“Anindya’s work on competition and regulatory policy is first rate,” remarked Robson.
June 13, 2016 – William Robson, President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, announces the appointment of Anindya Sen, Professor of Economics at the University of Waterloo, as a Research Fellow.
“Anindya’s work on competition and regulatory policy is first rate,” remarked Robson. “He has already made signal contributions to the C.D. Howe Institute’s research, and we are delighted to deepen our collaboration with him.”
Professor Sen’s most recent Institute report is entitled “Joint Venture: A Blueprint for Federal and Provincial Marijuana Policy.” He has also authored and co-authored recent Institute reports on electricity pricing and retailing of alcoholic beverages.
He is Professor of Economics and Director of the Master of Public Service at the University of Waterloo. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. Prior to working at the University of Waterloo, Professor Sen worked as an economist at the Competition Bureau, Industry Canada.
His research interests are the economics of public policy, with an emphasis on estimating the statistical effects of government intervention and imperfectly competitive market structures. In this respect, he has published research on the relationship between market concentration and gasoline prices, the impacts of higher cigarette taxes on smoking, the effects of higher minimum wages on employment and poverty, and the consequences of incentive programs on electricity usage. These papers have been published in peer reviewed journals such as the Canadian Journal of Economics, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Regulatory Economics, International Review of Law and Economics, Labour Economics, and Canadian Public Policy. His work has extensively covered by The Globe and Mail, The Financial Post, CBC, and The Toronto Star.
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