Professor; Canada Research Chair Ph.D. (Berkeley, 2005), B.A. (University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, 2000) Office: Max Gluskin House, 150 St. George Street, 304. Phone: 416-946-5299. Fax: 416-978-6713. Email address: Personal website: http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/gustavo.bobonis/ Research fields: Economic development, Labour economics, Political economy, Economic history

Selected research

• Gustavo Bobonis, Paul Gertler, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Simeon Nichter, "Vulnerability and Clientelism", American Economic Review 112 (11) (2022), 3637–3659. (Freely available.)
• Gustavo Bobonis, Luis R. Cámara Fuertes, Rainer Schwabe, "Monitoring Corruptible Politicians", American Economic Review 106 (8) (2016), 2371–2405.
• Gustavo Bobonis, Melissa González-Brenes, Roberto Castro, "Public Transfers and Domestic Violence: The Roles of Private Information and Spousal Control", American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 5 (1) (2013), 179–205.
• Gustavo Bobonis, "Is the Allocation of Resources within the Household Efficient? New Evidence from a Randomized Experiment", Journal of Political Economy 117 (3) (2009), 453–503.
• Gustavo Bobonis and Frederico Finan, "Neighborhood Peer Effects in Secondary School Enrollment Decisions", Review of Economics and Statistics 91 (4) (2009), 695–716.

Honors and awards

• U of T Department of Economics Faculty Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 2015.
• John C. Polanyi Prize in Economic Science, 2009.
• National Academy of Education / Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008.

Courses taught 2024–2025

• Fall

• ECO403H1F, section L0101 (St. George) • Topics in Development Economics and Policy • R10-1
• ECO403H1F, section L0201 (St. George) • Topics in Development Economics and Policy • R2-5

• Fall/Winter

• ECO499H1Y, section L0101 (St. George) • Honours Essay in Applied Microeconomics • W10-1