Meet the Authors
Robin Boadway is Sir Edward Peacock Professor of Economic Theory and former head of the Department of Economics at Queen's University. He served as managing editor of the Canadian Journal of Economics for several years and was president of the Canadian Economics Association in 1996-97. He is well-known for his contributions to public sector and welfare economics, which include Public Sector Economics, with D. E. Wildasin, Welfare Economics, with N. Bruce, and Canadian Tax Policy, with H. M. Kitchen, as well as numerous journal articles and monographs. His prize-winning research emphasizes the application of economic theory to important policy issues and has illuminated many Canadian public policy debates ranging from fiscal federalism to reform to redistributive policy.
Joseph E. Stiglitz is professor of economics, business, and international and public affairs at Columbia University. Before joining the Columbia faculty, Professor Stiglitz served as chief economist of the World Bank. He also served as a member and then chairman of President Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers. Known throughout the world for his groundbreaking research, Professor Stiglitz received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2001.
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