Lesica Josip

Josip Lesica
Contract and Sessional Faculty, PhD Job Candidate
Department of Economics
Biography
Fields of Specialization
Public Economics, Labor Economics, Political Economics
Dissertation
A Common Agency Approach to Lobbying: Theory and Empirical Applications
Committee: Seungjin Han, Stephen Jones, Shintaro Yamaguchi
Conference Presentations (peer reviewed)
Lobbying for Minimum Wages
72nd Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, August 2016, Lake Tahoe, NV
27th International Conference on Game Theory, July 2016, Center for Game Theory, Stony Brook University, NY
2016 Canadian Economics Association Meeting, June 2016, Ottawa, ON
Association for Public Economic Theory Conference, July 2015, Luxembourg
Public Good Provision with Endogenous Lobbying
2015 Canadian Economics Association Meeting, Toronto, ON
Education
Ph.D. Economics, McMaster University, expected 2016
M.A. Economics, Queen's University, 2010
B.A. Economics, Bernard Baruch College CUNY, 2007
Teaching
- 2014 (Summer) - Instructor, Public Economics, McMaster University
- 2013 (Summer) - Teaching Assistant, Labour Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics & Intermediate Macroeconomics, McMaster University
- 2013 (Spring) - Teaching Assistant, Public Economics: Taxation and Expenditures, McMaster University
- 2012 (Summer) - Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Game Theory, Intermediate Microeconomics & Intermediate Macroeconomics, McMaster University
- 2012 (Winter) - Teaching Assistant, International Monetary Economics & Public Economics: Taxation and Expenditures, McMaster University
- 2011 (Fall) - Teaching Assistant, Public Economics: Taxation and Expenditures, McMaster University
- 2011 (Summer) - Teaching Assistant, International Monetary Economics, McMaster University
- 2011 (Winter) - Teaching Assistant, Public Economics: Taxation and Expenditures, McMaster University
- 2010 (Fall) - Teaching Assistant, International Monetary Economics, McMaster University
- 2010 (Winter) - Teaching Assistant, Macroeconomic Policy, Queen's University
- 2009 (Fall) - Teaching Assistant, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Queen's University
Research
Papers
1. Income Inequality, Small-Business Taxation and Lobbying - JOB MARKET PAPER
2. Lobbying for Minimum Wages - R&R at Economic Inquiry
3. Public Good Provision with Costly Endogenous Lobbying
(latest available on my personal website)
Research Experience
- 2014 - currently: Research Assistant, Professor Seungjin Han, McMaster University
- 2013 - Research Assistant, Professor Katherine Cuff, McMaster University