Wilfried Koch, UQAM

About Me

I am a full professor of economics at the Department of Economics, part of the School of Management Sciences (ESG) at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). My research primarily focuses on economic growth, with a particular interest in the Schumpeterian perspective of creative destruction.

Address and Contact

Département des Sciences Economiques
Université du Québec à Montréal
Case postale 8888
Succursale Centre-Ville
Montréal, Québec, H3C 3P8, Canada

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Professional Experience

2018 - Present: Full Professor, Université du Québec À Montréal (UQAM), Department of Economics.
2014 - 2018: Associate Professor (tenure-track), Université du Québec À Montréal (UQAM), Department of Economics.
2010 - 2014: Assistant Professor, Université du Québec À Montréal (UQAM), Department of Economics.
2008 - 2010: Assistant Professor ("maître de conférence"), Université de Bourgogne, France.
2003 - 2007: Ph.D. Student at the "Laboratoire d'Économie et de Gestion" (LEG), Université de Bourgogne, with a research and teaching assistant status ("allocataire - moniteur", 2003-2006, and "ATER", 2006-2008).

Academic Degrees

Ph.D. in Growth Economics and Spatial Econometrics, Université de Bourgogne, France, June 2007.
Thesis Title: "Growth, interdependence and international spillovers: a spatial econometric approach".
Thesis Advisor: Cem Ertur.
Committee: Aghion, P. (Harvard University), LeSage, J. (Texas State University), Le Gallo, J. (Université de Besançon), Baumont C. (Université de Bourgogne), and Ertur, C. (Université d'Orléans).
Best Thesis Award, Department of Economics, Université de Bourgogne, 2006-2007.
Advanced Studies Diploma (DEA): "Analysis and Economic Policy", Université de Bourgogne, France, 2003.
Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Université de Bourgogne, France, 2002.

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journals

"Trade and African Regional Agreements: a spatial econometric approach", L'Actualité Économique, 2019, 95(4), 429-450 (with A. Tientao and D. Legros).
"Bank Concentration and Schumpeterian Growth: Theory and International Evidence", Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 100(3), 489-501 (with B. Diallo)
"Latent multilateral trade resistance indices: theory and evidence", Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2015, 62(3), 264-290 (with J. LeSage).
"Modeling local growth control decisions in a multi-city case: Do spatial interactions and lobbying efforts matter?", Public Choice, 2013, 154(1), 95-117 (with K. Schone and C. Baumont).
"A 'dual' gravity model: Using spatial econometrics to control for multilateral resistance", Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2012, 27(5), 773-794 (with K. Behrens and C. Ertur).
"A contribution to the theory and empirics of Schumpeterian growth with worldwide interactions", Journal of Economic Growth, 2011, 16, 215-255 (with C. Ertur).
"Development accounting with spatial effects", Spatial Economic Analysis, 2008, 3(3), 321-342.
"Growth, technological interdependence and spatial externalities: theory and evidence", Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2007, 22(6), 1033-1062 (with C. Ertur).
"Regional Disparities in the European Union and the Enlargement Process: An Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis, 1995-2000", Annals of Regional Science, 2006, 40(4), 723-765 (with C. Ertur).
"Analyse spatiale des disparités régionales dans l'Europe élargie", Région et Développement, 2005, 21, 65-92 (with C. Ertur).

Other Publications and Research Activities

"Innovation schumpétérienne et prospérité durable : Quelques réflexions et idées pour le Québec", Research note: 2023-02, Ministère des Finances du Québec (with A. Paquet).
Co-organizer, with Alain Paquet, of the conference "The Foundations and Economic Impacts of Innovation", held on the occasion of the honorary doctorate award to Philippe Aghion, 2023.
French translation of the book "The Economics of Growth", MIT Press, written by Aghion and Howitt (2009), published by Economica, 2010.
"Growth and spatial dependence in Europe", in: Le Gallo J., A. Pàez, S. Dall'erba, and R. Buliung (Eds.), Progress in Spatial Analysis: Theory and Computation, and Thematic Applications, 2009, Advances in Spatial Sciences, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 465-482.
"Disparités régionales et interactions spatiales dans l'Europe élargie", in: Capron H. (Ed.), Convergence et dynamique d'innovation au sein de l'Espace Européen, 2006, Editions De Boeck (with C. Ertur).

Articles Under Revision and Working Papers

"Yes we can! Factor-Augmenting Technical Change without Cobb-Douglas and despite Uzawa", Working Paper: 2025-4.
"Financial Development and Capital Flows: Appraisal of the 'Allocation Puzzle'", Working Paper: 2019-10 (with H. Zongo).
"The Scramble for Africa and the Origins of Financial Underdevelopment", under revision, Journal of Institutional Economics (with B. Diallo).
"An Endogenous Growth Model of Premature Deindustrialization" (with K. Avoumatsodo and I. Leunga).
"Does Financial Structure Matter for Economic Development?"

Teaching

University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM)

ECO930K, Topics in Economic Growth, PhD (2023-24: 45h, 2021-22: 45h, 2020-21: 45h, 2018-19: 45h)
ECO8025, Development Economics, Master's Degree (2019-20: 45h, 2018-19: 45h, 2017-18: 45h, 2016-17: 45h, 2015-16: 45h, 2014-15: 45h, 2013-14: 45h, 2012-13: 45h, 2011-12: 45h, 2010-11: 45h)
ECO5051, International Trade, Bachelor's Degree 3 (2013-14: 45h, 2012-13: 45h, 2011-12: 45h, 2010-11: 45h)
ECO2023, Macroeconomics II, Bachelor's Degree 2 (2025-26: 90h, 2024-25: 90h, 2023-24: 90h, 2022-23: 90h, 2021-22: 90h, 2020-21: 90h, 2019-20: 90h, 2018-19: 90h, 2017-18: 90h, 2016-17: 45h)
ECO3200, Quantitative Analysis Modeling in Economics, C++, Bachelor's Degree 2 (2023-24: 22.5h)
ECO1273, Methods of Economic Analysis I, Bachelor's Degree 1 (2023-24: 45h, 2022-23: 45h, 2021-22: 45h)
ECO4401, Development Economics, Bachelor's Degree 1 (2020-21: 45h)
ECO2400, Macroeconomic Analysis, Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration (2015-16: 45h, 2013-14: 90h, 2012-13: 90h, 2011-12: 90h)

University of Burgundy

Spatial Econometrics, Master 2 (2009-10: 24h)
Advanced Microeconomics, Master 2 (2009-10: 24h)
Spatial Economics, Bachelor's Degree 3 (2009-10: 22h, 2008-09: 22h)
Microeconomics, Bachelor's Degree 3 (2009-10: 22h, 2008-09: 22h)
Statistics: Probability, Bachelor's Degree 2 (2009-10: 24h)
Demography, Bachelor's Degree 1 (2009-10: 24h, 2008-09: 24h)
Political Economy, Bachelor's Degree 1-Law (2009-10: 24h, 2008-09: 48h)
Mathematics, Bachelor's Degree 1&2, Tutorials (2009-10: 36h, 2008-09: 54h)
Applied Econometrics, Master 1&2, Tutorials (2007-08: 12h, 2006-07: 24h, 2005-06: 12h, 2004-05: 12h)
Microeconomics, Bachelor's Degree 3, Tutorials (2007-08: 12h)
Macroeconomics (Growth / Development), Bachelor's Degree 3, Tutorials (2006-07: 12h, 2005-06: 24h)
Mathematics, Bachelor's Degree 1&2, Tutorials (2007-08: 62h, 2006-07: 54h, 2005-2006: 18h, 2004-05: 18h)
Macroeconomics, Bachelor's Degree 1, Tutorials (2005-06: 12h, 2004-05: 36h, 2003-04: 60h)

Community Services

2013 - 2020: Director of Graduate Programs in Economics (Master's and Ph.D.), Université du Québec À Montréal (UQAM), Department of Economics.
2011 - 2013: Member of the Graduate Program Committee in Economics at the Department of Economics, UQAM, and Interim Program Director in 2013.
2022 - Present: Member of the Undergraduate Program Committee in Economics (Bachelor's and Certificate in Economics) at the Department of Economics, UQAM.
2023 - Present: Member of the Techno-Pedagogical Committee at the UQAM's School of Management (ESG).
2023 - Present: Organizer of internal seminars at the Department of Economics, UQAM.
2021 - 2022: Co-coordinator of the course ECO2400 (Macroeconomic Analysis) in administration at UQAM.
2012 - 2014: Director of the "Human Capital, Growth, and International Development" axis in the Interuniversity Center on Risk, Economic Policies, and Employment (CIRPÉE).
2012: External reviewer for the FRQSC: "Programme d'appui aux projets novateurs" (Support Program for Innovative Projects).
2010 - Present: Member of the local liaison committee.
2008 - 2010: Director of the Master's Degree in Economics (M1-DEGT), Université de Bourgogne, France.