Joanne Roberts

Department of Economics

University of Toronto

150 St. George St.

Toronto, Ontario

Canada M5S 3G7

Telephone: (416) 946-3519

Education

Ph.D. Economics, Queen's University, 1998.

M.A. Economics, Queen's University, 1995.

B.A. (Honours) Economics, University of Waterloo, 1993.

Employment

Department of Economics, University of Toronto.

1998 to 2004: Assistant Professor.

2004 to present: Associate Professor.

Department of Economics, Queen's University.

1997 (Fall term) Lecturer: Undergraduate Microeconomics.

1993-1997: Teaching and Research Assistant.

Other Professional Affiliations

Scholar, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR), 2001 to 2004

Associate, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR), 2004 to present

Associate Member, Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques Économiques et l'Emploi (CIRPÉE), 2002 to present

Research Awards and Honours

SSHRC Research Grant, “Organization structure, labour market relationships and technological change,” 2003 – 2007, $53,613.

GRG Grant, University of Toronto, “Corporate Culture and Technological Change,” 2002, $2,000.

John Charles Polanyi Prize, 2001.

Dean's Travel Grant, University of Toronto, 2000.

SSHRC Research Grant, “Information in organizations and institutions,” 1999–2002, $39,402.

Connaught Matching Grant, University of Toronto, “Imperfect Information and Institutional Design in Economic Applications,” 1999–2001, $25,000.

Dean's Travel Grant, University of Toronto, 1999.

GRG Grant, University of Toronto, “Applications with Incomplete Information,” 1998, $2,500.

Connaught Start-Up Grant, University of Toronto, “Incomplete Contracting and the Productivity Slowdown,” 1998, $10,000.

Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Post-Doctoral Fellowship, (1998, declined)

Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship, 1996–1998.

Publications

“Riding Free on the Signals of Others,'' with Kim Alexander-Cook and Dan Bernhardt, (1998) Journal of Public Economics, 67(1): 25-43.

“Standard Mortality Ratios in Capitation Funding Models: The Distribution of Resources in Ontario,'' with Kelly Bedard, John Dorland, and Allan Gregory, (2000) Canadian Journal of Economics, 33(4): 981-1008.

"Twin Engines of Growth," with Huw Lloyd-Ellis, (2002) The Journal of Economic Growth, 7(2): 87-115.

“Implementing the Efficient Allocation of Pollution,'' with John Duggan, (2002) American Economic Review, 92(4): 1070-1078.

“Contracting Productivity Growth,'' with Patrick Francois, (2003) Review of Economic Studies, 70: 59-85.

“Relationships, Commitment, and Labour Productivity Growth,'' with Patrick Francois, (2003) Journal of the European Economic Association, 1:612-20.

``Unemployment Insurance and Experience Rating: Insurance versus Efficiency,'' with Steeve Mongrain, (2005) International Economic Review 46(4): 1303-1319.

``Governments, Banks and Firms: The Case of Privatization in China" with Loren Brandt and Hongbin Li, (2005) Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 21(2):524-546

Working Papers

``American Tobacco and Its Distributors,’’ with Gillian Hamilton and Karen Clay.

``Government Oversight of Organizations Engaged in Multiple Activities: Does Centralized Governance Encourage Quantity or Quality?,’’ with A. Abigail Payne, resubmitted to the Review of Economics and Statistics.

``Plea Bargaining with Budgetary Constraints,'' with Steeve Mongrain, under review.

``Robust Implementation,'' with John Duggan.

Work in Progress

``Rehabilitated or Not?: To Release (?) is the Question,'' with Dan Bernhardt and Steeve Mongrain.

``Flattened Hierarchies: The Role of Informational Rents,’’ with Patrick Francois.

``A Two Dimensional Problem of Information Extraction‘’ with Anke Kessler

``Plea Bargaining and Cheap Talk,’’ with Patrick Francois.

Papers presented at meetings

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Program Meeting (Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2003): `` Flattened Hierarchies: The Role of Informational Rents'' (with Patrick Francois)

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Program Meeting (London, England, 2002): ``Contracting Productivity Growth'' (with Patrick Francois)

European Econometric Society Meetings (Lausanne Switzerland, 2001): ``Twin Engines of Growth'' (with Huw Lloyd-Ellis).

Canadian Public Economic Study Group (Montreal, 2001): ``Why do Governments Privatize?" (with Loren Brandt and Hongbin Li.)

Annual Conference of the International Society for New Institutional Economics (Tubingen, Germany 2000): ``Why do Governments Privatize?" (with Loren Brandt and Hongbin Li.)

Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance (Seville, Spain 2000): ``Contracting Productivity Growth'' (with Patrick Francois)

World Congress Meetings of the Econometric Society (Seattle, 2000): ``Contracting Productivity Growth'' (with Patrick Francois)

Canadian Public Economics Group (Vancouver, 2000): ``Contracting Productivity Growth'' (with Patrick Francois)

European Econometric Society Meetings (Santiago, Spain, 1999): ``Implementing the Efficient Allocation of Pollution'' (with John Duggan).

Canadian Public Economics Group (Toronto, 1999): ``Implementing the Efficient Allocation of Pollution'' (with John Duggan).

North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society (Montreal 1998): ``Plea Bargaining and `Truth-Telling'.''

Canadian Public Economics Study Group (Ottawa 1998): ``Plea Bargaining and `Truth-Telling' ''.

Canadian Economics Association Meetings (St. John's 1997) ``Plea Bargaining with Budgetary Constraints and Deterrence''.

The Axiomatics of Resource Allocation (Montreal 1996): ``Robust Implementation,'' (with John Duggan).

Invited Seminars

`` Flattened Hierarchies: The Role of Informational Rents'' (with Patrick Francois) University of Guelph (2003) , University of Montreal (2004), Queen’s University (2004), York University (2005), McMaster University (2005), Dalhousie University (2005), University of Western Ontario (2005).

``Relationships, Commitment, and Labour Productivity Growth'' (with Patrick Francois) University of Montreal (2002), Ryerson (2003).

``The Impact of State Governance Structures on Research Productivity at Public Universities,’’ (with A. Abigail Payne) Simon Frasier, Brock University (2002).

``Twin Engines of Growth,'' (with Huw Lloyd-Ellis) McMaster University, Simon Fraser University/University of British Columbia, SUNY Buffalo, University of California at Santa Barbara, Wilfred Laurier University (2000).

``Why do Governments Privatize?" (with Loren Brandt and Hongbin Li) Univeristy of Toronto (Law School) (2000), University of Quebec at Montreal (2001).

"Contracting Productivity Growth," (with Patrick Francois) Queen's University (2000).

``Implementing the Efficient Allocation of Pollution,'' (with John Duggan) University of Wisconsin, Competition Bureau of Canada (1999), University of Montreal (2000).

``Plea Bargaining and `Truth-Telling','' Carnegie Mellon University, University of Illinois, Northwestern University, University of Toronto (1998).

"Incomplete Contracting and Incentives to Innovate," (with Patrick Francois) Brock University, Queen's University, University of Waterloo, York University (1998).

Phd Supervision

Azim Essaji, Non-tariff trade barriers, joint supervision with Sue Horton, graduated 2005 (Wilfred Laurier University)

Hankook Kim, on-going secondary supervisor

Courses Taught at the University of Toronto

Undergraduate courses taught

Eco 200 – Microeconomics

Eco 320 – Law and Economics

Graduate courses taught

Eco 2020 – Microeconomics (Phd)

Eco 2060 – Microeconomics (MA)

Eco 4060 – Graduate Research Seminar

Administration

At the University of Toronto

2006-2007 Advisory Committee

Graduate Advisory Committee

Renovations Committee

2005-2006 Advisory Committee

Graduate Advisory Committee

Renovations Committee

2004-2005 Advisory Committee

Recruiting Committee

Graduate Appeals Committee (Chair)

Renovations Committee

Chair Search Committee

Seminar Organizer (Theory)

2003-2004 Advisory Committee

Recruiting Committee

Graduate Appeals Committee (Chair)

Renovations Committee

2002-2003 Advisory Committee

Graduate Appeals Committee (Chair)

2001-2002: Graduate Committee

Phd admissions committee

Seminar Organizer (Theory)

Eco200 Coordinator

2000-2001: Recruiting Committee

Advisory Committee

Chair Search Committee

Seminar Organizer (Theory)

Eco200 Coordinator

1999-2000: Advisory Committee

Seminar Organizer (Theory and Law and Economics)

Outside of the University of Toronto

Canadian Economic Association (CEA) Executive Member, 2006-

Board of Advisors: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2004-

Canadian Public Economics Meetings (2005): Scientific Committee (Chair)

External thesis examiner:

Jean-Francois Tremblay (Queen’s University, 2003);

Marina Adshade (Queen's University, 2003)

Canadian Economic Theory Conference (2002): Organization Committee

Canadian Economic Theory Conference (1999): Program Committee

Refereeing:

American Economic Review,

Canadian Journal of Economics,

Economica,

Econometrica,

European Economic Review,

International Economic Review,

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management,

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization,

Journal of Economic Growth,

Journal of Economic Theory,

Journal of the European Economic Association,

Journal of Public Economics,

Review of Economic Studies.