Dr. Ivan Tchinkov, PhD

Education

M.Sc. Data Mining for Business Intelligence Microprogram (HEC Montréal, 2020)
Ph.D. Economics (Simon Fraser University, 2011)
M.A. Economics - Finance (Simon Fraser University, 2003)
B.A. Economics and Business Administration (American University in Bulgaria, 2001)

Employment

2025 - present        Teaching Professor, Concordia University, Canada
2012 - 2025            Senior Lecturer, Concordia University, Canada
2006 - 2012            Lecturer, Concordia University, Canada
2005 - 2006            Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
2001 - 2005            Tutorial Leader, Simon Fraser University, Canada

• Introductory Microeconomics
• Introductory Macroeconomics            
• Intermediate Microeconomics
• Intermediate Macroeconomics
• Money and Banking
• International Trade
• International Finance
• Economic Development
• Industrial Organisation
• Statistical Methods I and II
• Economic Data Analysis
• International Econ. Policy and Institutions
• The Economics of Monetary and Fiscal Unions
• International Monetary Economics (graduate)

Fields

International Finance, International Trade and Development

Interests

Endogeneity of Optimum Currency Area criteria, the introduction of the Euro in new member states

Papers

• "Has the Euro Increased Trade? A Robust Analysis"
• "Does Trade Cause Growth? Evidence from Europe"            
• "The Effect of the Euro on Price Flexibility"
• “Does Trade Integration Lead to Business Cycle Convergence?”

2024        31st Finance Forum, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
2023        9th Annual Conference of the IAAE, Oslo, Norway
2022        XXIV Applied Economics Meetings, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2019        The Tokyo Conference on Econ. of Institutions and Organizations, Tokyo, Japan
2017        XX Applied Economics Meetings, Valencia, Spain
2016        EuroConference 2016, Porto, Portugal
2015        Empirical Microeconomics Workshop, Banff, Canada 
2009        ASSA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA
2008        Spring Meeting of Young Economists, Lille, France
2008        42nd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economics Association, Vancouver, Canada
2008        Small Open Economies in a Globalized World, Waterloo, Canada 
2007        Business Cycles, International Transmission and Macro Policies, Montreal, Canada
2006        20th Canadian Macroeconomics Study Group, Vancouver, Canada
2005        22nd Canadian Econometrics Study Group, Vancouver, Canada
2005        19th Canadian Macroeconomics Study Group, Vancouver, Canada 

• Course coordinator - Statistics and Data Analysis (2025 - present)
• Undergraduate Program Director (2020-25)
• Acting Department Chair (Feb. 2017)
• Acting Undergraduate Program Director (2016-17)
• Academic advisor (2009-25)
• Journal referee - The Economics of Transition (2003)
• Graduate student supervisor (2007, 2010, 2020, 2022)
• Course coordinator - Intro Micro and Macro (2009-19)
• Undergraduate Program Committee (2009 - present)
• Remote Learning Resource Committee (2020-21)
• Full-time (ETA/LTA) Hiring Committee (2019-21)
• Part-Time Hiring Committee (2016-25)
• Safety and Security Committee (2016-17)

• Outstanding Teaching Award (2003-04, 2005-06)
• President's Ph.D. Research Stipend (2006)
• Graduate Fellowship Award (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
• B.A. conferred with Honours, Cum Laude (2001)
• Dean's List of Academic Excellence (2000)
• Open Society Scholarship (1998-99, 1999-2000)
• Elaine Herndon Scholarship (1997-98)

• SAS, R, Stata, EViews, SPSS
• Latex (Lyx), Adobe Connect, Lyryx, Moodle, Zoom, Yuja

• Certification in Data Mining using SAS (HEC Montréal, 2020)
• Certificate of Second Language Proficiency in the French Conversation Program with Distinction (Centre for Continuing Education, Concordia University, 2016)