KENNETH CARLAW
Associate Professor, ECONOMICS

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kenneth.carlaw@ubc.ca
ART233
250.807.9264

PhD Simon Fraser University

RESEARCH: evolutionary economics applied to historical technological change and sustainable long term economic growth; application in policy analysis of economic growth, development and sustainability as well in the development of measurement methodology; analysis of issues of socially just wealth distribution

TEACHING: macroeconomics; strategic thinking; economic growth; productivity and technological change

ROSS HICKEY
Assistant Professor, ECONOMICS

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ross.hickey@ubc.ca
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250.807.8653

MA Simon Fraser University
PhD Simon Fraser University

RESEARCH: public finance and political economy; fiscal policy (government expenditure and taxation) and how it is influenced by interactions within a heirarchy of governments (municipal, provincial and federal); elections; lobbying activity

TEACHING: public finance; empirical economics; macroeconomics

JOHN JANMAAT
Associate Professor, ECONOMICS
Leading Edge Endowment Fund Chair

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john.janmaat@ubc.ca
ART231
250.807.8021

MBA Simon Fraser University
PhD Queen's University

RESEARCH: environmental and resource economics, particularly the economics of water resources; factors that determine water use in the Okanagan and other regions; policy options to encourage ways of using water - and other resources - to more effectively serve the needs and wants of local communities and society at large

TEACHING: environmental and natural resource economics; experimental economics

MOHSEN JAVDANI
Assistant Professor, ECONOMICS

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mohsen.javdani@ubc.ca
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250.807.9152

PhD Simon Fraser University
MA University of British Columbia
BA Shahid Beheshti University

RESEARCH: labor economics, applied econometrics, economics of education, economics of migration and public economics

TEACHING: labor economics,  microeconomics

JAMES JOHNSON
Associate Professor, ECONOMICS

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ja.johnson@ubc.ca
ART232
250.807.9391

PhD McMaster University

RESEARCH: labour economics and the economics of education

TEACHING: empirical economics; methods of empirical research

NORIKO OZAWA
Assistant Professor, ECONOMICS

noriko.ozawa@ubc.ca
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250.807.9303

BA Ryerson University
PhD University of Toronto

RESEARCH: industrial organization; applied microeconomics; applied game theory; understanding how firms determine their vertical boundaries and arrange their relationships with suppliers and customers; examines the organizational forms employed by Japanese firms by focusing on their effectiveness for coordinating various production activities

TEACHING: consumer behaviour; firm and market structure; business strategy; game theory

KIT PASULA
Associate Professor, ECONOMICS

kit.pasula@ubc.ca
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250.807.9370

PhD University of Toronto

RESEARCH: macroeconomics; international economics; monetary economics

TEACHING: macroeconomics; international economics; monetary economics

JULIEN PICAULT
Instructor, ECONOMICS

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julien.picault@ubc.ca
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250.807.9227

PhD HEC Montréal
MSc Université de Montréal
BSc Université Paris-Dauphine

RESEARCH: labor economics, discrimination, industrial organization, applied microeconomics

TEACHING: industrial organization, labor economics, cost-benefit analysis, industrial relations, microeconomics, macroeconomics

PETER WYLIE
Associate Professor, ECONOMICS

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peter.wylie@ubc.ca
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250.807.9341

BSc Queen's University, Belfast
PhD Queen's University, Kingston

RESEARCH: economic history; international economics; public policy; regional innovation; economic competitiveness; public infrastructure and economic growth; manufacturing employment effects of NAFTA; regional innovation systems; policies for sustainable regional economic development

TEACHING: economic history; international economics; economic growth