Dr. Kenneth G. Stewart

Ken Stewart joined the University of Victoria in 1984 prior to receiving his PhD from the University of Michigan in 1986. He had earlier earned an AM in Economics (1980) and an AM in Statistics (1982) from the University of Michigan and an MSc in Economics (1978) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. His undergraduate degree was an Honours BA with a double major in Economics and Mathematics (1977) from Dalhousie University, where he graduated with first class honours and was awarded the University Medal in Economics in his graduating year.

Ken teaches econometrics and macroeconomics, while his research interests are in theoretical and applied econometrics. His theoretical papers deal chiefly with properties of test statistics, while his applied work is primarily in the areas of empirical industrial organization and demand analysis. 

His research papers have appeared in journals such as Applied Financial Economics, Econometric Reviews, Economic Inquiry, Economic Policy, Economics Letters, Empirical Economics, the Journal of Industrial Economics, the Journal of Productivity Analysis, and the Review of Economics and Statistics. He is the author of the textbook Introduction to Applied Econometrics (Thomson/Cengage—Brooks/Cole, 2005), and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Sport Management."

Interests

• Econometrics

Faces of UVic Research video

In this video, Dr. Stewart discusses the importance of econometrics.

Courses

• ECON 204, Intermediate Macroeconomics
• ECON 333, Introduction to Economic Growth
• ECON 345, Applied Econometrics
• ECON 365, Econometrics: Part I
• ECON 366, Econometrics: Part II
• ECON 468, Financial Econometrics

Selected publications

(for complete list, check Dr. Stewart's website):

• Stewart K.G., 2022. "How important are land values in house price growth? Evidence from Canadian cities," Canadian Journal of Economics 55(1), pages 249-271, February.
• Stewart K.G., 2020. "Subsample." Maggino F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69909-7_3640-2
• Stewart, K.G. and Li, J., 2018. "Are Factor Biases and Substitution Identifiable? The Canadian Evidence," Canadian Journal of Economics, 51(2), 528-548.
• Stewart, K.G. "Normalized CES supply systems: Replication of Klump, McAdam, and Willman (2007)," Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2017:1-7;1–7. doi: 10.1002/jae.2591.
• "Treating cross-dependence in event studies: the Canadian income trust leak," with L. Zheng, Applied Financial Economics. 21, 2011, pp. 369-377.
• "Are sports teams multi-product firms?" with J.C.H. Jones, Empirical Economics. 39, 2010, pp. 487-514.
• "Non-jointness and scope economies in the multiproduct symmetric generalized McFadden cost function," Journal of Productivity Analysis 32, 2009, pp. 161-171.
• "International competition in corporate taxation: Evidence from the OECD time series," with M. Webb, Economic Policy, January 2006, pp. 155-201.
• "Competition within a cartel: League conduct and team conduct in the market for baseball player services," with J.C.H. Jones and D.G. Ferguson, Review of Economics and Statistics, 82, 2000, pp. 422-430.
• "Gauss-Newton, Milliken-Graybill, and exact misspecification testing using artificial regressions," Econometric Reviews, 19, 2000, pp. 233-240.