AZIM ESSAJI. Research Interests. Education. Employment

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1 AZIM ESSAJI School of Business and Economics 75 University Avenue West Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5 Canada 986 Creekside Drive Waterloo, ON N2V 2W3 Canada Phone: Phone: Ext Web: Research Interests International Trade, Economic Development, Law and Economics, Labour Economics Education 2005 Doctor of Philosophy, Economics, University of Toronto Title: Three Essays on Regulatory Protectionism Advisors: Susan Horton, Albert Berry, Joanne Roberts, Michael Trebilcock 2002 Juris Doctor, University of Toronto 1999 Master of Arts, McMaster University 1997 Bachelor of Arts and Science, McMaster University, Summa cum Laude Employment , Department of Economics Present Assistant Professor 2008 Centre for International Governance Innovation Program Lead: Trade and Finance , Department of Economics 2005 Lecturer Azim Essaji CV: 1

2 Publications Equality through Exposure? International Trade and the Racial Wage Gap (with Gregory Sweeney and Alexandros Kotsopoulos). Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 13(4): (December 2010). Trade Liberalization, Standards and Protection. BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (Topics), Article 55 (2010). Salaries of Senior University Administrators in Ontario, (with Susan Horton). Higher Education, 59(3): (March, 2010). Technical Regulations and Specialization in International Trade. Journal of International Economics, 76(2): (December, 2008). Trading Partners: Why are Bilateral Deals Trumping Multilateral Pacts? Vanguard, September/October, Working Papers Contracting Institutions and Product Quality (with Kinya Fujiwara). Revised-and-resubmitted at the Journal of Comparative Economics. The Political Economy of Technical Regulations. Revise-and-resubmit at the Journal of Economic Studies. Tax Expenditures for Post-Secondary Education in Canada (with Christine Neill). Under review for a volume on the tax treatment of education to be produced by the Canada Tax Foundation. Research in Progress All Courts are Not Created Equal: Interstate Variation in Judicial Quality and its Impact on Specialization (with Nathan Nunn). Does High Income Country Trade Liberalization Benefit Less-Developed Nations (with Brian McCaig)? The Impact of Service Outsourcing on Minorities (with Kristen McColl). Azim Essaji CV: 2

3 Selected Awards Helleiner Fellowship, 2002, 2003, 2004 University of Toronto Fellowship, Sir Val Duncan Travel Fellowship, 2002 John Yaremko Scholarship, 1997 McMaster University Governors Scholarship, Invited Seminars and Conference Presentations Equality through Exposure? International Trade and the Racial Wage Gap Laurier Conference on Empirical International Trade, December Midwest International Economics Association Meetings, April Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, June 2007 Small Open Economies in a Globalized World, Waterloo, ON, June 2008 Conference on Growth, Inequality and Institutions, New Delhi, India, November 2008 Allied Social Science Associations Meeting, San Francisco, CA, January 2009 Contracting Institutions and Product Quality Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, May 2006 Second Laurier Conference on Empirical International Trade,, March 2008 Second Conference on Growth, Inequality and Institutions, March 2010 University of Ottawa, October 2010 The Political Economy of Technical Regulations Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, May 2005 Technical Regulations and Specialization in International Trade Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting, Ryerson University, Toronto, June 2004 University of Toronto, July 2004 Canadian Law and Economics Association Conference, Toronto, September 2005 McMaster University, April 2006 York University, November 2006 Azim Essaji CV: 3

4 Trade Liberalization, Standards and Protection University of Toronto, November 2002 Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa, November 2002 Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting, Ottawa, June 2003 University of Ottawa, January 2004, January 2004 Brock University, January 2004 Trent University, February 2004 Canadian Law and Economics Association Conference, Toronto, September 2006 Courses Taught Economic Development (EC 207) Economic Analysis of Law (EC 322, EC 310U) Economic Research Methodology (EC 381) Research Paper and Seminar (EC 481) International Trade (Graduate) (EC 639) University of Toronto Economic Analysis of Law (EC 320Y) Supervisions Master in Business Economics Major Research Papers Michael Moussallem, Summer 2005 Kinya Fujiwara, Winter 2006 Gregory Sweeney, Summer 2006 Jiani Wang, Summer 2006 Alexandros Kotsopoulos, Winter 2007 Kristopher Rowsell, Summer 2007 Kevin To, Summer 2007 Matthew Webb, Summer 2007 Kristen McColl, Winter 2008 Andrew Hourigan, Fall 2008 Hamid Alkobaisi, Spring 2009 Alexander Bonnyman, Winter 2010 Emma Guo, Winter 2010 Azim Essaji CV: 4

5 Fourth Year Reseach Papers (Special Supervision) Patrick Alexander, Yasmin El Gammal, Craig Spivey, Spring 2006 Griffin Carpenter, Simon Howey, Huy-Can Le, Winter 2010 Adam Dobush, Mark McLean, Spring Conferences Organized Laurier Conference on Empirical International Trade, November, 2006 Second Laurier Conference on Empirical International Trade, March 2008 Refereeing Review of Economic Studies, Canadian Journal of Economics (3), Regional Science, The Manchester School, Journal of Economic Integration, Economics of Transition, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Economic Studies (3), Journal of Economic Policy Reform (2), Journal of International Economics (2), B. E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, International Economic Review, Routledge (book proposal), SSHRC. Service Department Advisory Committee, Graduate Admissions Committee, , Hiring Committee, External Seminar Organizer , , University of Toronto Graduate Advisory Committee, , McMaster University Arts and Science Programme, Admissions Committee, Personal Information Citizenship: Canadian Date of Birth: October 6, 1975 Languages: English, French, Gujrati (basic), Kiswahili (basic) Azim Essaji CV: 5

6 References Dr. Susan Horton Associate Provost, Graduate Studies Centre for International Governance Chair in Global Health Economics University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1 Phone: x Dr. Nathan Nunn Assistant Professor, Economics Harvard University Littauer Center 1805 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA Phone: Dr. Joanne Roberts Associate Professor, Economics Canada Research Chair, Tier II University of Calgary 2500 University Avenue Northwest Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Phone: Dr. R. Albert Berry Professor Emeritus, Economics University of Toronto 150 St. George Street Toronto, ON M5S 3G7 Phone: Dr. Johannes Van Biesebroeck Hoofddocent (Associate Professor) Centre for Economic Studies K.U. Leuven Naamsestraat Leuven, Belgium Phone: +32 (0) Azim Essaji CV: 6