John Whalley FRSC (born 8 May 1947) is a Canadian economist. He is a professor emeritus at the University of Western Ontario (he previously held the William G. Davis Chair in International Trade), and a Distinguished Fellow of the Centre for International Governance Innovation.[1][2]
He studied economics at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom, graduating BA in 1968, and from Yale University holds the degrees of MA (1970), MPhil (1971), PhD (1973).[3] At Yale, he was a teaching assistant to Joseph Stiglitz.[4]
He was elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society in 1990.[5]
In 2009, Whalley was awarded a Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research at the University of Western Ontario.[6] In 2012, he received the Killam Prize awarded by the Canada Council.[4]