Peter Wilkinson Howitt (born May 31, 1946) is a Canadian economist. He is the Lyn Crost Professor of Social Sciences at

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. Howitt is a Fellow of the

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since 1994 and a Fellow of

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since 1992. He served as president of the

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in 1993–1994 and was the editor of the ''

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'' in the period 1997–2000. For 2019 he received the

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in Economics.BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards 2019
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Academic career

Howitt received his BA in economics from McGill University, afterward, gaining his Master's in economics from the University of Western Ontario. Howitt finally obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from Northwestern University.

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Academic CV

Innovation, Competition and Growth: A Schumpeterian Perspective on Canada's Economy
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