- Professor
University of Calgary
Jean-Francois Wen
Research Interests
Currently Teaching
| F2012 - ECON 401 - Public Sector Econ:Expenditures | ||||||||||
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| F2012 - ECON 651 - Redistribution & Social Insurance | ||||||||||
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| W2013 - ECON 357 - Intermediate Economic Theory - Microeconomics II | ||||||||||
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| W2013 - ECON 403 - Public Sector Econ:Taxation | ||||||||||
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About Me:
I was born in Singapore of Belgian and Chinese parents, my family wending its way to beautiful New Brunswick where I grew up. I worked as a researcher at the Bank of Canada for three years prior to doing my Ph.D. at Queen’s University in Kingston, completing in 1993. I was a faculty member in the School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, before joining the University of Calgary as Associate Professor in the summer of 1999. Most of my work addresses issues of taxation and subsidies in the presence of asymmetric information, or the effects of taxes on economic growth. I am an avid chess player, I enjoy sports, am married to Gabrielle (Doyle), and have two wonderful sons, Sebastien and Aedan.
Current Research:
# Social Spending as the Choice of the Governing Elite, with F. Gonzalez.
# Public Utility Privatizations, with L. Yuan. PDF version
# Factor Taxes and Business Location, with E. Beaulieu and K. McKenzie
Working Papers
#2011-16 - A Theory of Top Income Taxation and Social Insurance
By Francisco M. Gonzalez and Jean-Francois Wen
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#2011-14 - Payroll Taxes in Canada from 1997 to 2007
By Jean-Francois Wen and Rui Wan
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#2010-26 - Contract Stability and Private Infrastructure Investment
By Jean-Francois Wen and Fatih Yilmaz
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#2010-08 - An Empirical Model of Tax Convexity and Self-Employment
By Jean-Francois Wen and Gordon, Daniel V.
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#2001-20 - Playing the Field - An Evolutionary Approach to Information Transmission in Stock Markets
By Jean-Francois Wen and Cressman, R.
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Publications
Book
- Wen, Jean-Francois, Rosen, H., Snoddon, T., Dahlby, B. and Smith, R.. Public Finance in Canada, 3rd edition McGraw-Hill, 2008. Print.
Journal Article
- Wen, Jean-Francois and Yuan, Lasheng. "Optimal Privatization of Vertical Public Utilities". Canadian Journal of Economics, (2009). Print.
- Wen, Jean-Francois and Garcia-Penalosa, C.. "Redistribution and Entrepreneurship with Schumpeterian Growth (Published version of CESifo Working Paper 1323, 2004). ". Journal of Economic Growth 13.1 (2008): 57-80. Print.
- Wen, Jean-Francois and Eaton, B. C.. "Myopic Deterrence Policies and the Instability of Equilibria". Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 65.3-4 (2008): 609-624. Print.
- Wen, Jean-Francois and Snoddon, T.. "Grants Structure and the Intergovernmental Fiscal Game". Economics of Governance 4. (2003): 115-126. Print.
- Wen, Jean-Francois and Vigneault, M.. "Profit Taxes and the Growth of Fringe Firms". Canadian Journal of Economics 35.4 (2002): 717-736. Print.
- Wen, Jean-Francois and Scoones, D.. "Common and Private Values of the Firm in Tax Competition". Journal of Public Economic Theory 3.4 (2001). Print.
- Wen, Jean-Francois and Gillen, D.. "Taxing Hydroelectric Rents in Ontario". Canadian Public Policy 26.1 (2000). Print.
- Wen, Jean-Francois, Cressman, R. and Gaunersdorfer, A.. "Evolutionary and Dynamic Stability in Symmetric Evolutionary Games with Two Independent Decisions". International Game Theory Review 2.1 (2000). Print.
- Wen, Jean-Francois and Love, D.R.F.. "Inflation, Welfare, and the Time-Costs of Transacting". Canadian Journal of Economics 32.1 (1999). Print.
- Wen, Jean-Francois, Cressman, R. and Morrison, W.G.. "On the Evolutionary Dynamics of Crime". Canadian Journal of Economics 31.5 (1998). Print.
- Wen, Jean-Francois and Love, D.R.F.. "Tax Reforms in a Monetary Economy". Journal of Macroeconomics 20.2 (1998). Print.
- Wen, Jean-Francois and Devereux, M.B.. "Capital Taxation, Political Instability, and Growth". European Economic Review 42.9 (1998). Print.
- Wen, Jean-Francois. "Tax Holidays and the International Capital Market". International Tax and Public Finance 4.2 (1997). Print.
Uncategorized
- Wen, Jean-Francois and Yilmaz, Fatih. Contract Stability and Private Infrastructure Investment 2010-26 2010.
- Wen, Jean-Francois and Wan, Rui. Payroll Taxes in Canada from 1997 to 2007 2011-14 1969.
- Gonzalez, Francisco M. and Wen, Jean-Francois. A Theory of Top Income Taxation and Social Insurance 2011-16 1969.
- Wen, Jean-Francois. An Incentive Compatible Corporation Tax 2001-18
- Wen, Jean-Francois. Eliminating Alberta's Personal Income Tax: (When) can Heritage Fund income replace tax revenues? 2001-19
- Wen, Jean-Francois and Cressman, R.. Playing the Field - An Evolutionary Approach to Information Transmission in Stock Markets 2001-20
- Wen, Jean-Francois and Gordon, Daniel V.. An Empirical Model of Tax Convexity and Self-Employment 2010-08
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