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Michelle Alexopoulos

Professor
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://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~malex/
Research fields: Macroeconomics, Applied econometrics

Selected research

  • Michelle Alexopoulos and Trevor Tombe, "Management Matters", Journal of Monetary Economics 59 (2012), 269–285.
  • Michelle Alexopoulos, "Read All About it!! What happens following a technology shock?", American Economic Review 101 (4) (2011), 1144–1179.
  • Michelle Alexopoulos, "Unemployment and the Business Cycle", Journal of Monetary Economics 51 (2004), 277–298.
  • Michelle Alexopoulos, Xinfen Han, Oleksiy Kryvtsov, Xu Zhang, "More than Words: Fed Chairs' Communication During Congressional Testimonies", Journal of Monetary Economics, forthcoming.
All publications

Honors and awards

  • Bank of Canada Fellow, 2024 - present.
  • President, Canadian Economics Association, 2023 - 2024.
  • Vice-President, Canadian Economics Association, 2022 - 2023.
  • Deputy Vice President, Canadian Economics Association, 2021 - 2022.
  • Bank of Canada Fellow, 2018 - 2023.
  • Keynote speaker at HathiTrust UnCamp, 2015.
  • Canadian Economic Association Executive Council Member 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013.
  • Presentation for the National Science Foundation Panel: Developing Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators for the Future, 2011.
  • Fellow of St. Michael's University, 2011 - 2016.
  • Dean's Excellence Award, University of Toronto, 2009.
  • Dean's Excellence Award, University of Toronto, 2004.
  • Dean's Excellence Award, University of Toronto, 2003.

Courses taught 2024–2025

  • Fall

  • ECO325H1F, section L0101 (St. George) • Advanced Economic Theory - Macro • W10-1 • test
  • Winter

  • ECO1100H1S, section L0101 (St. George) • Economic Theory - Macro • MW9-11 • SK 1085
  • ECO325H1S, section L0101 (St. George) • Advanced Economic Theory - Macro • M1-4