Chairman of the Board: Adrien D. Pouliot President : Michel Kelly-Gagnon •• The Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) is an independent, non- profit, non-partisan research and educational institute. It endeavours to promote an economic approach to the study of public policy issues. alentin Petkantchin holds a Ph.D. in The MEI is the product of a collaborative effort between entrepre- VEconomics (Economic analysis of institu- neurs, academics and economists. The Institute does not accept any tions) and a Master’s Degree in Media communi- public funding. cation and economics training from the Univer- sity of Aix-Marseilles III (France). Between 1996 The MEI is a registered charity as defined by the applicable federal and 2003 he was a fellow researcher at the Center and provincial statutes. Therefore, it issues receipts for income tax of Economic Analysis and a lecturer in econo- purposes. mics at the Applied Economics Faculty and at the Law Faculty in that same university. Valentin One-year subscription to the MEI publications : $98.00. Petkantchin also wrote weekly columns between •• 1999 and 2002 for Libres.org (an electronic news- paper offering an economic perspective on public Montreal Economic Institute policy and current affairs in France). He is the 6708 Saint-Hubert Street author of numerous scientific publications and Montreal, Quebec research working papers on various subjects. Canada H2S 2M6 Before joining the Montreal Economic Institute in January 2004, Mr. Petkantchin had been working Telephone: (514) 273-0969 for several years with the Institute for Humane Fax: (514) 273-0967 Studies-Europe and the Institute for Economic E-mail:
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