Economics

Gloved hands handling hazardous materialPolicy-makers must heed the lessons offered by the COVID-19 pandemic, says a UWindsor instructor of business and economics.

Instructor draws lessons from pandemic preparation

Policy-makers must heed the lessons offered by the COVID-19 pandemic, says a UWindsor instructor of business and economics.

Christian TrudeauEconomics professor Christian Trudeau’s theoretical research could help policy-makers with mechanisms to fairly distribute the costs of mass transit, compensate communities that host gas pipelines, or allocate licences for wireless spectrum licences.

Going to market: professor researching economics theory

Christian Trudeau is studying what economists like him call “mechanism design and surplus sharing with externalities.”

Michael Batu, Marcelo Arbex, Richard Corneil, Robert WeaverA partnership between the UWindsor economics department and Assumption University will consider factors that prompt men to become Roman Catholic priests. From left: economics professors Michael Batu and Marcelo Arbex; Richard Corneil, principal of Assumption University; Robert Weaver of the Diocese of London.

Survey to probe factors in decision to join priesthood

A partnership between the economics department and Assumption University will consider factors that prompt men to become Roman Catholic priests.

UWindsor's Christian Trudeau, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, will be featured in an upcoming issue of Games and Economics Behavior.UWindsor's Christian Trudeau, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, will be featured in an upcoming issue of Games and Economics Behavior.

Prof's work to be featured in journal commemorating Nobel Prize-winning economist

The University of Windsor’s Christian Trudeau says he’s honored to be featured in an upcoming special journal issue commemorating Nobel Prize-winning economist Lloyd Shapley.

The issue, scheduled to be published early this year in Games and Economics Behavior, will contain original research articles related to the many contributions Dr. Shapley made during his career.

“I had never met Dr. Shapley personally but I’ve read tons of his work,” Dr. Trudeau said. “To be associated, even as far as this to what he’s done, is a great honour.”