Economics

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The Department of Economics offers programs leading to the degrees M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics and M.A. in Economic Policy.

Enquiries should be directed to the Graduate Administrative Assistant, Department of Economics,
905 525-9140, Ext. 24731
E-mail: econgrd@mcmaster.ca
Website: http://www.economics.mcmaster.ca/

Faculty/Fall 2017

Professors

Katherine Cuff, M.A. (York), B.A.H., Ph.D. (Queen’s) / Canada Research Chair in Public Economic Theory, University Scholar
Michel Grignon, M.Sc. (ENSAE, Paris, France), Ph.D. (Ph.D. Ecole des Hautes Etudies en Science Sociales, Paris, France)
Seungjin Han, B.A. (Korea), M.A. (McGill), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Jeremiah E. Hurley, B.A. (John Carroll), M.A., Ph.D. (Wisconsin-Madison)/ Dean
Alok Johri, B.A., M.A. (Delhi School of Economics), Ph.D. (Boston)
Stephen R.G. Jones, B.A. (Cambridge), Ph.D. (California, Berkeley), Chair
Wayne A. Lewchuk, M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Cambridge)
A. Abigail Payne, B.A. (Denison), J.D. (Cornell), Ph.D. (Princeton)/ Director, PEDAL/ Director, MacDATA
Jeffrey Racine, B.A., M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Western) / Senator William McMaster Chair in Econometrics, Social Sciences
Arthur Sweetman, B.Eng. (McGill), M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)/ Ontario Research Chair in Health Human Resources
Michael R. Veall, B.A. (McMaster), M.A. (Western), Ph.D. (M.I.T.)

Associate Professors

Paul Contoyannis, B.Sc., D.Phil. (University of York, England)/Chair, Graduate Studies Committee
Philip DeCicca, B.S. (Cornell), M.P.A. (Syracuse), M.A., Ph.D. (Michigan)
Svetlana A. Demidova, M.Sc. (Moscow State), M.A. (New Economic School, Russia), Ph.D. (Penn State)
Maxim Ivanov, M.S. (Russia), M.A. (New Economic School, Russia), Ph.D. (Penn State)
Marc-André Letendre, B.A.A. (HEC Montreal), M.A., Ph.D. (Queen’s)/ Chair, Undergraduate Studies Committee
Oksana M. Leukhina, B.A., B.S. (Charleston), M.A., Ph.D. (Minnesota) 
Greig Mordue, Joint Walter G. Booth School of Engineering Practice ArcelorMittal, Dofasco Chair in Advanced Manufacturing Policy
Bridget O’Shaughnessy, B.A. (Windsor), M.A. (York)
Youngki Shin, B.A. (Seoul National),M.A., Ph.D. (Rochester) 
Shintaro Yamaguchi, B.A., M.A. (Keio), Ph.D. (Wisconsin-Madison)

Assistant Professors

Bettina Brüggermann, Diplom Volkswirtin (Ebarhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany), Ph.D. (Goethe, Germany)
Laura Grignon, JD/M.A. (University of Padua, Italy), M.Sc. (University of Leicester, Great Britain), Ph.D. (University of Leuven, Belgium)
Hannah Holmes, M.A. (McMaster)
Pau Salvador Pujolàs Fons, M.A. Ph.D. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Gajendran Raveendranathan, B.S., M.A., Ph.D. (Minnesota)  
Alisa Tazhitdinova, B.Sc. (Western), M.Math (Waterloo), Ph.D. (California, Berkeley)

Associate Members

Emmanuel Guindon B.A. (McGill), M.A. (Victoria), Ph.D. (McMaster), (Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics)
Dean Mountain B.A. (McMaster), M.A. (Western), Ph.D. (Western), (Finance and Business Economics)
Jean-Eric Tarride B.A. (Toulouse), M.A. (Toulouse),  Ph.D. (Concordia), (Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics)

Adjunct Members

Neil Buckley, B.Arts Sc. (McMaster), M.A. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (McMaster)
James Chowhan, B.A. (Guelph), M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Robert Dimand, B.A. (McGill), M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. (Yale)
Elizabeth Dhuey, B.A. (Colorado), M.A. (California, Santa Barbara), Ph.D. (California, Santa Barbara)
Evelyn Forget, B.A. (York), M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Paul Grootendorst, B.A. (Victoria), M.A. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Emile Tompa, B.A. (York), M.B.A. (British Columbia), M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Justin Smith, B.A. (McMaster), M.A. (Simon Fraser), Ph.D. (McMaster)

Industry Professor

James Stanford B.A. (Calgary), M. Phil. (Cambridge), Ph.D. (New School for Social Research, New York)/ Harold Innes Industry Professor of Economics

Professors Emeriti

Syed Ahmad, M.A., L.L.B. (Aligarh), M.Sc., D.Sc. (London)
John B. Burbidge, B.A., Ph.D. (McGill)
Kenneth S. Chan, B.Sc. (Toronto), M.A., Ph.D. (Brown)
Frank T. Denton, M.A. (Toronto), F.R.S.C., F.S.S., LL.D.(Hon.)
Martin D. Dooley, B.A. (Indiana), M.S., Ph.D. (Wisconsin)
Alan J. Harrison, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Essex)
James A. Johnson, M.A., PhD. (Minnesota)
Atif A. Kubursi, B.A. (American University, Beirut), M.S., Ph.D.(Purdue)
John E. Leach, B.A. (Alberta), M.A., Ph.D. (Queen’s)
Lonnie J. Magee, B.Math. (Waterloo), M.A., Ph.D. (Western)
Stuart Mestelman, B.A. (Pittsburgh), M.S., Ph.D. (Purdue)/ Co-Director, McEEL
R. Andrew Muller, B.A. (McGill), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)/ Co-Director, McEEL
Ken Norrie, B.A. (Saskatchewan), M.Phil., Ph.D. (Yale)
Yorgos Y. Papageorgiou, Dipl.Arch. (National Technical, Athens),M.C.P., Ph.D. (Ohio State), D.Sc. (Louvain)
A. Leslie Robb, B.A., M.A. (British Columbia), Ph.D. (Essex)
William M. Scarth, B.A. (Queen’s), M.A. (Essex), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Byron G. Spencer, B.A. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (Rice)
J. Douglas Welland, B.A. (McMaster), M.A., Ph.D. (Minnesota)
 

Candidates for the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Economics and the M.A. in Economic Policy will normally satisfy the general regulations of the School of Graduate Studies with respect to admission and residence. Candidates with Honours, Master’s or Ph.D. degrees in Business or in mathematically oriented disciplines will be given special consideration and may be admitted as students in the graduate program. 

Programs

• Economic Policy, M.A.
• Economics, M.A.

• Economics, Ph.D

• Economics Courses

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