Abel Brodeur

University of Ottawa, Canada

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Author

Current position

Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Ottawa (2019–present)

Research interest

Applied economics, development, health, and labor economics

Past positions

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Ottawa (2015–2019)

Qualifications

PhD Economics, Paris School of Economics, 2015

Selected publications

  • "War, migration and the origins of the Thai sex industry." Journal of the European Economic Association 16:5 (2018): 1540–1576 (with W. Lekfuangfu and Y. Zylberberg).

  • "The effect of terrorism on employment and consumer sentiment: Evidence from successful and failed terror attacks." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 10:4 (2018): 246–282.

  • "An empirical analysis of taxi, Lyft and Uber rides: Evidence from weather shocks in NYC." Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 152 (2018): 1–16 (with K. Nield).

  • “Publication bias and editorial statement on negative findings.” Economic Journal (Forthcoming) (with C. Blanco-Perez).

  • "Star Wars: The empirics strike back." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 8:1 (2016): 1–32 (with M. Le, M. Sangnier, and Y. Zylberberg).