Ben Atkinson, PhD
Assistant Professor

Office: EA3011
Phone: 403.440.5950
E-mail: batkinson@mtroyal.ca

Education:
PhD. in Economics, University of Alberta, 2002-2007
MA in Economics, Carleton University, 1998
BA (High Honours) in Economics, Carleton University, 1993-1998

Prior to coming to Mount Royal, Ben worked at the Canadian Competition Bureau as a Senior Economist. During this time, he was the lead economist on many files involving both policy analysis and the enforcement of the Competition Act. Many of these files involved the natural resources and transportation sectors of the economy. Since leaving the Bureau, he has gained teaching experience at the University of Alberta’s Augustana campus in Camrose, and Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton. Ben’s primary research areas are Industrial Organization and Competition Policy, particularly in relation to retail gasoline, liquor and airline markets.

Selected Publications:

“Price Matching and the Domino Effect in a Retail Gasoline Market” (with Andrew Eckert and Douglas S. West), Economic Inquiry, 2009, 47: 568-88.

“Retail Gasoline Price Cycles: Evidence from Guelph, Ontario Using Bi-Hourly, Station-Specific Retail Price Data,” The Energy Journal, 2009, 30: 85-109.

“On Retail Gasoline Pricing Websites: Potential Sample Selection Biases and Their Implications for Empirical Research,” Review of Industrial Organization, 2008, 33: 161-75.