User:Northern bear

Hello,

After using Wikipedia for years, and occasionally contributing to article discussions, I have finaly decided to create my own user name. I think this site provides a valuable resource to both professional researchers and casual internet surfers, and I look forward to being able to do my part to contribute.

About me

I'm a 29 year old professional economist. I have an undergraduate degree in Math/economics and an MA in economics. I currently work for an international organisation, and in the past have worked in government. I consider my specialty to be microeconomics, particularly welfare economics. My main areas of work have included transport economics and environmental economics.

I was born and raised in Toronto Canada. Besides Toronto I have lived in Montreal, Ottawa, Sudbury, and London Ontario. I currently live and work in Paris France. I have travelled extensively in Canada and much of Europe, and considerably less extensively in other parts of the world.

My hopies include various sports (particularly martial arts and rugby), RPGs, reading, video games, hiking, and other outdoorsy activities.

Of course there's lots more I could say about myself. But the things listed above are the only areas in which I feel I'd be qualified to contribute anything to a Wikipedia article, so I'll just leave at that for now.

M.