I received my PhD in economics, and hold a graduate certificate in New Institutional Social Sciences, from Washington University.
My interests include growth, finance, development, institutions, and hockey. I am on the editorial boards of Defence and Peace Economics, as well as the Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, and have published in numerous economics journals such as the American Economic Review, Economics and Politics, European Journal of Political Economy, Public Finance Review, as well as law journals such as the Banking and Finance Law Review, Canadian Business Law Journal, and Columbia Journal of Tax Law . I also blog about hockey and economics on Hockey Night in Headingley with Janice Compton.
I am Past-President of the Canadian Development Economics Study Group, and have been a visitor at the Central Bank of Brazil, University of Western Ontario , and the National Economics University in Hanoi, Vietnam. Prior to academia I held positions in the Accelerated Economist Program and the Department of Finance of the Canadian government.
