The Department of Economics is pleased to welcome newly appointed Associate Professor Mitsuru (Michi) Igami. Professor Igami comes to the University of Toronto from Yale where he has been since 2012. He has served terms as a visiting professor at Stanford, MIT, and UBC.
His reasons for choosing the University of Toronto are rooted in the opportunities available here.
“Because it is simply the best place on the planet to do my kind of research! Specifically, UofT has one of the most vibrant groups of Industrial Organization (IO) economists in the world, with emphasis on dynamic structural econometrics and the economics of innovation,” Igami said. “And then the city of Toronto is also among the best places to live, especially for an Asian family with a little kid.”
Current co-editor of the International Journal of Industrial Organization and associate editor of the Japanese Economic Review, the Tokyo-born Igami completed his PhD at UCLA. He brings a varied background and range of research and teaching interests to the appointment.
“Before I became an academic economist, I studied law and political science, briefly worked in finance and government, and got quickly bored in all of them,” he said. “Then I started learning economics, in 2004, and, before I knew it, two decades had passed!”
Professor Igami will teach courses in undergraduate-level empirical industrial organization, undergraduate-level economics of innovation, and PhD-level industrial organization.
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