Biography: Alex Maynard joined the Department of Economics at the University of Guelph in 2007, following positions at Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Toronto. He has also spent a year visiting Cowles Foundation at Yale University and a year working as an economist at the Federal Reserve Board. He received his BA from Cornell University, and Ph.D. from Yale University.

Alex Maynard specializes in both Applied and Time Series Econometrics with research interests in International and Empirical Finance. His research has been published or accepted for publication in journals including, Econometric Theory, The Journal of Econometrics , The Review of Economics and Statistics, The Journal of Applied Econometrics, The Canadian Journal of Economics , and The Journal of Empirical Finance.

His research topics have included the forward premium puzzle, predictive testing in empirical finance, long-horizon regressions, causality testing, and the application of quantile regression to study the savings disincentives of public insurance.

Areas of Interest: Applied Econometrics, Econometrics, International Finance, Empirical Finance

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