Associate Professor Ph.D. (Stanford, 1999), B.A. (Oxford, 1988) Office: Max Gluskin House, 150 St. George Street, 302. Phone: 416-978-4190. Office: University of Toronto, Mississauga, 3220. Email address: Personal website: http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~mcmillan/ Research fields: Public economics, Economics of education

Selected research

• Patrick Bayer, Robert McMillan, Alvin Murphy, Christopher Timmins, "A Dynamic Model of Demand for Houses and Neighborhoods", Econometrica 84 (3) (2016), 893–942.
• Patrick Bayer and Robert McMillan, "Choice and Competition in Local Education Markets", NBER Working Paper 11082, 2010.
• Patrick Bayer, Fernando Ferreira, Robert McMillan, "A Unified Framework for Measuring Preferences for Schools and Neighborhoods", Journal of Political Economy 115 (4) (2007), 588–638.
• Patrick Bayer, Robert McMillan, Kim Rueben, "An Equilibrium Model of Sorting in an Urban Housing Market", NBER Working Paper 10865, 2005.

Honors and awards

• Research Associate, NBER, 2011.
• Faculty Research Fellow, NBER, 2005.
• Outstanding Dissertation Award, National Tax Association, 2000.

Courses taught 2025–2026

• Fall

• ECO2600H1F, section L0101 (St. George) • Public Economics I • R3-5