John Whalley FRSC (born 8 May 1947) is a Canadian economist. He is a professor emeritus at the University of Western Ontario and previously held the William G. Davis Chair in International Trade. He is a distinguished fellow of the Centre for International Governance Innovation.[1]
He studied economics at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom, graduating BA in 1968. From Yale University he holds the degrees of MA (1970), MPhil (1971) and PhD (1973).[2] At Yale, he was a teaching assistant to Joseph Stiglitz.[3]
He was elected a fellow of the Econometric Society in 1990.[4]
In 2009, Whalley was awarded a Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research at the University of Western Ontario.[5] In 2012, he received the Killam Prize awarded by the Canada Council.[3]