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Martin Gervais

Associate Professor
 Leonard A. Hadley Research Fellow
Economics
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The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1994		 Ph: 319-335-2087
Fax: 319-335-1956
E-mail: martin-gervais@uiowa.edu
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Academic History

  • PhD in Economics, The University of Western Ontario, 1999
  • MA in Economics, The University of Western Ontario, 1995
  • MBA, Universite Laval, 1993
  • BA in Accounting, Universite Laval, 1991

Expertise

  • Housing Economics
  • Labor Economics
  • Macroeconomics
  • Public Finance

    Selected Publications

    Working Papers

      Other Work

        Prior Positions

        • Research Associate, Institute for Fiscal Studies, September 2007
        • Professor of Economics, University of Southampton, July 2010 - July 2011
        • Reader of Economics, University of Southampton, July 2007 - July 2010
        • Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, The University of Texas at Austin, January 2009 - May 2010
        • Assistant Professor, University of Western Ontario, July 2002 - July 2007
        • Assistant Professor, Queen's University, July 2001 - July 2002
        • Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, June 1999 - July 2001

          Professional Affiliations

          • Associate Editor, European Economic Review, 2011 - current

          Presentations

          • Optimal Fiscal Policy in the Neo-Classical Growth Model Revisited, Canadian Macro Study Group, Montreal, Canada, November 2012
          • Optimal Fiscal Policy in the Neo-Classical Growth Model Revisited, Western Alumni Conference, London, Canada, September 2012
          • Optimal Unemployment Insurance in a Directed Search Model, Society for Economic Dynamics, Montreal, Canada, June 2012
          • Technological Learning and Labor Market Dynamics, University of Indiana, Bloomington, April 2012
          • Technological Learning and Labor Market Dynamics, Society for Economic Dynamics, Belgium, July 2011
          • Technological Learning and Labor Market Dynamics, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, May 2011
          • Optimal Unemployment Insurance in a Directed Search Model, CIREQ Macroeconomics Conference, Montreal, April 2011
          • Optimal Fiscal Policy in the Neo-Classical Growth Model Revisited, University of Montreal, April 2011
          • Optimal Unemployment Insurance in a Directed Search Model, Queen’s University, April 2011
          • On the Optimality of Age-Dependent Taxes and the Progressive U.S. Tax System, University of Iowa, February 2011
          • On the Optimality of Age-Dependent Taxes and the Progressive U.S. Tax System, University of Oxford, January 2011
          • Optimal Fiscal Policy in the Neo-Classical Growth Model Revisited, University of Waterloo, November 2010
          • Optimal Fiscal Policy in the Neo-Classical Growth Model Revisited, University of Oxford, October 2010
          • Optimal Fiscal Policy in the Neo-Classical Growth Model Revisited, Society for Economic Dynamics, Montreal, July 2010
          • Optimal Fiscal Policy in the Neo-Classical Growth Model Revisited, University of Edinburgh, March 2010
          • Optimal Fiscal Policy in the Neo-Classical Growth Model Revisited, University of Bristol, February 2010
          • Optimal Fiscal Policy in the Neo-Classical Growth Model Revisited, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, February 2010