McGill economics professor Christopher Ragan is the 2009-2010 Clifford Clark Visiting Economist, the federal Department of Finance announced Monday.

Ragan has been the associate professor in the department of economics at McGill University since 1995 and has been a member of the C.D. Howe Institute’s Monetary Policy Council since 2003.

During 2004-05, he served as the special advisor to the governor of the Bank of Canada. He was also a visiting economist at the Bank of Canada between 1996 and 1997.

Ragan’s research has focused on the role of economic policy, specifically the objectives and conduct of monetary policy. He received his PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1990, a Master’s degree in economics from Queen’s University in 1985, and his B.A. Honours in economics from the University of Victoria in 1984.

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