External Activity: Electoral Debate 2019 - Public Finance and Taxation Issues
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
The Chaire en fiscalité et finances publiques invited the five main political parties to present their vision on the following themes: government objectives and public finance, tax changes and budget management, as well as to present the financial framework underlying the government's proposals they hope to form. This will be followed by a question and answer period. CIRANO is a diffusion partner of this event.
 
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CIRANO – ADRIQ-RCTi Innovation Forum: Training and Support as a Driving Forces for the Digital Transformation of Québec Companies
Thursday, October 3, 2019
On October 3, CIRANO and ADRIQ-RCTi are jointly organizing a Forum on the theme of training and support as a driving forces for the digital transformation of Québec companies.The topics covered will be skills development, training issues in the workplace, measures to help and support companies as well as factors favouring the digital transformation of companies. Benoit Dostie, CIRANO Fellow and Full Professor at HEC Montréal, will give an overview of the labour market and in-company training.
 
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Project Reports
Interruption des études secondaires et postsecondaires au Canada: une analyse dynamique
(Bernard Fortin, Marcelin Joanis, Safa Ragued)
Tableau de bord pour suivre l'évolution de l'économie de Montréal en lien avec la Stratégie de développement économique
(Marcelin Joanis, Stéphanie Lapierre, Guillaume Baggio)
Gestion d’infrastructures technologiques et applicatives par les organisations publiques : Enjeux et pratiques d’évolution et de durabilité
(Simon Bourdeau, Dragos Vieru, Thibaut Coulon)
Le financement des écoles publiques québécoises dans une perspective comparative - La fiscalité foncière et les écoles petites, éloignées ou en déclin
(Stéphanie Boulenger, Jean-Philippe Meloche, François Vaillancourt)
Working Papers
Labor Supply, Taxation and the Use of the Tax Revenues - A Real-Effort Experiment in Canada, France, and Germany
(Claudia Keser, David Masclet, Claude Montmarquette)
Guiding Principles in Setting Cartel Sanctions (The Working Paper Version)
(Marcel Boyer, Anne Catherine Faye, Éric Gravel, Rachidi Kotchoni)
Alliances de villes pour le climat - Modélisation par la théorie des jeux
(Angel Prieto)
Estimation of Car Trips Generated by the Arrival of Autonomous Vehicles in the Montreal Metropolitan Area
(Marc-Olivier Pepin, Georges A. Tanguay)
Experimental Asset Markets with An Indefinite Horizon
(John Duffy, Janet Hua Jiang, Huan Xie)
Tying the Politicians’ Hands: The Optimal Limits to Representative Democracy
(Didier Laussel, Ngo Van Long)
Learning and Skills for Sustainable Development: Academic or Organizational Training?
(Georges A. Tanguay, Étienne Berthold, Maryse Boivin)
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