Pau S. Pujolas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at McMaster University.
Professor Pujolas's primary research interests focus on the intersection of international trade and macroeconomics. He has recently studied how the emergence of the Oil sands has affected Canadian productivity, how costly it is to undergo a new wave of trade disruptions, and the desirability of a trade war between countries. His work has been cited by the White House, and it has been published in leading journals in economics, including the International Economic Review, the Canadian Journal of Economics, the Review of Economic Dynamics, and the Annual Review of Economics. His research has been covered in media outlets such as Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Times, The Independent, the Globe and Mail, Global News, the Hub, MacLean's, Nada Es Gratis, and Foco Economico.
Professor Pujolas received his Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, and his B.A. in Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Since his time as a Ph.D. student, he has regularly visited the University of Minnesota, the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and has been Resident Academic at the Bank of Canada.