Ross Hickey is an Associate Professor, jointly in the Faculty of Management and in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan Campus. Ross' research is in public economics. Current projects study charitable giving and elections. Born in Stephenville, Newfoundland, Ross studied at St. Francis of Assisi School (K-8), Gonzaga High School (9-12), St. Francis Xavier University (B.A.), Simon Fraser University (M.A, and Ph.D.).
Ross was a Post Doctoral Teaching Fellow in the Economics Department at UBC in Vancouver in 2008-2009. From 2018-2020 Ross was a Senior Research Fellow at the Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne. He is a Research Affiliate at the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at Australia National University and a member of PhiLab, the Canadian Philanthropy Research Network.
Ross has lectured at the University of British Columbia's Vancouver and Okanagan campuses as well as the University of Melbourne. As an educator Ross enjoys introducing students to classical scholarship as well as the latest peer-reviewed publications.
In his spare time, Ross enjoys running, cycling, reading, hiking, nordic skiing, playing soccer, watching baseball, and cooking.
Here is a link to a podcast featuring myself, Santa Ono (Past President of UBC) and Jacqui Brinkman discussing the Scholarly Integrity Initiative at UBC.
Here are some links to video featuring me:
A description of the benefits of local access to Statistics Canada's confidential micro data files (CRDCN)
A couple of awkward videos of me talking about teaching & research
A casual cafe discussion of taxation and inequality featuring a microphone (and slides I could not show)
My response to provincial politicians' comments on the Bank of Canada
There are a few personal anecdotes in these pieces:
An introduction for UBC Okanagan students
And finally some audio in the downloads tab here:
Tax and Transfer Policy Institute seminar on the Tax Price Elasticity of Charitable Donations