Talkonomics 3: Misallocation and Canadian Productivity

​Join us for a thought-provoking session with Dr. Sonja (Yu) Chen and Dr. Trevor Tombe, two leading researchers in Canadian macroeconomics and policy. Their joint talk will examine why Canada struggles with low productivity growth, and how the misallocation of resources—such as capital and labor across firms and sectors—shapes long-run prosperity. This session is especially valuable for students interested in productivity, efficiency, and applied policy, or those considering courses such as ECON 323 (Macroeconomic Theory) and ECON 559 (Topics in Applied Economics).