Associate Professor Ph.D. (Warwick, 2014), MA (Carleton, 2005), B.A. (Western, 2004) Office: Max Gluskin House, 150 St. George Street, 305. Phone: 416-946-3404. Fax: 416-978-6713. Email address: Personal website: http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/blouinar/ Research fields: Economic development, Economic history, Political economy

Selected research

• Arthur Blouin and Sharun Mukand, "Mistaking Noise for Bias: Victimhood and Hutu-Tutsi Reconciliation in East Africa", Journal of Development Economics 158 (Sept.) (2022), 1–8. (Freely available.)
• Arthur Blouin, "Culture and Contracts: The Historical Legacy of Forced Labour", Economic Journal 132 (641) (2022), 89–105.
• Arthur Blouin, "Axis-orientation and knowledge transmission: Evidence from the Bantu expansion", Journal of Economic Growth 26 (4) (2021), 359–384. (Freely available.)
• Arthur Blouin and Sharun Mukand, "Erasing Ethnicity? Propaganda, Nation Building and Identity in Rwanda", Journal of Political Economy 127 (3) (2019), 1008–1062. (Freely available.)
• Arthur Blouin and Rocco Macchiavello, "Strategic Default in the International Coffee Market", Quarterly Journal of Economics 134 (2) (2019), 895–951. (Freely available.)

Courses taught 2024–2025

• Fall

• ECO324H1F, section L0101 (St. George) • Economic Development • T10-1

• Winter

• ECO1450H1S, section L0101 (St. George) • Methods for Empirical Microeconomics • T9-11, F10-11 • BL 205 (Tues), OI 5150 (Fri)
• ECO403H1S, section L0101 (St. George) • Topics in Development Economics and Policy • W10-1
• ECO403H1S, section L0201 (St. George) • Topics in Development Economics and Policy • W2-5

• Fall/Winter

• ECO5700H1Y, section L0101 (St. George) • Development, Political Economy, and Economic History Workshop ( Shari Eli and Arthur Blouin )