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Economics

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    • Byron Lew
    • Mak Arvin
    • Bruce Cater
    • Saud Choudhry
    • Shutao Cao
    • Zafar Kayani
    • Harry Kitchen
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Faculty & Research

Byron Lew

Professor and Department Chair
Enwayaang Building
Office:  GCS 348
Phone: 705.748.1011 ext. 7897
Email: blew@trentu.ca

Research Interests : Economic History of Canada/North America, International Economics, Diffusion of Agricultural Technology

Mak Arvin

Professor 
Enwayaang Building 
Office: GCS 351
Phone:  705.748.1011 Ext 7299
Email: marvin@trentu.ca

Research Interests: Applied Microeconomics; Applied Macroeconomics; Economics of Foreign Aid; Economics of Happiness.

Handbook on the Economics of Foreign Aid. Edward Elgar. B. Mak Arvin and Byron Lew, eds. 2015. 

Shutao Cao

Associate Professor 
Enwayaang Building
Office: GCS 352
Phone: 705-748-1011 Ext 7275
Email: shutaocao@trentu.ca 

Research Interests:   macroeconomics, labor economics, firm dynamics, productivity growth

Saud Choudhry

Professor  
Enwayaang Building
Office: GCS 353
Phone: 705.748.1011 x.7871
Email: schoudhry@trentu.ca

Research Interests: Development Economics; Applied Microeconomics; Public Finance

 

Zafar Kayani

Associate Professor, Teaching Intensive
Enwayaang Building
Office: GCS 350
Phone:  705.748.1011 x.7928
Email: zafarkayani@trentu.ca

Bruce Cater

Professor 
Enwayaang Building
Office:  GCS 349
Phone: 705-748-1011 x.7392
Email:  bcater@trentu.ca 

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A. H. Akram-Lodhi, IDS  

Kirk Collins, School of Business

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  • Torben Drewes
  • Harry Kitchen

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  • Byron Lew
  • Mak Arvin
  • Bruce Cater
  • Saud Choudhry
  • Shutao Cao
  • Zafar Kayani
  • Harry Kitchen
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