Zara Liaqat is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics. Her work spans international trade, macroeconomics, and development economics, using a combination of administrative data, surveys, and field experiments. She is particularly interested in exploring how firms in developing countries respond to uncertainty, from political tensions, conflict, climate change, and trade disruptions, to shifts in expectations and sentiment (see f

Spotlight on LED Bank of Canada Governor’s Challenge Team We’re so proud to recognize our 2025-2026 Bank of Canada Governor’s Challenge team and everything they accomplished this year. While we did not advance to the final round, our students were recognized as a runner-up team in a highly competitive national competition with over 100 students from 27 universities participating in the first round. What this team accomplished is genuinely impressive. The judges praised the t

Michael Davenport, Laurier alumnus, is currently working as a Senior Economist on the Macro Forecasting and Analysis team at Oxford Economics. Oxford Economics is the world's largest group of private sector economists and a world leader in global forecasting, quantitative analysis, and economic consulting. Michael graduated from Laurier with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Financial Management in 2020. He then went on to complete his Master of Arts in Economics at the Uni

Hello Laurier community! The Laurier Economics Department has launched its 8 th annual fund drive for the Food Bank of Waterloo Region. To promote the drive, we are offering an informal “Ask An Economist” event! Over the next few weeks. Economics faculty will be on hand in the Lazaridis Hall Atrium to promote our Fund Drive. Feel free to drop by and see how economists might answer questions that people ask every day – perhaps you are trying to decide what to buy your niece

The Department of Economics in the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University is happy to announce the winners of the winter/spring 2025 Undergraduate Research Prize. The Department awards The Peter Sinclair Undergraduate Research Prize for research papers, typically those submitted to EC481, our capstone research project course. This year’s Peter Sinclair Undergraduate Research Prize is awarded to Neil Gawri . In his paper “Operation Murambatsv

Congratulations to all our newly-minted alumni who officially graduated on October 16!The Fall Convocation is slightly smaller than in Spring, and not everyone graduating can make it to the ceremonies. So it was great to see seven out of our nine graduating MABE students (pictured) back on campus, along with around 80 Honours and Bachelors graduates crossing the stage. Many thanks to all the faculty and staff who make Convocation a memorable time for our graduates and their f

Refreshed, Rejuvenated, and Refocused: Highlights of Sabbatical Logan McLeod , Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, is a...

Amelia Graham (MABE 2025) Reflects on Key Takeaways from Her First Academic Conference This past summer, Master of Arts in Business...

The Laurier Economics Department partnered with the Laurier Cricket Club @lauriercricketclub  for our third annual...

A decades-old tradition at the annual conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum , is the Buffalo Transport Debate , in...

July 1 marks the start of a new academic year, and that means changes in the faculty at the Lazaridis Economics Department (LED). Steffen...

As the 2024-25 academic year draws to a close, it’s worth reflecting on the great contributions made by Lazaridis Economics Department...

That’s a wrap! Let’s take a look at what the Laurier Business & Economics Review (LBER) has been up to for 2024/25 The Laurier Business...

Theresa Okosun graduated from Laurier with a Master of Arts in Business Economics in 2019. She is currently a Senior Data Specialist at...

The Lazaridis School’s Department of Economics faculty, students, and staff gathered on the afternoon of April 1 in Lazaridis Hall for...

The Laurier Economics Department is saddened to learn of the passing of David Gillen. David was a valued colleague at Laurier for 23...

Joe Lyons-Rising graduated from Laurier just over 20 years ago, and after a couple of decades working in consumer packaged goods (CPG)...

By: Jeff Chan, LCERPA Director On February 12th, 2025, Lazaridis Hall at Wilfrid Laurier University played host to the economics...

New export opportunities and foreign direct investment in low-income countries Brian McCaig, Professor in the Department of Economics,...

Throughout the academic year, there are numerous events and opportunities that Laurier Economics students can participate in to deepen...