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Jean-Marie Dufour

Academic title(s): 

Professor &听William Dow Chair of Political Economy

Jean-Marie Dufour
Contact Information
Email address: 
jean-marie.dufour [at] mcgill.ca
Address: 

855 Sherbrooke St. W.
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 2T7

Phone: 
514-398-6071
Awards, honours, and fellowships: 

William Dow Chair of Political Economy

Degree(s): 

PhD,听University of Chicago

Office: 
Leacock 525
Curriculum vitae: 
Research areas: 
Macroeconomics
Econometrics
Finance
Biography: 

Jean-Marie Dufour is an economist and statistician who specializes in the development of methods for the analysis of economic and financial data. He holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics (9I制作厂免费), a M.Sc. in Statistics (Universit茅 de Montr茅al), and a Ph.D. in Economics (University of Chicago). Between 1979 and 2007, he was Professor of Economics at the Universit茅 de Montr茅al, where he held the Canada Research Chair in Econometrics (2001-2007). Since 2007, he is Professor of Economics at 9I制作厂免费 and holds the William Dow Chair in Economics. From 2007 to 2016, he was also a held the prestigious title of Bank of Canada Research Fellow. His research involves important contributions to econometric methodology -- especially the development of more reliable statistical tests in structural and dynamic models (simulation-based inference, identification, causality), nonparametric methods in econometrics, financial statistics (asset pricing models, volatility modelling), methods for inequality analysis, and empirical work on a wide range of economic issues, such as taxation and investment, export financing, policy analysis in developing countries, dynamic macroeconomic models for forecasting and policy evaluation, the pricing of financial assets, and inequality measurement. He has published more than 150 articles, book chapters and special issue, most of which in international journals and publishers.


The quality of his research has been recognized by several prizes, including: Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Fellow of the Econometric Society, Fellow of the American Statistical Association, Elected member de l'International Statistical Institute, Fellow of the International Association for Applied Econometrics, Fellow of the Canadian Economics Association, the Killam Prize for Social Science (Government of Canada), the L茅on-G茅rin Prize for human sciences (Government of Qu茅bec), the Marcel-Vincent prize for the social sciences (Association francophone pour le savoir), the Konrad-Adenauer Research award (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany), the John Rae Prize for Outstanding Research (Canadian Economics Association), the Marcel-Dagenais prize (Soci茅t茅 canadienne de science 茅conomique), a Guggenheim Fellowship (USA), a Killam Fellowship, the Pierre-de-Fermat Chair of Excellence (Universit茅 de Toulouse I, 2011-2013), and a Banco Santander "C谩tedra de Excelencia" (Universitad Carlos III de Madrid, 2011-2012). He is also Officier de l'Ordre National du Qu茅bec (2006) and Officer of the Order of Canada (2008).


Jean-Marie Dufour has been very active in scientific organizations and conference organizations, including: President of the Canadian Economics Association (2002-2003), President of the Soci茅t茅 Canadienne de Science 脡conomique (1999-2000), Director of the Canadian Econometric Study Group (since 2002), Director of the Centre de recherche et d茅veloppement en 茅conomique, Member of North American Regional Standing Committee of The Econometric Society (2015-2016), Member of Governing Council of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (since 2013), Member of Donner Prize Jury for the Best Public Policy Book by a Canadian (since 2014), Director of a research group on "Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Financial Modelling and Risk Management" within one of the Canadian networks of centers of excellence (MITACS). He recently organized in Montr茅al the 2015 World Congress of the Econometric Society, the most prestigious international meeting in the field of Economics. He is very well known outside Canada and has frequently visited prestigious international universities.

Jean-Marie Dufour est titulaire de la chaire William Dow d鈥櫭塩onomie politique 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 9I制作厂免费 et l鈥檜n des 茅conomistes et 茅conom猫tres les plus r茅put茅s au Canada. Depuis 2007, il听 est aussi Boursier de la Banque du Canada, un titre prestigieux. Avant 2007, il 茅tait titulaire de la 听Chaire de recherche du Canada en 茅conom茅trie 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 de Montr茅al. Gr芒ce 脿 son expertise dans l鈥檃pplication de m茅thodes statistiques et math茅matiques aux questions 茅conomiques, le professeur 听Dufour a apport茅 une contribution importante aux domaines de la mod茅lisation macro茅conomique dynamique, la macro茅conomie structurelle et les finances, l鈥檌nflation, l鈥櫭﹖ablissement des prix des actifs financiers, la relation entre l鈥檌mp么t et l鈥檌nvestissement ainsi que le financement des exportations. Ses travaux de recherche actuels portent sur un large 茅ventail de sujets li茅s 脿 la macro茅conom茅trie, l鈥櫭ヽonom茅trie financi猫re, les statistiques, la macro茅conomie et la croissance. La qualit茅 de ses travaux a 茅t茅 soulign茅e par de nombreux prix et reconnaissances, en particulier: membre de la Soci茅t茅 royale du Canada, Fellow de l鈥橢conometric Society, Fellow de l鈥橝merican Statistical Association, membre honoraire de l'Association canadienne d'茅conomique,听 membre 茅lu de 听l鈥橧nternational Statistical Institute, le Prix Killam Prize pour les sciences sociales (Gouvernement du Canada), le Prix L茅on-G茅rin Prize pour les sciences humaines (Gouvernement du Qu茅bec), le Prix Marcel-Vincent pour les sciences sociales (Association francophone pour le savoir]), le Prix Konrad-Adenauer (Fondation Alexander von Humboldt, Allemagne), le Prix John-Rae d鈥檈xcellence en recherche (Canadian Economics Association), le Prix Marcel-Dagenais (Soci茅t茅 canadienne de science economique), une bourse Guggenheim (USA), une bourse Killam, la Chaire d鈥檈xcellence Pierre-de-Fermat (Universit茅 de Toulouse I, 2011-2013), et une bourse Banco Santander 鈥淐谩tedra de Excelencia鈥 (Universitad Carlos III de Madrid, 2011-2012). 听Il est aussi Officier de l鈥橭rdre National du Qu茅bec (2006) et 听Officier of de l鈥橭rdre du Canada (2008).

Jean-Marie Dufour est tr猫s actif dans les organismes scientifiques et l鈥檕rganisation de colloques, notamment: Pr茅sident de la Canadian Economics Association (2002-2003), Pr茅sident听 de la Soci茅t茅听 canadienne de science 茅conomique (1999-2000), directeur du Canadian Econometric听 Study Group (depuis 2002), directeur du听 Centre de recherche et d茅veloppement 听en economique, membre du North American Regional Standing Committee de l鈥橢conometric Society (2015-2016), membre du Conseil d鈥檃dministration du Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada (depuis 2013), membre du jury du Prix Donner pour le meilleur ouvrage sur les politiques publiques r茅dig茅 par un auteur canadien听 (depuis 2014), 听directeur d鈥檜ne groupe de recherche sur le th猫me 芦听M茅thodes math茅matiques et statistiques pour la mod茅lisation financi猫re et la gestion du risque 听(MITACS). Il a r茅cemment organis茅 脿 Montr茅al le Congr猫s mondial 2015 de la Soci茅t茅 茅conom茅trique, 听l鈥櫭﹙茅nement scientifique international le plus prestigieux dans le domaine de l鈥櫭ヽonomie. Il est tr猫s connu 脿 l鈥櫭﹖ranger et fr茅quemment invit茅 dans les centres et universit茅s les plus prestigieux 脿 l鈥櫭ヽhelle internationale.

Current appointments

  • Officer of the Order of Canada (O.C.), Government of Canada (Governor General), 2008 -

  • Officer of the National Order of Qu茅bec (O.Q.) [Officier de l'Ordre national du Qu茅bec], Government of Qu茅bec, 2006 -

  • Bank of Canada Research Fellow, 2007-2011, and 2012-2016.听

  • Fellow of the American Statistical Association, 2005 -

  • Fellow of the Econometric Society, 1998 -

  • Fellow of The Royal Society of Canada, The Canadian Academy of the Sciences and Humanities, 1997 -听

  • Research Fellow, Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organizations (CIRANO), 1998 -听

  • Research Fellow, Center for Interuniversity Research on Quantitative Economics (CIREQ), 1999 -

  • Director of the Canadian Econometric Study Group, 2002 -
  • Member of North American Regional Standing Committee, The Econometric Society, 2015-2016.
  • Member of Governing Council, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, June 2013- 2016.
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Statistical Society of Canada, July 2014 - 2016.听
  • Member of the Donner Prize Jury for the Best Public Policy Book by a Canadian, 2014 -听
  • Member of Selection Committee for Killam Prizes and Research Fellowships, Canada Council for the Arts, 2016-2019.
  • Invited Research Professor, Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Halle, Germany, 2007 -
  • Member of Technical Committee for the indicator jefaisMTL (Je fais Montr茅al), City of Montreal, 2015 -

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