U of T : Economics : Department of Economics

Olivia Yu, Economics PhD Student, entered 2022

Carolina Arteaga, Ceren Baysan, Joseph Steinberg - Department of Economics Receive NBER Appointments

Michelle Alexopoulos, UofT economist makes headlines with Bank of Canada appointment

Pesando Award winner Ren Yi (Renee) Wang, Patricia Higgins, Goeun (Lacrecia) Kang, Professor Ettore Damiano. James Pesando Memorial Scholarships

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Upcoming Seminars

Today

Irisa Zhou (University of Toronto), "Learning the Major-Industry Mismatch". 11:10–12:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106.

Macroeconomics

Sixia (Rick) Xie (University of Toronto), "Capital requirements and competition in mortgage industry". 12:45–13:45, Max Gluskin House, room 106.

Industrial Organization

Stefano Carattini (Georgia State University), "Climate Change In The Classroom". 13:55–15:10, Max Gluskin House, room 106.

Climate Economics

Friday

Bocar Ba (Duke University), "What is the Best Response? Examining the Impact of Police and Their Alternatives" (joint with Chen, Cheng, and Holz). 11:10–12:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106.

Empirical Microeconomics

Azeem Shaikh (University of Chicago), "Inference for Treatment Effects Conditional on Generalized Principal Strata using Instrumental Variables". 14:10–15:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106.

Econometrics

Michael Pollitt (University of Cambridge), "Power and Carbon Markets: How well-designed markets can address climate change". 15:00–16:30, Max Gluskin House, room 100.

Special Lecture

All Seminars

Recent Publications

Rural Pensions, Labor Reallocation, and Aggregate Income: An Empirical and Quantitative Analysis of China

Econometrica, forthcoming
Qingen Gai, Naijia Guo, Bingjing Li, Qinghua Shi, Xiaodong Zhu

Trade-Policy Dynamics: Evidence from 60 years of U.S.-China Trade

Journal of Political Economy, 2025
George Alessandria, Shafaat Khan, Armen Khederlarian, Kim J. Ruhl, Joseph Steinberg

Simultaneous Search and Adverse Selection

Review of Economic Studies, forthcoming
Sarah Auster, Piero Gottardi, Ronald Wolthoff

Barriers to Entry and Regional Economic Growth in China

Review of Economic Studies, 2025
Loren Brandt, Gueorgui Kambourov, Kjetil Storesletten

Imperfect Competition and Rents in Labor and Product Markets: The Case of the Construction Industry

American Economic Review, 2025
Kory Kroft, Yao Luo, Magne Mogstad, Bradley Setzler

Exploitation Through Racialization

Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2025
Dan McGee

All Publications

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New Research: Exploitation Through Racialization

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Learning to Match with PhD Candidate Irisa Zhou

Wulandari Wins June Scott Teaching Excellence Award

Contact us

Department of Economics
University of Toronto
Max Gluskin House
150 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G7, Canada
(416) 978-4622