David Robinson

Biography

David Robinson, PhD,  is an economist. He is currrnetly working on a spatial model of property taxation.

As a leading expert on Northern Ontario economic development, he was the first person to identify and promote the Northern Ontario Mining Supply and Service sector as our leading sector. He was also the first person to propose Northern Ontario School of Architecture. He has consulted for forest-dependent communities and written on the economics of community forestry. He is best known publically for over 200 columns in Northern Ontario Business Magazine, and in Sudbury Mining Solutions, the trade journal for the local Mining Supply and Services sector  which he helped found. He does frequent interviews in broadcast media has been a guest on TVO's Agenda several times and is often a featured speaker at conferences and events. He is a fellow of the Northern Policy Insitute.

He has written a book on a book on the Economics of Community Forestry and co-authored a book on 2x2 game theory and is completing a book on  Northern Ontario Sustainable Development

He currently teaches Game Theory and Natural Resource Economics,and Public Finance, statistics and math.

Education

• B.A. (Hon) English Literature, U.B.C.
• M.A. Economics, U.B.C.
• PhD. Economics, Queen's University

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