Professor and Chair
Department of Economics,
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8S 4M4
Phone (work): 905-525-9140
ext 23807 and 23822
Fax: 905-821-8232
e-mail: please see below
Background
Biography in Brief
Education and Employment History
BA (Honours) Economics, Queen's - gold medal in Economics - 1968
MA Economics, Essex - Commonwealth Scholar - 1970
PhD Economics, Toronto - Canada Council Scholarship - 1971
Employed at McMaster since 1971 - Full Professor since 1982. Visiting positions at three government departments, seven universities (in Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia), and Research Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute since 1994.
Research and Publications
80 articles published in both academic and policy-oriented journals such as the Economic Journal, Economica, Oxford Economic Papers, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Macroeconomics, Canadian Journal of Economics, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Canadian Public Policy and in numerous reports published by policy institutes in Canada. 140 seminar and conference presentations of research results.
Textbooks: 1 Economics: Principles and Policy - Canadian Edition (Dryden Press) - co-authored with Alan Blinder and William Baumol, of Princeton (four English language editions: 1985, 1988, 1991 and 1994, two French language editions: 1986 and 1992, and ancillories - Study Guide, Instructor's Manual, and Test Bank. 2 Macroeconomics - Canadian Edition (Worth Publishers) - co-authored with Greg Mankiw (Harvard) - four editions - 1994, 2001 and 2007. 2010 (forthcoming) 3 Macroeconomics: An Introduction to Advanced Methods (Thomson) - three editions - 1988, 1996 and 2007 (and both Greek and Chinese translations of the second edition). 4 Economics: The Essentials (Thomson-Nelson) - three editions - 1995, 2000 and 2003.
Selected Honours and Contributions
McMaster Student Union - Lifetime Achievement Award for Teaching - 1999
McMaster University President's Award for Instruction - Best Teacher
Award - 1997
Golden Key International Honor Society - Honorary Lifetime Membership
for Teaching - 2001
Author of the Year Award from Harcourt Brace & Company Canada -
1995
Research Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute since 1994
Distinguished Visitor, Universities of Canterbury (Christchurch) -
2002, Athens - 1998, Calgary - 1998, Alberta - 1989
Senior Fellow in Economic Policy, Reserve Bank of Australia - 1981
Macroeconomics: An Introduction to Advanced Methods:
Third Edition
Apologies to those who had difficulty obtaining the Third Edition. I
have now solved these problems by removing the book from the previous publisher's
list and having it distributed directly by Titles - the McMaster Bookstore.
The ISBN for this version is:
9781926633091
To arrange an individual order of the book, please go to the following URL:
http://titles.mcmaster.ca/trade/details.htm?isbn=9781926633091
If you have any difficulty with this direct order procedure, or if you
wish to arrange an order for an entire class of students, please contact
either
Mark Lefebvre lefebvr@mcmaster.ca
or Ted Allaby eallaby@mcmaster.ca
These individuals can arrange a discount to ensure that your bookstore
receives its normal 20% return.
To learn more about the third edition of this book, please click on the Preface and Contents link below.
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