With the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, approaching (Jan. 25-29) and another year of uncertainty expected in global financial markets, UBC experts are available to comment on international and national economic issues.
Yves Tiberghien
Dept. of Political Science, Liu Institute for Global Issues
Email: yves.tiberghien@ubc.ca (best contact method)
- Future of the world economy and its governance
- Euro crisis
- The role of China and Japan in the global economy
- Globalization and inequality
Kurt Huebner
Institute for European Studies, Director
Tel: 604-822 9439, Cell: 778-994 8313
Email: kurt.huebner@exchange.ubc.ca
- European Union
- Global currencies, including the Euro
- Canada-EU trade and investment, including Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) negotiations
Paul Beaudry
Canada Research Chair in Macroeconomics
Dept. of Economics, Fellow of the Bank of Canada
Tel: 604-822-8624; Cell: 778-866-0038
Email: paulbe@mail.ubc.ca
- Canada’s economy and its relationship to the world (note: not provincial issues)
- Banking, finance, regulation and monetary issues
- Labour, unemployment and wages (national and international)
- Occupy Wall Street and increasing wealth disparity
James Brander
Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604-822-8483
Email: brander@sauder.ubc.ca
- Canada/B.C. economy and their relationship to the world
- International trade
- Banking, finance, regulation
- The EU
Keith Head
Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604-822-8492
Email: keith.head@sauder.ubc.ca
- International trade
- Canada’s economy and its relationship to global events
- The EU, the Euro and national debt issues
Werner Antweiler
Sauder School of Business
Phone: 604-822-8484
E-mail: werner.antweiler@ubc.ca
- International trade
- Trade liberalization
- EU-related questions
Thomas Davidoff
Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604-822-8325
Email: thomas.davidoff@sauder.ubc.ca
- Banking and finance regulations
Thomas Lemieux
Dept. of Economics
Phone: 604-822-2092
Email: thomas.lemieux@ubc.ca,
- Labour economics
- Occupy Wall Street and increasing wealth disparity
Dept. of Economics
Email: Kevin.milligan@ubc.ca (email to arrange interviews)
Twitter: @kevinmilligan
- Taxation issues
- Increasing income disparity
James Tansey
Sauder School of Business
Cell: 604-562-4546
Email: james.tansey@sauder.ubc.ca
- Climate change, carbon markets and the world economy
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