Geoffrey Dunbar received a B.A.H. (1992) from Queen's University, a M.A. (1997) from the University of Victoria and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Queen's University. Prior to commencing his doctoral studies, Geoffrey was an economist in the International Department at the Bank of Canada (1997-1999). He joined the SFU Department of Economics in July 2005.

Geoffrey's research interests are primarily in macroeconomics and international macroeconomics. He is currently examining how international capital markets function when borrowers face domestic collateral constraints and the resulting implications for wealth inequality and capital account taxation. He is also working on optimal monetary policy when borrowers face collateral constraints and a model of foreign direct investment flows with segmented markets.

Recent working papers include:

• "Banking on Collateral: Wealth Distribution, Welfare and the Risk-Free Rate with Collateralized Lending", Working Paper, 2004
• "On the Adoption of Collateralized Intermediation," Working Paper 2005
• "Rationalizing Irrational Beliefs," (with Juan Tu, Xiaoting Wang and Ruqu Wang) submitted to Economic Theory, 2005