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Our Researchers
in the Department of Economics
![Eugene Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-07/Beaulieu.jpg?itok=iFBfgqro)
Eugene Beaulieu (PhD Columbia)
Professor
Research fields:
- Political Economy
- Public Economics, Finance and Taxation
- International Trade
Research interests:
International Trade Policy, International Investment Policy, Public Policy, Political Economy
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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 Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-07/Church.jpg?itok=GQSMcTdY)
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
![Crost headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2022-01/IMG_1025.jpg?itok=2m-rsuqQ)
Benjamin Crost (PhD Berkeley)
Associate Professor
Research fields:
- Civil Conflict
- Instability
- Political Violence
Research interests:
Development Economics, Political Economy, Health Economics
![Goff Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2023-01/goff_leonard_2021_0.jpg?itok=-vnVkrtw)
Leonard Goff (PhD Columbia)
Assistant Professor
Research fields:
- Econometrics
- Labour Economics
Research interests:
Applied Econometrics, Causal Inference and Labour Economics
![Aamir Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-09/Aamir.jpg?itok=Hp8IJOdd)
Aamir Hashmi (PhD Toronto)
Associate Professor (Teaching)
Research fields:
- Macroeconomics
- Economic Growth, Innovation, and Productivity
Research interests:
Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy, Universal Basic Income
![Aidan Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-07/Hollis%20.jpg?itok=4mrCW_RT)
Aidan Hollis (PhD Toronto)
Professor
Research fields:
- Health Economics
- Industrial Organization and Regulation
![Ronald Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-07/Kneebone.jpg?itok=Xlzy100H)
Ronald D. Kneebone (PhD McMaster)
Professor
Research fields:
- Macroeconomic
- Public Economics, Finance and Taxation
Research interests:
Homelessness and Poverty, Government Finances
![Jean-William Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-07/Laliberte.jpg?itok=GB18iv5q)
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
![Mingshan Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-07/Lu-2.png?h=6fb040a8&itok=Kk8LLh07)
![Arvind Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-07/Megasan.jpg?itok=RcdumZIj)
Arvind Magesan (PhD Toronto)
Associate Professor
Research fields:
- Econometrics
- Industrial Organization and Regulation
- Political Economy
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Eric Mbakop (PhD Northwestern)
Assistant Professor
Research interests:
- Econometrics
- Industrial Organization and Regulation
![Kenneth Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-07/McKenzie.jpg?itok=Mhlrct4v)
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 Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-07/Muehlenbachs.jpg?itok=3mQkYijY)
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
![Myers headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2022-01/DSC_9032_small.jpg?itok=rr2Gkkbr)
Erica Myers (PhD Berkeley)
Associate Professor
Research fields:
- Environmental Economics
- Energy Economics
Research interests:
Climate Policy, Energy Transitions, Residential Energy consumption
![Robert Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-07/Oxoby.jpg?itok=0Sy3OSTL)
Robert Oxoby (PhD UC Davis)
Professor and Department Head
Research fields:
- Microeconomics
- Behavioural and Experimental Economics
- Cultural Economics
Research interests:
Social Identity Theory, Political Economy and Institutions, Performance and Cognition
![Apostolos Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-07/Serletis.jpg?itok=LrRF-QzF)
Apostolos Serletis (PhD McMaster)
Professor
Research fields:
- Macroeconomics
Research areas:
Monetary Theory, Financial Econometrics, Consumer Demand Modeling, Nonlinear and Complex Dynamics
![Blake Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-07/Shaffer.jpg?h=3ddb353a&itok=MauDbMwl)
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 Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-10/stefan%20staubli%20headshot.jpg?itok=EPeKU98i)
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](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-07/Tanaka.jpg?itok=c0rCvJuw)
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 Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-07/Tombe.jpg?itok=KsOTDjdw)
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
![Kunio headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-07/Tsuyuhara.jpg?itok=3IlSZlU3)
![Scott Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-09/Scott%20.jpg?itok=OKrms-EY)
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 Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-10/lindsay%20tedds%20headshot.jpg?itok=piPjPhFB)
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 Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-09/Lucia.jpg?itok=9cHQQouo)
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
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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 Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-09/Alexander.jpg?itok=8oVGiY-r)
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 Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-07/Winter.jpg?itok=JallDqZ7)
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