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Areas of Expertise: Economics of education;
Canadian higher education policy;
Public economics;
Labour economics;
Australian economic policy
Biography: Christine Neill graduated from the University of Queensland (Australia) with a B. Economics (Hons) in 1992, and went to work as an economist in the Australian Treasury and later the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She returned to her studies in…
Areas of Expertise: Economics of education; School testing and quality; access to postsecndary education; Federal and international fiscal policy; Monetary policy and inflation.
Biography: David Johnson is Professor of Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University. Professor Johnson's areas of specialty are macroeconomics, international finance and the economics of education. His published work includes the studies of Canada's international…
Areas of Expertise: Government budgets;
Economics of federal/provincial relations;
Taxation;
Government spending;
Privatization;
Health-service economics;
Demographics;
Not-for-profits;
Economics of education;
Economy
Biography: Douglas Jackson McCready is a recently retired Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, having been employed by that institution and its predecessor, Waterloo Lutheran…