Åke Blomqvist

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PhD, Princeton University

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Åke Blomqvist currently serves as a Research Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute.

Hereceived his undergraduate education in his native Sweden, and a PhD from Princeton in 1971. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Western Ontario where he taught between 1968 and 2002. From 2002 to 2010, he worked in Asia, in the National University of Singapore, and, for two years, as Professor in the Center for Human Capital and Labor Economics Research at the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing. Effective 2011, he is an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University. 

Blomqvist’s two principal areas of research have been the economics of developing countries, and the economics of health care. His work has been published both in the journals and in more policy-oriented outlets. Much of his writing in health economics has had an international comparative flavour, and includes a monograph on health system reform in China.

Latest Publications by Author

Going Dutch: Choice, Competition and Equity in Healthcare

Åke Blomqvist

Cutting Square Deals: Drug Prices, Regulation, and Patent Protection

Åke Blomqvist, Paul Grootendorst

Health Teams and Primary Care Reform in Ontario: Staying the Course

Åke Blomqvist, Rosalie Wyonch

High Drug Prices, Big R&D Spenders and “Free Riders”: Canada in the Topsy Turvy World of Pharmaceuticals

Åke Blomqvist, Rosalie Wyonch

Filling the Cavities: Improving the Efficiency and Equity of Canada’s Dental Care System

Åke Blomqvist

The Paradox of Productivity, Technology, and Innovation in Canadian Healthcare

Åke Blomqvist, Colin Busby
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