Professor François Vaillancourt, Ph.D.
Département de sciences économiques
Université de Montréal
Professor Vaillancourt has been selected by a university-wide committee as Kennesaw State University's first Fulbright Canadian Research Scholar, for fall semester 2007.
Professor François Vaillancourt is a full professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Montreal (B.S., 1972). He completed his Ph.D. in 1978 at Queen’s University (Ontario, Canada). His general area of specialization is public economics. He has served as research coordinator for the MacDonald Commission (1983-1986), associate director of the review Canadian Public Policy-Analyse de Politiques (1986-1995), invited scholar at both the University of Toronto and the Australian National University. Additionally, he was appointed as an affiliate scholar to The Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP, 1992-2000) and to the C.D. Howe Institute (2000-2003). He has served as a consultant for various organizations, both at the international level (the World Bank, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the United Nations Development Program) and national level (Quebec language bodies, Statistics Canada, Department of Finance Canada, the Séguin Commission on Fiscal Imbalance).
Topics on which Professor Vaillancourt can speak to classes, student professional organization groups, faculty colloquia, etc.:
- Aging and federalism: Comparing Canada and the USA (Fulbright project)
- The Canadian internal market: Why it does not exist
- Language policies in Québec /Canada and the USA
- An economic perspective on language policies
- Rates of returns to university schooling in Canada
- Ten differences between Canada and the USA that matter to the economy
- Introduction to public finance in Canada (spending, taxes, transfers and debt)
- General introduction to recent history/politics of Canada and/or Québec.
- Tax compliance costs in Canada
- Municipal expenditures and financing in Canada
- The use of property taxation for funding school boards in Canada
Collaborative Research Opportunities:
- Professor Vaillancourt is currently working on the differences in aging between US states and Canadian provinces, which is the first part of his Fulbright research proposal. He is currently completing a “note” in English for publication in CÉPÉA (Chaire d’études politiques et économiques américaines) notes (see http://cepea.cerium.ca/mot.php3?id_mot=7 for more info).
- He is also very interested in simultaneously publishing it as a ''Kennesaw working paper in Canadian studies'' if we can identify a suitable venue for publication.
- He is also available to participate in already planned conferences if a Canadian perspective is seen as useful, as commentator, panel member, etc.
Dates: Primary dates of availability (Contact Bill Griffin, 770-423-6366, to arrange Professor Vaillancourt's schedule to speak in your class.)
- September 10-14
- September 17-21
- September 24-28
- October 8-12
- October 15-19
- November 5-9
- November 12-16, 19
- [November 20-23 Thanksgiving Holiday]
- November 26-30
- December 3-7 [December 4, last day of classes]
Office: 2013 Social Sciences Building
e-Mail: fvaillan@kennesaw.edu
Phone: (678) 797-2504
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