Thomas Arthur Wilson
Bio
Thomas Wilson is an Emeritus Professor of Economics, and Senior Advisor to the Policy and Economic Analysis Program at the Rotman Institute for International Business at the University of Toronto. His areas of research and consulting include economic forecasting, fiscal policy analysis, tax policy analysis, wage-price models, regulatory proceedings, competition policy, advertising and industrial organization.
Academic Positions
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1968-Present
Professor of Economics, University of Toronto
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1987-Present
Member, University College, University of Toronto
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1975-1976
Visiting Ford Rotary Research Professor, University of California, Berkeley
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1972-1973
MacKenzie-King Visiting Professor, Harvard University
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1967-1968
Associate Professor, University of Toronto
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Spring 1966
Visiting Professor, University of Western Ontario
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1962-1967
Assistant Professor, Harvard University
Selected Publications - Papers
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Tax System of Canada
with R.M. Bird and D.B. Perry
Tax Notes International
Issue:Jan 9
1995
Pages: pp.152-180
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The Future of Telecommunications Policy in Canada
Co-editor with W. Stanbury and S. Globerman, A compendium of the papers presented at the National Conference on the Future of Telecommunications Policy in Canada
Issue:April 1993, pub. date May
1995
Pages: pp. 529
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Sales Tax Harmonization: The Key to Simplification
with Jack Mintz and Pierre Pascal Gendron
Tax Notes International
Issue:8(10) (March)
1994
Pages: pp.661-678
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The Sources of the Recession in Canada: 1989-1992
with P. Dungan and S. Murphy
Canadian Business Economics
Issue:2(2)
1994
Pages: pp. 3-15
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Fiscal Policy in Canada: An Appraisal
with Peter Dungan
(Toronto: Canadian Tax Foundation)
1993
Pages: pp.224
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Productivity and Growth: Canada's Competitive Roots
with M. Denny, in T.J. Courchene and D.D. Purvis, Eds
Productivity, Growth and Canada's International Competitiveness, Bell Canada Papers on Economic Policy
Issue:Vol. 1
1993
Pages: pp. 7-57
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An Analysis of the Profitability of Businesses of Diversified Companies
Review of Industrial Organization
Issue:Vol 7
1992
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Reflections on Canada-U.S. Tax Differences
in J. Shoven and J. Whalley, Eds. Canada-U.S. Tax Comparisons, (N.B.E.R. University of Chicago Press)
1992
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The Canada-U.S. FTA: Macroeconomic Effects and Sensitivity Analysis
with D.P. Dungan
Journal of Policy Modeling
Issue:13 (3)
1991
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Modeling Anticipated and Temporary Fiscal Policy Shocks in a Macro-Econometric Model of Canada
with D.P. Dungan
Canadian Journal of Economics
Issue:(February)
1988
Selected Publications - Books and Chapters
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Co-editor with L. Waverman of a special issue of Canadian Public Policy - Analyse de Politiques on Macroeconomic Co-ordination and the Summit XV Supplement, (February 1989) pp.99
Research and Teaching Interests
Teaches courses in economics and policy analysis. Areas of research and consulting include economic forecasting, fiscal policy analysis, wage-price models, regulatory proceedings, competition policy, advertising, and industrial organization.
Honors and Awards
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1984-1985
President, Canadian Economics Association
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1980
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada,
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1975-1976
Visiting Ford Rotating Research Professor, University of California at Berkeley
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1972-1973
MacKenzie-King Visiting Professor, Harvard University
Academic / Professional Service
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1989-Present
Area Coordinator, Business Economics, Faculty of Management
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1987-Present
Director, Policy and Economic Analysis Program, Institute for Policy Analysis, University of Toronto
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1990-1992
Vice-Chair, Budget Committee, University of Toronto
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1988-1993
Member, Academic Board, University of Toronto
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1983-1985
Chair, Department of Economics
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1982
Acting Chair, Department of Economics
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1979-1982
Director of Economics, Department of Economics
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1976-1977
Coordinator, Econometric Forecasting Program, Institute for Policy Analysis, University of Toronto
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1969-1975
Director, Institute for Policy Analysis
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1992-Present
Member of Editorial Board, Canadian Business Economics
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1990-Present
Member, National Accounts Advisory Committee (Chair as of 1995), Statistics Canada
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1985-Present
Member of Advisory Council, John Deutsch Institute of Economic Policy (Queen's University)
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1986-1992
Associate Editor, Review of Economics and Statistics