Greg Dow, Professor of Economics, joined the Department of Economics at SFU in 1995.  He received a B.A. in sociology from Amherst College (1975), an M.P.P. from the Institute of Public Policy Studies at the University of Michigan (1977), and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan (1981).  His previous academic positions have included assistant professor at Yale University (1981-86); associate and full professor at the University of Alberta (1986-1995); and visiting postitions at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences; Erasmus University, and the University of New South Wales.

Prof. Dow's teaching areas are microeconomic theory, economic prehistory, comparative economics, and industrial organization.  His current research focuses on hunter-gatherer societies, the transition to agriculture, and the origins of inequality, hierarchy, and warfare.  His earlier research was largely on the organization of the firm.

Selected journal articles include:

"Why capital hires labor: A bargaining perspective," American Economic Review, 1993.
"On the neutrality of asset ownership for work incentives," Journal of Comparative Economics, 2000.
"Collective choice and control rights in firms," (with Gilbert Skillman), Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2007.
"Partnership markets with adverse selection," Review of Economic Design, 2008.

Professor Dow is also the author of the book "Governing the Firm: Workers' Control in Theory and Practice," Cambridge University Press, 2003.