Dr. Thomas Wilson

Professor T. A. Wilson is an economic theorist, applied econometrician and analyst of public policy whose main scholarly contributions have been in the fields of industrial organization and macroeconomics. On the one hand, his book on "Advertising and Market Power" is an outstanding piece of perceptive theoretical and statistical analysis of an elusive and difficult relationship. On the other hand, Wilson's econometric modelling of the Canadian economy has enabled him to analyze and publish important articles on macroeconomic phenomena and policies respecting principally inflation, employment and fiscal policy. In this connection, his early work with the Royal Commission on Taxation was a significant application of dynamic analysis to the understanding of Canadian investment and growth.
Professor Wilson also stimulated the work of others through his unstinting efforts to provide leadership and research facilities for colleagues.