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{{Short description|Canadian economist}}
'''Ross McKitrick''' is a ] ]. He is known for his work on ]. He is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the ], ] (since 2001{{Ref|Education}}) and, since 2002, Senior Fellow of the ], a Canadian policy ] that opposes the ].
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'''Ross McKitrick''' (born 1965) is a Canadian economist specializing in ] and ]. He is a professor of economics at the ], and a senior fellow of the ].
McKitrick gained his ] in ] from the ], and in the same year was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the ] ).


McKitrick co-wrote the 2002 book with Christopher Essex. It was runner-up for the ] as the Best Canadian Book on Public Policy, and finalist for the ]. McKitrick has authored works about environmental economics and ones denying the ],<ref>{{cite web |title=Ross McKitrick |url=https://www.desmog.com/ross-mckitrick/ |website=DeSmog}}</ref> including co-authoring the book '']'', published in 2002. He is the author of ''Economic Analysis of Environmental Policy'', published by the University of Toronto Press.


==Biography==
==Criticism of Mann et al==
McKitrick gained his ] in economics in 1996<ref>{{cite book
| last1 = McKitrick
| first1 = Ross
| title = The econometric critique of applied General Equilibrium modeling a comparative assessment with application to carbon taxes in Canada
| series = Thesis
| date = 1996
| location = PhD University of British Columbia 1996
| isbn = 9780612147973
| edition = Thesis (PhD)
| url = http://webcat2.library.ubc.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2096999
}}</ref> from the ], and in the same year was appointed assistant professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Guelph, ]. In 2001 he received an associate professorship and has been a full professor since December 2008. He has also been a senior fellow of the ] since 2002. He is a member of the academic advisory board of the ].


==Writing==
McKitrick has recently (since approximately ]) worked on ], concerning which he is a ]. His best-known work is , coauthored with ]. This presented an "audit" of work by ], Bradley, and Hughes (MBH); it appeared in ''Energy and Environment'' in ]. The matter was later referred to '']'', following which Mann ''et al.'' published a corrigendum, including a re-statement of their data and methods, which appeared on ] ]. The corrigendum did not affect the results, however. Mann ''et al.'' have replied ; Ammann and Wahl have replicated MBH .
McKitrick has authored works about environmental economics and ones denying climate science.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rubenstein |first1=Madeleine |title=Who said what? Answering Ross McKitrick’s “Response to Misinformation from Deutsche Bank,” Part I |url=https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2010/10/28/who-said-what-answering-ross-mckitrick’s-“response-to-misinformation-from-deutsche-bank”/ |website=State of the Planet |publisher=Columbia Climate School}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mandel |first1=Kyla |date=13 January 2015 |title=Leading UK Sceptic Group Promotes Koch-Funded Canadian Climate Denier |url=https://thenarwhal.ca/leading-uk-sceptic-group-promotes-koch-funded-canadian-climate-denier/ |access-date=2 February 2024 |work=The Narwhal |publisher=}}</ref> With Christopher Essex he co-authored the 2002 '']: The Troubled Science, Policy and Politics of Global Warming'', a book that propagates ]{{Sfn|Dunlap|Jacques|2013|pp=713, 726}} and was a runner-up for the ].<ref>{{cite news
| title = Vancouver economist wins Donner Prize
| work = The Globe and Mail
| url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/vancouver-economist-wins-donner-prize/article25283999
}}</ref> McKitrick was involved in disputing ] temperature reconstructions.<ref>
{{cite news |
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4349133.stm |
title=Row over climate 'hockey stick' |
publisher=BBC |
date=16 March 2005
}}
</ref>


== References ==
] and Ross McKitrick reported finding further errors in the MBH approach . A paper claiming to show this was rejected by ''Nature''. The essence of their claim is that the statistical technique used by MBH has a built-in tendency to produce an upward trend over the last century as an artefact of the data-processing. MBH deny this.
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== Sources ==
In October ], ] brought McKitrick and McIntyre's critique of MBH to wider public attention in a for ] but the claims are disputed ().


* {{Cite journal |last=Dunlap |first=Riley E. |last2=Jacques |first2=Peter J. |date=June 2013 |title=Climate Change Denial Books and Conservative Think Tanks: Exploring the Connection |journal=American Behavioral Scientist |volume=57 |issue=6 |pages=699–731 |doi=10.1177/0002764213477096 |issn=0002-7642|pmc=3787818 }}
In February 2005, the article "Hockey Sticks, Principal Components and Spurious Significance" by McIntyre and McKitrick was published in ''Geophysical Research Letters''.

To summarise McKitrick and McIntyre's critique, they claim that MBH:

* normalized their data incorrectly for ]
* obtained, but did not report, correlation coefficients close to zero (indicating that their results lack ])

MBH deny this.

== Criticism of McKitrick ==
McKitrick's own ] has been criticised, in particular by ], who has written on his web page about what he considers serious flaws in McKitrick and ] 2004, notably a ] related to whether a ] functions used radians or degrees. Lambert this bug invalidated the conclusions of McKitrick and Michaels 2002. The authors have acknowledged the error but that the effects were "very small", that the correction "improved the overall fit", and that their overall conclusion was unaffected . Lambert has other criticisms of McKitrick in a special on his blog.

==Partial list of papers==
* Hockey sticks, principal components, and spurious significance McIntyre S, McKitrick R GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 32 (3): art. no. L03710 FEB 12 2005 (times cited: 0)
* A test of corrections for extraneous signals in gridded surface temperature data McKitrick R, Michaels PJ, CLIMATE RESEARCH 26 (2): 159-173 MAY 25 2004 (times cited: 2)
* The existence and uniqueness of optimal pollution policy in the presence of victim defense measures McKitrick R, Collinge RA, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT 44 (1): 106-122 JUL 2002 (times cited: 0)
* The design of regulations expressed as ratios or percentage quotas McKitrick R, JOURNAL OF REGULATORY ECONOMICS 19 (3): 295-305 2001 (times cited: 0)
* Linear Pigovian taxes and the optimal size of a polluting industry, McKitrick R, Collinge RA CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS-REVUE CANADIENNE D ECONOMIQUE 33 (4): 1106-1119 NOV 2000 (times cited: 0)

==See also==
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Canadian economist

Ross McKitrick
Born1965
NationalityCanadian
EducationBA (Hons) (1988) economics, MA (1990) economics, PhD (1996) economics
Alma materQueen's University
University of British Columbia
OccupationEconomist
EmployerUniversity of Guelph
Organization(s)Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Member of the academic advisory board of the Global Warming Policy Foundation
Notable workTaken by Storm
Websitehttps://www.rossmckitrick.com/

Ross McKitrick (born 1965) is a Canadian economist specializing in environmental economics and policy analysis. He is a professor of economics at the University of Guelph, and a senior fellow of the Fraser Institute.

McKitrick has authored works about environmental economics and ones denying the scientific consensus on climate change, including co-authoring the book Taken by Storm: The Troubled Science, Policy and Politics of Global Warming, published in 2002. He is the author of Economic Analysis of Environmental Policy, published by the University of Toronto Press.

Biography

McKitrick gained his doctorate in economics in 1996 from the University of British Columbia, and in the same year was appointed assistant professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Guelph, Ontario. In 2001 he received an associate professorship and has been a full professor since December 2008. He has also been a senior fellow of the Fraser Institute since 2002. He is a member of the academic advisory board of the Global Warming Policy Foundation.

Writing

McKitrick has authored works about environmental economics and ones denying climate science. With Christopher Essex he co-authored the 2002 Taken by Storm: The Troubled Science, Policy and Politics of Global Warming, a book that propagates climate change denial and was a runner-up for the Donner Prize. McKitrick was involved in disputing hockey stick graph temperature reconstructions.

References

  1. "Ross McKitrick". DeSmog.
  2. McKitrick, Ross (1996). The econometric critique of applied General Equilibrium modeling a comparative assessment with application to carbon taxes in Canada. Thesis (Thesis (PhD) ed.). PhD University of British Columbia 1996. ISBN 9780612147973.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. Rubenstein, Madeleine. "Who said what? Answering Ross McKitrick's "Response to Misinformation from Deutsche Bank," Part I". State of the Planet. Columbia Climate School.
  4. Mandel, Kyla (13 January 2015). "Leading UK Sceptic Group Promotes Koch-Funded Canadian Climate Denier". The Narwhal. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  5. Dunlap & Jacques 2013, pp. 713, 726.
  6. "Vancouver economist wins Donner Prize". The Globe and Mail.
  7. "Row over climate 'hockey stick'". BBC. 16 March 2005.

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