Congratulations to Robert Clarck, Chairholder of the Stephen J.R. Smith Chair in Economic Policy at Queen's University, CIRANO Fellow, and Faculty Advisor at the John Deutsch Institute, on being awarded the Bank of Canada Research Fellowship for 2022!

A leading expert on the industrial organization of financial markets, Professor Clark’s work has studied competition in the banking sector and its implications for financial stability. His research is focused on the evolution of banking market structure, often resulting from changes in regulations or technology and the impact of this evolution on mortgage pricing, access to credit and bank risk. He has also published widely on the economics of industrial organization writ large, including research on procurement policy, price controls and price-fixing.

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