Teaching

Principles of consumption, production, and exchange; market and firm equilibrium under different competitive conditions. Applied to contemporary problems in the Canadian economy.

Measurement of economic activity, economic growth, money and financial systems, international economy and exchange rates, business cycles, unemployment and inflation, and macroeconomic policies.

Examination of the institutions and economic rationale behind Canadian government policy on public expenditures and taxation — including the history and structure of government spending and revenue, tax expenditures, the budgetary process, inter-jurisdictional issues, and program design.

Graduate-level analysis of public revenue systems from an economic perspective, including theories of taxation, efficiency and equity in tax policy, tax incidence, and Canadian revenue policy design.

Graduate directed study in the application of microsimulation models to Canadian policy analysis — covering model design, data sources, simulation techniques, and the communication of distributional findings to policy audiences.