Dr. Matthew Osborne

Associate Professor

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Biography

Professor Osborne is an Associate Professor of Marketing in the Department of Management at the University of Toronto Mississauga, where he also directs the Master of Management of Innovation program within the Institute for Management and Innovation. His research primarily focuses on quantitative marketing, empirical industrial organization, behavioral economics, and econometrics. He delves into consumer behavior modeling, acknowledging that consumers do not always conform to traditional rational actor assumptions. His work also examines firm behavior in competitive markets, particularly spatial differentiation. His contributions explore the implications of various regulatory policies, including bank overdraft and wireless market regulations, soda taxes, merger policies, and carbon taxes. His published papers can be found in leading academic journals such as the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, and others.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Toronto

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:93
Prerequisites
Appropriate four-year bachelor's degree Background in sociological theory and statistics preferred
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Specialization Notes

Department of Sociology