Vancouver School of Economics
The Vancouver School of Economics is a global centre for research and hands-on learning about pressing economic issues. The School is one of the world’s best: in a recent ranking based on research publications, the School ranked in the top 20 worldwide, and number one in Canada. We are proud of our established tradition of research excellence, high quality graduate and undergraduate education, and community engagement – especially in the area of economic policy. Our record of excellence is based upon research, teaching and service to the community since 1915.
Graduate Degree Programs
Research Supervisors
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Anderson, Siwan | Micro-level institutions, role of gender, studies of rural governments |
| Baylis, Patrick | Climate Changes and Impacts; Economic Planning of Energy; climate change economics; energy economics; environmental economics; Climate Changes and Impacts, Economic Planning of Energy, Climate change economics, Energy economics, Environmental economics |
| Beaudry, Paul | National and International macroeconomic issues, Business cycles, inflation, financial markets, the macro-economic effects of technological change and globalization, and the determinants of aggregate employment and wages |
| Bostanci, Gorkem | Firm Dynamics; Input Allocation and Productivity; Labor Demand; intellectual property; Firm Dynamics, Input Allocation and Productivity, Labor Demand, Intellectual Property |
| Copeland, Brian | International trade, environmental economics, interaction between globalization, the environment, and the sustainability of renewable resources |
| Devereux, Michael | Economics, Macro and Monetary Economics Economic Policy, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Deficits, Exchange Rates, Capital Flows, Financial Crises, International, monetary |
| Drelichman, Mauricio | Economic history, Spain, Argentina |
| Farinha Luz, Vitor | Microeconomic Theory, |
| Ferraz, Claudio | governance and accountability in developing countries; how politics affect public service delivery; the effects of electoral rules on political selection; the role of the state in high crime and violence environments; Governance and accountability in developing countries, How politics affect public service delivery, The effects of electoral rules on political selection, The role of the state in high crime and violence environments |
| Fortin, Nicole | Wage inequality and its links to labour market institutions and public policies, including higher education policies economic progress of women, gender equality policies, and gender issues in education |
| Francois, Patrick | African Autocracies, Economics of Developing Countries, Indian Village Governance, Macro, development, problems in development economies, political economy and non profits |
| Gallipoli, Giovanni | Economic Policies; Economic Phenomena on a National or International Level; Economic Phenomena on an Individual or Organizational Level; applied microeconomics; computational economics; Labor markets; macroeconomics; Consumption theory and measurement; Trade; Insurance; Economic Policies, Economic Phenomena on a National or International Level, Economic Phenomena on an Individual or Organizational Level, Applied microeconomics, Computational economics, Labor markets, Macroeconomics, Consumption theory and measurement, Trade, Insurance |
| Gao, Ying | Microeconomic theory; Signaling Games; Information Design; Microeconomic Theory, Signaling Games, Information Design |
| Green, David | Antibiotic Resistance, Infectious Disease, Epidemiology, Determinants of the wage and employment structure bridging between macro labour and micro labour identification issues |
| Hnatkovska, Viktoriya | International finance, macroeconomics, development economics in India |
| Hoffmann, Florian | Labor Economics, Macro Economics, Income Inequality, Education, Mobility |
| Hwang, Il Myoung | empirical industrial organization and market design; evaluating different school choice mechanisms |
| Jaccard, Torsten | international trade; International Trade |
| Juhasz, Reka | international trade; Economic History; Development and Growth; industrial policy and industrialization; International Trade, Economic History, Development and Growth, industrial policy and industrialization |
| Kasahara, Hiroyuki | Econometrics and international trade |
| Lahiri, Amartya | Exchange rates and monetary policy, growth and development, international economics, macroeconomics, and development economics |
| Lemieux, Thomas | labour market issues, Applied, labour, earnings inequality in Canada and other countries I am also interested in econometric methods used to analyze the earnings distribution and regression discontinuity designs |
| Li, Hao | Microeconomic theory, theory of contracts and organizations, and games and decisions |
| Li, Wei | Contract theory, applied game theory, and information economics I am deeply interested in the interaction of information and incentives in various economics and political environments |
| Lowe, Matthew | preference formation; social integration; political selection; Political selection, Preference formation, Social integration |