Kaymak Baris
Professor
Department of Economics
University of Montreal
Canada
Biography
Kaymak Baris is an Associate Professor Holder of the JW McConnell Family Foundation Chair in American Studies Contact : T elephone 514-343-7979 Pav. PAV.M.CARON-L.GROULX-3200 JB \ bur. C6034 at University of Montreal, Department of Economics, Canada.
Research Interest
Baris Kaymak is Professor of Economics and the Chair of the JW McConnell Family Foundation in American Studies. He is a member of CIREQ (Interuniversity Research Center for Quantitative Economics) and serves on the editorial board of the Canadian Journal of Economics. Baris earned his Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Rochester. In general, his fields of expertise are macroeconomics and labor economics. In particular, he is interested in issues related to the dynamics and distribution of wages, the causes and consequences of economic inequality from the macroeconomic perspective. Areas of expertise: Macroeconomics & Labor economics.
Publications
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Transitional Dynamics and the Optimality of Progressive Income Redistribution (with O. Bakis and M. Poschke), Review of Economic Dynamics 18 (3), 2015
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The Rising Skill Premium and Deunionization (with O. Acikgoz), Journal of Monetary Economics 61 (3), 2014
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The evolution of wealth inequality over a century: the role of taxes, transfers and technology (with M. Poschke), Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol. 77 (1), 2016
