Margaret Slade

Margaret Slade is a professor emeritus in the Vancouver School of Economics at The University of British Columbia. She taught at UBC for 20 years before becoming the Leverhulme Professor of Industrial Economics at the University of Warwick. After six years in the UK, she retired and returned to Canada, rejoining the Vancouver School of Economics. Her research focuses on applied problems in Industrial Organization, particularly those involving data analysis. She has advised government agencies and private parties on various issues. Prior to her academic career, she worked as a mathematician for Shell Development, the US Geological Survey, and the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research of New Zealand. She obtained her Ph.D. from The George Washington University.

Margaret Slade is a researcher at the Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia, focusing on industrial organization and applied econometrics. Her work explores topics such as vertical integration, spatial price competition, and market power, with an emphasis on empirical analysis and real-world applications. She investigates how firms interact in markets, including cartel behavior, collusion, and pricing strategies. Her research also examines the role of spatial statistics, real-option theory, and multitask agency in shaping business decisions. Slade's studies often involve econometric methods to analyze market dynamics and policy implications.