Constance Smith joined the Department of Economics in 1986. She holds an Honours BA from McGill University and an MA and PhD from Queen’s University in Kingston. Previous appointments include Economist in the Research Department of the Bank of Canada, visitor at the School of Economics at the Australian National University, and visiting fellow at the Research School of Social Sciences in Ottawa. She has served as the Associate Chair in the Department of Economics, and in 2006-07 she was Acting Director of the Institute for United States Policy Studies at the University of Alberta. She has published in the areas of international economics and macroeconomics. Recent research, funded by SSHRC’s Initiative on the New Economy program, examines the impact of the exchange rate on imports, productivity, and investment.
- Smith, Constance E. "External Balance Adjustment: An Intra-National and International Comparison", Journal of International Money and Finance, (2011), No. 30, 1195-1213. [pdf]
- Smith, C.E., (with S. Landon), "Energy Prices and Alberta Government Revenue Volatility", C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, Fiscal and Tax Competitiveness, No. 313, November 2010. [pdf]
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Smith, Constance E. “Investment and the Exchange Rate: Short Run and Long Run Aggregate and Sector-Level Estimates” (with Stuart Landon). Journal of International Money and Finance. (2009), 28, 813-835. [pdf]
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Smith, Constance E. “Taxation and Bond Market Investment Strategies: Evidence from the Market for Government of Canada Bonds” with Stuart Landon. Canadian Tax Journal. (2008), 56:2, 337-366. [pdf]
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Smith, Constance E. "Review of Alan Greenspan's The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World". Canadian Public Policy. 34:4, 523-524. [pdf]
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Smith, Constance E. "Government Debt Spillovers in a Monetary Union,” (with Stuart Landon), North American Journal of Economics and Finance 18, 135-154. [pdf]
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Smith, Constance E. (2007) "The exchange rate and machinery and equipment imports: identifying the impact of import source and export destination country currency valuation changes," (with Stuart Landon), The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 18, 3-21. [pdf]
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Smith, Constance E. (2006) "Seasonality in Canadian Bond Returns: The Role of International Factors," (with S. Landon), The Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 23:4, 352-368. [pdf]
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Smith, Constance E. (2006) "Exchange Rates and Investment Good Prices: A Cross-Industry Comparison," with Stuart Landon, Journal of International Money and Finance, 25, 237-256. [pdf]
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Smith, Constance (2006) "The Exchange Rate and Wages: How They Affect Capital Investment", with Stuart Landon, The Conference Board of Canada. Prepared for the partnership program between the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (under The Initiative on the New Economy) and the Conference Board of Canada (under The Canada Project). [pdf]
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Smith, Constance E. (2004) "Decentralized Government and Regional Income Insurance," Annals of Regional Science, (March) 38:1, 173-187. [pdf]
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Smith, C.E. (2003) "The Risk Premium, Exchange Rate Expectations, and the Forward Exchange Rate: Estimates for the Yen-Dollar Rate", (with Stuart Landon), Review of International Economics, Volume 11, Issue 1 (February), 144-158. [pdf]
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Smith, Constance (2002) "Dollarization and Its Alternatives: Currency Arrangements under NAFTA," in Edward J. Chambers and Peter H. Smith, editors, NAFTA in the New Millennium, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego and The University of Alberta Press, Edmonton. Smith, C.E. (2000), "Government Debt Spillovers and Creditworthiness in a Federation", (with Stuart Landon), The Canadian Journal of Economics, Volume 33, No. 3 (August), 634-661. [pdf]
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Smith, C.E. (1999), "Exchange Rate Variation, Commodity Price Variation, and the Implications for International Trade", Journal of International Money and Finance, 18:3, 471-491. [pdf]
- Smith, C.E. (1998), "Quality Expectations, Reputation and Price", Southern Economic Journal, (with Stuart Landon), 64, 628-647. [pdf]
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Smith, C.E. (with S. Landon) (1997), "The Use of Quality and Reputation Indicators by Consumers: The Case of Bordeaux Wine", Journal of Consumer Policy, 20, 289-323. [pdf]
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Smith, C.E. (1996), "Government Debt and International Portfolio Diversification", Canadian Journal of Economics, 29:2, 394-413. [pdf]
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Smith, C.E. (1995), "Substitution, Income and Intertemporal Effects in a Currency Substitution Model", Review of International Economics, 3, 53-59. [pdf]
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Smith, C.E. (1995), "Domestic Taxation and International Portfolio Choice", Economics Letters, 47, 211-217. [pdf]