Claude Montmarquette
Canadian economist
Claude Montmarquette (20 December 1942 – 8 September 2021) was a Canadian economist. He taught at the Université de Montréal for several decades.
Biography
Montmarquette studied at the Université de Montréal and earned a degree in economic sciences. He then earned a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He became a researcher at CIRANO and at the Centre de recherche en développement économique. He became a member of the Royal Society of Canada in 1998 for his contributions to the fields of experimental economics and applied econometrics. In 2005, he was a signatory of Pour un Québec lucide.
Montmarquette led the experimental economics department at the Université de Montréal from 2005 to 2012. In 2010, he was elected to the Académie des Grands Montréalais. He became a Member of the Order of Canada in 2012.
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