Welcome to Larry Epstein

Published: 22 October 2025

Larry G. Epstein joined the Department of Economics at McGill in August 2021 as Full Professor. His main research areas cover topics in decision theory, mathematical economics, and asset pricing,...

Welcome to Claire Boone

Published: 22 October 2025

Dr. Claire Boone will be joining the Department of Economics and the Department of Equity, Ethics, and Policy in the School of Population and Global Health at McGill University as an Assistant...

Silver for McGill's team at the 2019 Bank of Canada's Governor Challenge

Published: 22 October 2025

The team from McGill Economics finished in the first runner-up spot in 2019 Bank of Canada’s fifth annual Governor’s Challenge that took place on Saturday, February 8, 2020. This year’s team...

Davidson Distinguished Lecture Welcomes Prof. James MacKinnon

Published: 22 October 2025

On October 13, 2023, the Davidson Distinguished Lecture in Econometrics, established in 2022 thanks to the generosity of Professor Russell Davidson, welcomed Professor James MacKinnon, who...

Graduate Student Miao Dai Wins Lasserre-Renzetti Prize

Published: 22 October 2025

Miao Dai, a graduate student in the Department of Economics, was awarded the Lasserre-Renzetti Prize for best student paper at CREEA | ACERE for his paper "Environmental Lobbying on Trade in Waste:...

Congratulations to Peter Howitt (BA Honours ’68) — 2025 Nobel Laureate in Economics

Published: 22 October 2025

The Department of Economics is thrilled to celebrate one of our own. We extend our warmest and most heartfelt congratulations to Peter Howitt, McGill alumnus (Honours Economics 1968), on being...

Our esteemed colleague Russell Davidson

Published: 22 October 2025

Russell Davidson is supporting the greatest needs of his home Department of Economics, see the story McGill Faculty Member Turned Philanthropist by Stephanie Wereley. In 2016 the Department of...

Sonia Laszlo's promotion to Full Professor

Published: 22 October 2025

We are happy to announce that Professor Sonia Laszlo has been promoted to Full Professor effective July 1, 2024. Professor Laszlo has served the Department of Economics as an Assistant Professor of...

Opinion: Pay out emergency benefits or subsidize wages?

Published: 22 October 2025

Francesco Amodio's article "Opinion: Pay out emergency benefits or subsidize wages?", in the Montreal Gazette, published March 30, 2020, speaks to the COVID-19 impact on the economy and the...

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