Economics

Tom Barbiero, PhD

OFFICE: JOR-221
TELEPHONE: 416-979-5000 ext 6265
EMAIL: barbiero@ryerson.ca

EDUCATION

Ph.D., University of Toronto

RESEARCH INTERESTS

International Institutions, Economic History

PUBLICATIONS

C. McConnell, S. Brue, Flynn, S., T. Barbiero, Microeconomics, 12th Canadian edition, Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, forthcoming 2010.

C. McConnell, S. Brue, Flynn, S., T. Barbiero, Macroeconomics, 12th Canadian edition, Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, forthcoming 2010.

“Trade in Capital Goods and International Co-Movements of Macroeconomic Variables,”
(with K. Yoshimine). Open Economies Review, Vol. 20, Issue 1, February 2009

C. McConnell, S. Brue, T. Barbiero, Microeconomics, 11th Canadian edition, Toronto:
McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2007.

C. McConnell, S. Brue, T. Barbiero, Macroeconomics, 11th Canadian edition, Toronto:
McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2007.

"Evolution and the Scarcity Problem" (with M. Hadad), Journal of Social and
Evolutionary Systems, Vol. 19, No. 4, 1996.

"Agriculture, Demand, and Industrial Growth in Lombardy, 1861-1914", Journal of
European Economic History, Fall, 1991.

"The Role of Agriculture in Industrial Development: Symbiotic Versus Parasitic" (with
A. Brown), The American Economist, Spring, 1991.

"A Reassessment of Agricultural Production in Italy, 1861-1914: The Case of
Lombardy", Journal of European Economic History, Spring, 1988.

WORKING PAPERS

The IMF and the New Governance Reforms: A Public Choice Interpretation, (With J.L.
Alvarez), under review

“The Role of International Institutions in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis”
(with Jose Luis Alvarez), in progress

“Institutions and Identity as Explanations for Low Fertility Levels in Italy and Spain
Compared with Those in Other OECD Countries” (with Jose Luis Alvarez), in progress

TEACHING FIELDS