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Michelle Alexopoulos

Professor (on leave)
Ph.D. (Northwestern, 1999), M.A. (Northwestern, 1995), Hon. B.Sc. (Toronto, 1994)
Office: Max Gluskin House, 150 St. George Street, 205. Phone: 416-978-4962. Fax: 416-978-6713.
Email address:
Personal website: http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/malex/
Research fields: Macroeconomics, Applied econometrics

Selected research

  • Michelle Alexopoulos, "Read All About it!! What happens following a technology shock?", American Economic Review 101 (4) (2011), 1144–1179.
  • Michelle Alexopoulos and Jon S. Cohen, "Measuring our ignorace, one book at a time: New indicators of technical change, 1909-1949", Journal of Monetary Economics 56 (4) (2009), 450–470.
  • Michelle Alexopoulos, "A monetary business cycle model with unemployment", Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 31 (12) (2007), 3904–3940.
  • Michelle Alexopoulos, "Unemployment and the Business Cycle", Journal of Monetary Economics 51 (2004), 277–298.
  • Michelle Alexopoulos and Ian Domowitz, "Personal Liabilities and Bankruptcy Reform: An International Perspective", International Finance Journal 1 (1998), 127–159.
All publications

Honors and awards

  • Dean's Excelence Award, University of Toronto, 2009.
  • Dean's Excellence Award, University of Toronto, 2004.
  • Dean's Excellence Award, University of Toronto, 2003.

Teaching

  • ECO 2031 Core Ph.D. Marcoeconomics
  • ECO 325H1- Advanced Theory Macroeconomics
  • ECO1011- Ph.D. Math-Stats Review
  • ECO2061-MA Macroeconomics