Alex Chernoff: Professional Experience
Alex Chernoff: Professional Experience
Alex Chernoff: Professional Experience
Professional Experience
Bank of Canada, International Economic Analysis Department, Senior Economist, 2016-present
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Office of the Child and Youth Advocate, Advocacy
Services Specialist, 2006-2007
Futures in Newfoundland and Labrador’s Youth, Executive Director, 2004-2006
Education
PhD, Economics, Queen’s University, 2010-2016
MA, Economics, Queen’s University, 2009-2010
BA, Economics, University of Manitoba, 2007-2009
BPhil, Interdisciplinary Leadership Studies, University of New Brunswick, 2000-2003
Research Interests
Applied Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics, International Trade, Economic History,
Urban Economics, Agricultural Economics
Published Papers
“Between a Cap and a Higher Price: Modeling the Price of Dairy Quotas under Price Ceiling
Legislation,” Canadian Journal of Economics, 48(4), (November, 2015): 1403-1429
“1871 Productivity Differentials and the Decline of the Maritime Manufacturing Sector,” Acadiensis,
XLII(1), (Winter/Spring 2014): 65-88
Research Awards
C.A. Curtis Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis in Economics at Queen’s University, 2017-2018
Robert Mundell Prize for Best Article Published in the Canadian Journal of Economics by a Young
Author, 2015
Atlantic Canada Economics Association Conference Best Student Presentation Award, 2015
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Research Grants
Network to Study Productivity from a Firm-Level Perspective Research Grant, 2014-2016
John Deutsch Institute Doctoral Stipend, 2014-2015
Donald S. Rickerd Fellowship, 2013-2014
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship, 2012-2014
Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy and Competitiveness Research Network Grant, 2012-2013
Alan G. Green Travel Stipend for Economic History, 2012
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 2012-2013
Queen’s University E.G. Bauman Fellowship, 2011-2012
Queen’s University R.S. McLaughlin Fellowship, 2010-2011
SSHRC J.A. Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship, 2009-2010
Manitoba Graduate Scholarship, 2008-2009
Conference Presentations
2018: Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics Association; European Meeting of the Econo-
metric Society; European Association for Research in Industrial Economics Annual Conference;
International Association for Applied Econometrics Annual Conference; NBER Summer Insti-
tute; OECD Annual Conference of the Global Forum on Productivity; Rocky Mountain Empirical
Trade Conference; Statistics Canada Socio-Economic Workshop
2017: Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics Association; International Association for
Applied Econometrics Annual Conference; Annual Congress of the European Economic Associa-
tion; European Association for Research in Industrial Economics Annual Conference; Canadian
Network for Economic History Conference
2016: Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics Association, North American Productivity
Workshop
2015: Annual Meeting of the Economic History Association; Cliometric Society Annual Conference;
Canadian Resource and Environmental Economics Study Group Annual Conference; Annual
Conference of the Canadian Economics Association; Atlantic Canada Economics Association
Conference
2014: Annual Meeting of the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium; Annual Con-
ference of the Canadian Economics Association; Canadian Network for Economic History Con-
ference
2013: Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics Association; Annual Meeting of the Inter-
national Agricultural Trade Research Consortium; Annual Workshop of the ERCA Research
Network on the Structure and Performance of Agriculture and Agri-products Industry; Third
Annual Canadian Agricultural Policy Conference
2012: Canadian Network for Economic History Conference; Atlantic Canada Economics Association
Conference
Teaching Experience
Online Introductory Undergraduate Microeconomics, Instructor, Queen’s University, 2015
MA Econometrics, Teaching Assistant, Queen’s University, 2014
Introductory Undergraduate Econometrics, Instructor, Queen’s University, 2013
PhD Econometrics, Teaching Assistant, Queen’s University, 2012
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Volunteer/Service Experience
Canadian Network to Study Productivity from a Firm-Level Perspective. Participated in SSHRC
Partnership Grant Proposal Development, 2015
Canadian Commission for UNESCO Youth Advisory Group, 2005-2010
Canadian Community Economic Development Network, Co-Chair Emerging Leaders Youth Com-
mittee, 2006-2009