Freylejer, Dr. Leandro
PhD Economics (University of Toronto); MA Economics (Queen's University); BA Economics (University of Manitoba)
Biography
Before joining UNBC, Dr. Freylejer taught at the University of Toronto and was a researcher on an SSHRC/CURA-funded research project focused on living standards. Dr. Freylejer teaches ECON 498/698 - Special Topics: International Macroeconomics, ECON 101 - Macroeconomics, and ECON 311 - Intermediate Macroeconomics.
Research and Expertise
His research and teaching centres on international trade, macroeconomics and econometrics. He is particularly interested in how the interaction of firms, workers, and government shape the patterns and outcomes of global trade. He combines theory and empirics in his research and has worked with U.S., Indian and Canadian data.