February 17, 2022 – William Robson, CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, announces the appointment of G. Kent Fellows as a Fellow-in-Residence.
“Kent’s work in energy and regulation make him a first-rate resource for the C.D. Howe Institute,” said Robson. “He has made important contributions to the Institute, especially to our Energy Policy Council, and we are delighted to welcome him as a Fellow-in-Residence.”
“The C.D. Howe Institute holds a well-deserved reputation for high quality and dispassionate analysis and commentary on important public issues,” said Fellows. “I greatly appreciate the opportunity to contribute to the Institute's energy policy program as Canada moves into a period of expected energy transition."
Dr. G. Kent Fellows is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics and Associate Program Director of the Canadian Northern Corridor research program at The School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary.
Fellows specializes in multiple areas of microeconomics including competition policy, regulatory economics, energy economics and regional/transportation economics. He has published multiple papers on those subjects in both academic and policy journals.
His advice on related topics has also been sought by provincial, federal and international governments, including: The Government of Alberta, through the Energy Diversification Advisory Committee (2017) and the Economic Corridors Task Force (2021); The European Union as an expert panel member in their global infrastructure benchmarking assessment (2020-2021) and The Senate of Canada for their report on Economic Trade Corridors (2016).
Fellows holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics, a Master of Arts in Economics and a PhD in Economics from the University of Calgary.
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