He received his M.A. and PhD in Economics from the University of Toronto. His academic honours include receiving the Dean’s Excellence Award in Research. He also received the Dean’s Excellence Award in Teaching, and being nominated for the Excellence Award in Teaching at the Schulich School of Business. His research on International Economics, and Multinational Finance and Monetary Theory has resulted in publications in the journals of the Canadian Journal of Economics, Economics Letters, Journal of Economics and Business and International Review of Economics and Finance. He has presented papers at many international conferences, including at the Academy of International Business meetings in Stockholm, Sweden, and the American Economics Association meetings in Philadelphia, U.S.A., and the Global Finance meetings in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.