Mohammad Alam
Assistant Professor Lazaridis School of Business and Economics Economics Waterloo, Ontario moalam@wlu.ca
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Bio/Research
I am an economist specializing in monetary policy, applied macroeconomics, firm dynamics, and the use of machine learning in economics. I received my PhD in Economics from the University of Calgary.
Before joining Wilfrid Laurier University as an assistant professor, I held academic posi...
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Before joining Wilfrid Laurier University as an assistant professor, I held academic posi...
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Bio/Research
I am an economist specializing in monetary policy, applied macroeconomics, firm dynamics, and the use of machine learning in economics. I received my PhD in Economics from the University of Calgary.
Before joining Wilfrid Laurier University as an assistant professor, I held academic positions at Texas A&M University, Western Michigan University, and Truman State University, and I served as an instructor and postdoctoral fellow at HEC Montréal.
My research has been published in leading journals, and my teaching integrates artificial intelligence, data science, and applied econometrics to support coding-based, reproducible research in economics.
My research examines how monetary policy influences firm behavior, productivity, and resource misallocation, with a particular focus on supply-side channels that operate through investment, innovation, and capital adjustment. I also study firm dynamics, international trade, and the macroeconomic implications of policy shocks. A growing part of my work integrates machine learning and large-scale business datasets to improve causal inference, synthetic data generation, and forecasting. My ongoing projects explore the differential effects of monetary policy on misallocation, the accuracy of generative-AI-based inflation forecasts, and the role of sentiment dispersion, trade policy, and natural disasters in shaping economic outcomes.
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Before joining Wilfrid Laurier University as an assistant professor, I held academic positions at Texas A&M University, Western Michigan University, and Truman State University, and I served as an instructor and postdoctoral fellow at HEC Montréal.
My research has been published in leading journals, and my teaching integrates artificial intelligence, data science, and applied econometrics to support coding-based, reproducible research in economics.
My research examines how monetary policy influences firm behavior, productivity, and resource misallocation, with a particular focus on supply-side channels that operate through investment, innovation, and capital adjustment. I also study firm dynamics, international trade, and the macroeconomic implications of policy shocks. A growing part of my work integrates machine learning and large-scale business datasets to improve causal inference, synthetic data generation, and forecasting. My ongoing projects explore the differential effects of monetary policy on misallocation, the accuracy of generative-AI-based inflation forecasts, and the role of sentiment dispersion, trade policy, and natural disasters in shaping economic outcomes.
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Media Relations
Aonghus Kealy
Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855
Lori Chalmers Morrison
Director: Integrated Communications
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(548) 889-4857
Vanessa Barrasa
Director: Communications & Issues Management
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(548) 889-3812
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Director, Strategic Communications and Community Engagement
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(548) 889-4199
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Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855
Lori Chalmers Morrison
Director: Integrated Communications
lchalmersmorrison@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4857
Vanessa Barrasa
Director: Communications & Issues Management
vbarrasa@wlu.ca
(548) 889-3812
Brantford Campus:
Beth Gurney
Director, Strategic Communications and Community Engagement
bgurney@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4199
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