Barbara J. Spencer is an Australian-Canadian economist

Economist

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Spencer received her Bachelor of Economics in 1967 at Australian National University

Australian National University

The Australian National University is a teaching and research university located in the Australian capital, Canberra.As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students...

, her Masters of Economics in 1970 at Monash University

Monash University

Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....

, and her Ph.D. in 1979 at Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University

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. Since 1985 she has been a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research

National Bureau of Economic Research

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 and, since 1988, she has been the Asia Pacific Professor in Trade Policy at the University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

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. Her research interests include international trade theory and policy, industrial organization

Industrial organization

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, international business

International Business

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, business and government, as well as intermediate microeconomics

Microeconomics

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From 2004 to 2005 she was President of the Canadian Economics Association

Canadian Economics Association

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Her 1985 paper (with James A. Brander) Export Subsidies and International Market Share Rivalry was the most cited paper in the The Journal of International Economics since the inception of the journal in 1971.

External links

• Barbara Spencer at the Sauder School of Business
• Spencer, Barbara J. at isiknowledge.com