Nicolas Schmitt joined the Department of Economics at SFU in 1990. He received a B.A. (licence) from the University of Lausanne (Switzerland), an M.A. from Carleton University and a PhD in Economics from the University of Toronto (1986). He taught at Laval University (1985-87), the University of Western Ontario (1987-90) and at the University of Geneva (2002-05). He held visiting positions at CERGE-EI in Prague and at the University of Virginia.

Prof. Schmitt’s main teaching areas are industrial organization, international trade and microeconomics. His research interests have mainly focused on aspects of imperfect competition, market structure and product differentiation in closed and in open economies. His current research interests are on the role of intermediaries in international markets and on the international circulation of skilled individuals.

Recent publications include:

• `Commodity Taxes and Parallel Imports' (with P. Raimondos-Moeller), Journal of Public Economics, forthcoming.

• `Buyer Power in International Markets' (with H. Raff), Journal of International Economics, forthcoming.

• `Why Parallel Imports May Raise Producers’ Profits’ (with H. Raff), Journal of International Economics 71,434-47, 2007.
• `A Simple Model of Brain Circulation' (with A. Soubeyran), Journal of International Economics 69, 296-309, 2006.
  
  
  A full list of publications can be found at his website.