James Macek
/James Maycheck/
Personal Website: https://jamesmacek.github.io
Contact
Assistant Professor, Alberta School of Business - Marketing, Business Economics and Law
- jmacek@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Urban & Real Estate Economics Housing Affordability Housing Regulation Zoning
About
I am an Assistant Professor in the department of Marketing, Business Economics, and Law. I completed my PhD in Economics at the University of Toronto in June 2025.
Research
I study the economics of housing affordability and regulation. My current work assesses the costs and benefits of minimum lot size restrictions and the taxation of building teardowns. These works share a common theme: how housing regulations affect neighborhoods’ social composition and value.
Teaching
BUEC 211 (Winter 2026)
Courses
BUEC 211 - Business Economics, Organizations and Management
Business organizations as systems of mutually reinforcing functional areas where decision making is driven by underlying economic forces. Application of economic theory to facilitate complex decision making within organizations: economic models of decision making are linked directly to functional areas of management. Topics include the organization of firms and industries; meeting customer needs; and decision making involving production, resource use, dealing with risk and uncertainty, scale and scope of operations, competitive advantage, and product pricing. Prerequisite: ECON 101, ECON 102, and MATH 154 or equivalent. Not open to students with previous credit in ECON 281. Students may not receive credit for both BUEC 211 and BUEC 311.