“Paul has a wealth of policy-relevant insights and experience,” commented Robson.
May 9, 2016 – William Robson, President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, announces the re-appointment of Paul R. Masson, former professor at the University of Toronto, as a Research Fellow.
“Paul has a wealth of policy-relevant insights and experience,” commented Robson. “We’re delighted that he will continue to enrich the Institute’s research program.”
Dr. Masson’s most recent Institute report, co-authored with Anindya Sen, is entitled “Uncorking a Strange Brew: The Need for More Competition in Ontario's Alcoholic Beverage Retailing System.”
He has published numerous articles and books in various areas of economics, including macroeconomic modelling, monetary and fiscal policy, international finance, exchange rate regimes, and regional integration.
Until recently, he taught international finance at the University of Toronto, after careers at the Bank of Canada, the OECD, and the IMF, where he worked in the Research, European, and African departments. Since then, he has served as Special Advisor to the Governor of the Bank of Canada and Monetary Union Advisor for the government of Rwanda. He does economic consulting and is principal of Weatherstone Consulting, based in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.
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