Brief Bio

Professional Career

After over 40 years in academia I'm now retired, as Professor Emeritus, from the Department of Economics at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada. My professional career began in the Economic Department at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. There, I was fortunate to be part of a team involved in developing the first large-scale macro-econometric models for forecasting and policy-making purposes in that country, under the direction of Dr. (Sir) Roderick Deane.
 
My academic career in the field of Econometrics began at Monash University, Australia (1978-1986), where I was Lecturer, then Professor, and also served as Chair of the Department of Econometrics and O.R.. I then returned to New Zealand, and was Professor of Economics at the University of Canterbury (1986-1993). During the rest of of my career I held the position of Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Victoria, Canada (1994-2017).

Credentials

  • You can learn more about my qualifications, experience, research, and publications in my c.v., here.
  • My peer-reviewed published research in econometrics, statistics, and economics includes 6 books, 17 book chapters, and over 130 journal articles. These publications have received more than 7,800 citations, and my Google Scholar h-index is 44.
  • In the mathematics/statistics community I have an Erdös number of 4.
  • I was named a Distinguished Fellow of the New Zealand Association of Economists in 2014.
  • I received an "Excellence in Teaching Award" from the University of Victoria in 2003-04.
  • You can find some (but not all) of the books that I have written, and edited, on Amazon.
  • My former blog (2011 - 2019), Econometrics Beat, has received over 9.9 million "hits".

Current Activities

My wife, Carol, and I now live on Lucerne Lake in L'Amable, in rural Eastern Ontario. I maintain a bit of a research program. As well as undertaking consulting assignments from time to time, I am still actively involved as Co-Editor of the Journal of International Trade & Economic Development.

(Last updated: 20 December 2024)