Our Researchers
in the Department of Economics
Yu (Sonja) Chen (PhD Waterloo)
Assistant Professor
Research fields:
- Macroeconomics
Research interests:
Labour Market, Search and Matching Theory, Frictional Markets, Small and Mid-size Enterprise (SME)
Jeffrey Robert Church (PhD UC Berkeley)
Professor
Research fields:
- Industrial Organization and Regulation
Research interests:
Competition Policy and Antitrust Law, Electricity, Pipelines and Telecommunications, Platforms and Network Externalities
Benjamin Crost (PhD Berkeley)
Associate Professor
Research fields:
- Civil Conflict
- Instability
- Political Violence
Research interests:
Development Economics, Political Economy, Health Economics
Leonard Goff (PhD Columbia)
Assistant Professor
Research fields:
- Econometrics
- Labour Economics
Research interests:
Applied Econometrics, Causal Inference and Labour Economics
Aamir Hashmi (PhD Toronto)
Associate Professor (Teaching)
Research fields:
- Macroeconomics
- Economic Growth, Innovation, and Productivity
Research interests:
Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy, Universal Basic Income
Aidan Hollis (PhD Toronto)
Interim Department Head, Professor
Research fields:
- Health Economics
- Industrial Organization and Regulation
Ronald D. Kneebone (PhD McMaster)
Professor
Research fields:
- Macroeconomic
- Public Economics, Finance and Taxation
Research interests:
Homelessness and Poverty, Government Finances
Terri Kneeland (PhD UBC)
Associate Professor
Research fields:
- Microeconomic Theory
- Experimental Economics
- Behavioural Game Theory
- Epistemic Game Theory
Jean-William Laliberté (PhD Toronto)
Assistant Professor
Research fields:
- Labour Economics
- Public Economics, Finance and Taxation
- Econometrics
Research interests:
Economics of Education, Intergenerational Mobility, Inequality, Applied Econometrics
Arvind Magesan (PhD Toronto)
Associate Professor
Research fields:
- Econometrics
- Industrial Organization and Regulation
- Political Economy
Kenneth James McKenzie (PhD Queen's)
Professor
Research fields:
- Environmental, Energy, and Resource Economics
- Public Economics, Finance and Taxation
Research interests:
Public Economics, Fiscal Policy, Business and Personal Tax
Lucija Muehlenbachs (PhD Maryland)
Associate Professor
Research fields:
- Environmental, Energy, and Resource Economics
Research interests:
Environmental Justice, Inspections and Enforcement, Environmental Liabilities, Oil and Gas Markets
Erica Myers (PhD Berkeley)
Associate Professor
Research fields:
- Environmental Economics
- Energy Economics
Research interests:
Climate Policy, Energy Transitions, Residential Energy consumption
Robert Oxoby (PhD UC Davis)
Professor
Research fields:
- Microeconomics
- Behavioural and Experimental Economics
- Cultural Economics
Research interests:
Social Identity Theory, Political Economy and Institutions, Performance and Cognition
Alex Sam (PhD McMaster)
Assistant Professor
Research fields:
- Microeconomic Theory
- Industrial Organization
Research interests:
Information Theory, Privacy Economics
Apostolos Serletis (PhD McMaster)
Professor
Research fields:
- Macroeconomics
Research areas:
Monetary Theory, Financial Econometrics, Consumer Demand Modeling, Nonlinear and Complex Dynamics
Blake Shaffer (PhD Calgary)
Assistant Professor
Research fields:
- Environmental, Energy, and Resource Economics
- Public Economics, Finance and Taxation
Research interests:
Electricity Markets, Climate Policy, Energy Transitions
Stefan Staubli (PhD St. Gallen)
Associate Professor
Research fields:
- Labour Economics
- Public Economics, Finance and Taxation
Research interests:
Pension Programs and Retirement, Unemployment and Disability Insurance, Parental Leave and Family Policies, Inequality and Redistribution
Atsuko Tanaka (PhD UWM)
Assistant Professor
Research fields:
- Econometrics
- Labour Economics
Research interests:
Skill Investment and Labour Productivity, Dynamic Policy Evaluation, Female Labor Supply, Statistical Discrimination
Trevor Tombe (PhD Toronto)
Professor
Research fields:
- Macroeconomics
- Economic Growth, Innovation, and Productivity
- Public Economics, Finance and Taxation; International Trade
Research interests:
International and Interprovincial Trade, Misallocation and Productivity, Fiscal Federalism, Canadian Public Finance
M. Scott Taylor (PhD Queen's)
Professor
Research fields:
- Environmental, Energy, and Resource Economics
- International Trade
Research interests:
Economic Growth and Sustainability, Trade and the Environment, Globalization and Resource Use
Lindsay Tedds (PhD McMaster)
Associate Professor
Research fields:
- Economic Growth, Innovation, and Productivity
- Political Economy
- Public Economics, Finance and Taxation
Research interests:
Inclusive Growth, Municipal Public Finance, Tax Policy, Poverty Reduction
Lucia Vojtassak (PhD Calgary)
Associate Professor (Teaching)
Research fields:
- Microeconomics
- Environmental, Energy, and Resource Economics
Research interests:
Applied Microeconomics, Economics Education and Teaching of Economics
W. D. Walls (PhD UC Irvine)
Professor
Research fields:
- Cultural Economics
- Environmental, Energy, and Resource Economics
- Transportation Economics
Research interests:
Entertainment Industry Economics, Energy and Transportation Economics, Gambling Industry, Counterfeiting and Piracy
Alexander Whalley (PhD Maryland)
Associate Professor
Research fields:
- Economic Growth, Innovation, and Productivity
- Labour Economics
Research interests:
Spatial Models of Innovation and Regional Development, Local Public Good Provision, Labor Market Impacts of New Technology
Jennifer Winter (PhD Calgary)
Associate Professor
Research fields:
- Economic Growth, Innovation, and Productivity
- Environmental, Energy, and Resource Economics
- Public Economics, Finance and Taxation
Research interests:
Emissions Pricing, Environmental and Energy Policy, Innovation and Energy Transitions, Canadian Economic History