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Jean-Marie Dufour

Academic title(s): 

Professor &ĚýWilliam 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,ĚýUniversity 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 (±«ÓăÖ±˛Ą), a M.Sc. in Statistics (UniversitĂ© de MontrĂ©al), and a Ph.D. in Economics (University of Chicago). Between 1979 and 2007, he was Professor of Economics at the UniversitĂ© de MontrĂ©al, where he held the Canada Research Chair in Econometrics (2001-2007). Since 2007, he is Professor of Economics at ±«ÓăÖ±˛Ą 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 Léon-Gérin Prize for human sciences (Government of Québec), 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 (Société canadienne de science économique), a Guggenheim Fellowship (USA), a Killam Fellowship, the Pierre-de-Fermat Chair of Excellence (Université de Toulouse I, 2011-2013), and a Banco Santander "Cátedra de Excelencia" (Universitad Carlos III de Madrid, 2011-2012). He is also Officier de l'Ordre National du Québec (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 Société Canadienne de Science Économique (1999-2000), Director of the Canadian Econometric Study Group (since 2002), Director of the Centre de recherche et développement en économique, 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 Montréal 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.

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Jean-Marie Dufour est titulaire de la chaire William Dow d’Économie politique Ă  l’UniversitĂ© ±«ÓăÖ±˛Ą et l’un des Ă©conomistes et Ă©conomètres les plus rĂ©putĂ©s au Canada. Depuis 2007, ilĚý est aussi Boursier de la Banque du Canada, un titre prestigieux. Avant 2007, il Ă©tait titulaire de la ĚýChaire de recherche du Canada en Ă©conomĂ©trie Ă  l’UniversitĂ© de MontrĂ©al. Grâce Ă  son expertise dans l’application de mĂ©thodes statistiques et mathĂ©matiques aux questions Ă©conomiques, le professeur ĚýDufour a apportĂ© une contribution importante aux domaines de la modĂ©lisation macroĂ©conomique dynamique, la macroĂ©conomie structurelle et les finances, l’inflation, l’établissement des prix des actifs financiers, la relation entre l’impĂ´t et l’investissement ainsi que le financement des exportations. Ses travaux de recherche actuels portent sur un large Ă©ventail de sujets liĂ©s Ă  la macroĂ©conomĂ©trie, l’économĂ©trie financière, les statistiques, la macroĂ©conomie et la croissance. La qualitĂ© de ses travaux a Ă©tĂ© soulignĂ©e par de nombreux prix et reconnaissances, en particulier: membre de la SociĂ©tĂ© royale du Canada, Fellow de l’Econometric Society, Fellow de l’American Statistical Association, membre honoraire de l'Association canadienne d'Ă©conomique,Ěý membre Ă©lu de Ěýl’International Statistical Institute, le Prix Killam Prize pour les sciences sociales (Gouvernement du Canada), le Prix LĂ©on-GĂ©rin Prize pour les sciences humaines (Gouvernement du QuĂ©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’excellence en recherche (Canadian Economics Association), le Prix Marcel-Dagenais (SociĂ©tĂ© canadienne de science economique), une bourse Guggenheim (USA), une bourse Killam, la Chaire d’excellence Pierre-de-Fermat (UniversitĂ© de Toulouse I, 2011-2013), et une bourse Banco Santander “Cátedra de Excelencia” (Universitad Carlos III de Madrid, 2011-2012). ĚýIl est aussi Officier de l’Ordre National du QuĂ©bec (2006) et ĚýOfficier of de l’Ordre du Canada (2008).

Jean-Marie Dufour est très actif dans les organismes scientifiques et l’organisation de colloques, notamment: PrĂ©sident de la Canadian Economics Association (2002-2003), PrĂ©sidentĚý de la SociĂ©tĂ©Ěý canadienne de science Ă©conomique (1999-2000), directeur du Canadian EconometricĚý Study Group (depuis 2002), directeur duĚý Centre de recherche et dĂ©veloppement Ěýen economique, membre du North American Regional Standing Committee de l’Econometric Society (2015-2016), membre du Conseil d’administration 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 rĂ©digĂ© par un auteur canadienĚý (depuis 2014), Ěýdirecteur d’une groupe de recherche sur le thème «ĚýMĂ©thodes mathĂ©matiques et statistiques pour la modĂ©lisation financière et la gestion du risque Ěý(MITACS). Il a rĂ©cemment organisĂ© Ă  MontrĂ©al le Congrès mondial 2015 de la SociĂ©tĂ© Ă©conomĂ©trique, Ěýl’évĂ©nement scientifique international le plus prestigieux dans le domaine de l’économie. Il est très connu Ă  l’étranger et frĂ©quemment invitĂ© dans les centres et universitĂ©s les plus prestigieux Ă  l’échelle internationale.

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Current appointments

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

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

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

  • 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 -Ěý

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

  • 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.Ěý
  • Member of the Donner Prize Jury for the Best Public Policy Book by a Canadian, 2014 -Ěý
  • Member of Selection Committee for Killam Prizes and Research Fellowships, Canada Council for the Arts, 2016-2019.
  • Invited Research Professor, Institut fĂĽr Wirtschaftsforschung Halle, Germany, 2007 -
  • Member of Technical Committee for the indicator jefaisMTL (Je fais MontrĂ©al), City of Montreal, 2015 -

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