Dr. Claire Lim

Biography

Claire Lim is an Associate Professor at the Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario. Her research focuses on the characteristics of political environments and the design of government institutions, particularly in how they interact with the behavior of public officials and the regulation of industries related to social welfare. Her work investigates various contexts, including the behavior of judges in U.S. state courts, regulation in the U.S. energy industry, and the operation of the U.S. health care system. Lim's current research agenda includes topics like transportation infrastructure in the U.S. and the role of political networks in fiscal allocation in China. She has published her research in prestigious general interest journals as well as top field journals, including the American Economic Review and the Journal of Political Economy. Additionally, she serves as an associate editor for Cambridge Elements in Law, Economics, and Politics, and has been a panel member for the Economic Policy journal. Lim has a diverse teaching portfolio that spans non-market strategy for MBA students and econometric theory for PhD, master's, and undergraduate students. She teaches Global Macroeconomics for Managers in the HBA program at Ivey. Lim earned her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and has previously been affiliated with institutions such as Stanford University and Cornell University. She is also a research fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research, engaging with prominent networks of economists.

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