Randall M. Wigle

Associate Director of Global Governance

Balsillie School, Department of Economics, (WLU)

Contact Information

Office Location:  Peters Building, Room 3090
Phone Numbers: 519.884.1970 x2438
E-mail:  rwigle@wlu.ca
Personal web site:  http://www.wlu.ca/sbe/rwigle

Education

Ph. D. University of Western Ontario, 1986
MA University of Windsor 1977
BA University of Windsor 1975

Areas of Specialization

Climate Policy
CGE Modeling
Regional Economic Analysis
Canadian Public Policy

Short Bio

 Randall Wigle is Professor of Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo Ontario, Canada. He has published widely on topics in the areas of international trade policy and environmental economics. The verwhelming majority of this work relates to computable general equilibrium modeling. This modeling simulates the world economy's response to trade and environmental policies.

An important theme in this work is the analysis of environmental and trade policy in an international context. Professor Wigle is currently studying Canadian compliance with the Kyoto Protocol. A research project focusing on the federal--provincial policy dimensions of Kyoto compliance was recently funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Tracy Snoddon is Professor Wigle's co-investigator on the project.

Recently he has studied the nature of `environmental' provisions of trade agreements; linking of international trade and environmental negotiations; and the Uruguay Round trade negotiations. An ongoing branch of his work involves the evaluation of alternative instruments to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.

Professor Wigle has been involved in the preparation of technical reports for Agriculture Canada, the C. D. Howe Institute, Industry Canada, the US Department of Labor and Australia's Productivity (formerly Industry) Commission among others. He recently completed a report on cost issues of Kyoto Compliance for Industry Canada.

Most recent scholarly publications

 Welfare Costs of Border Delays: Numerical Calculations From a Canadian Regional Trade Model'' (with Trien Nguyen), Canadian Journal of Regional Science. (forthcoming)

'`Fraying Over Paying: Who Will Bear the Costs of
Greenhouse Policy'' (joint with Tracy Snoddon) Chapter~10 of Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation Volume V: International and Comparative Perspectives. Oxford University Press. 2008

``Regional Incidence of the Costs of Greenhouse
Policy'' (with Tracy Snoddon) Canadian Journal of Regional Science XXX:2 Summer pp 313--335. 2007

``Impacts of BSE on World Trade in Cattle and Beef:
Implications for the Canadian Economy'' (with Jeevika Weerahewa, Maury Bredahl, and Sudarma Samarajeewa,
Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 55:4 pp 535--549. 2007

Book Review of Dessler and Parson, The Science and
Politics of Global Climate Change: A Guide to the Debate, Canadian Public Policy Vol~32 No~4. 2006

Recent academic / professional awards

 Senior Fellow Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network

Courses Taught

IP611 Economics of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
IP614 Interdisciplinary Seminar in International Environmental Policy
IP621 Economics for Ph. I. G. G. Stream