Julien Picault

Professor

Economics

Other Titles: Associate Dean, Teaching, Learning and Curriculum - Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Editor - International Review of Economic Education
Office: ASC 450
Phone: 250.807.9227
Email: julien.picault@ubc.ca

Research Summary

Economic Education and Pedagogy, Labour Economics, Discrimination, and Industrial Organization.

Courses & Teaching

ECON 370 - Benefit-Cost Analysis and the Economics of Project Evaluation; ECON 102 - Principles of Macroeconomics; ECON 351 - Women in the Economy

Biography

Julien Picault is an economics educator at the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at UBC Okanagan. He did his doctoral studies at HEC Montreal and is currently teaching various economics courses including Industrial Organization, Cost-Benefit Analysis, and Women in the Economy. His research interests are in Economics Pedagogy, Labour Economics and, Industrial Organization.

Websites

The Economics Instructor’s Toolbox

Julien Picault’s Research Website

Google Scholar

Degrees

PhD, HEC Montréal

Selected Publications & Presentations

Islam, K.J., and Picault, J. (2025), One Card Fits All? Exploring the Incidence, Intensity, and Extent of Credit Card Use in Canada (1999-2019), Journal of Financial Services Marketing, Forthcoming.

Picault, J. (2025), Learning by experimenting: An introductory course on experimental economics, Journal of Economic Education, Forthcoming.

Ben Abdesslem, A., Picault J. and Tudose E. A. (2024), Teaching Economics with Netflix, Journal of Economic Education, Forthcoming.

Geerling, W., Mateer, G. D.,  and Picault, J. (2024), Extreme Pricing Goes Viral: Lessons for Teaching Price Controls, Journal for Economic Educators 24 (1), 27-43.

Ben Abdesslem, A. and Picault, J. (2023), Bounty Hunters Can Teach Microeconomics Illustrations from Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop, Eastern Economic Journal, 49 (3), 349–367.

Ben Abdesslem, A. and Picault J. (2023), Using Netflix Original Series to Teach Economics: a Diversity and Inclusion Approach, International Review of Economics Education 44, 100278.

Picault, J. (2023), A Strategic Approach to Managerial Compliance With Equal Pay Policies, SN Business & Economics 3 (8), 147

Picault, J. (2022), Inventories in GDP: A Classroom Learning Strategy, Journal for Economic Educators 22(2), 16-21.

Picault, J. (2021), Structure, Flexibility, and Consistency – A Dynamic Learning Approach for an Online Asynchronous Course, Applied Economics Teaching Resources 3 (4), 30-43.

Picault, J. (2021), Don’t Just Read the News, Write the News! – A Course about Writing Economics for the Media, Journal of Economic Education 52 (2), 114-127.

Picault, J. (2021), Looking for Innovative Pedagogy? An Online Economics Instructor’s Toolbox, Journal of Economic Education 52 (2), 174.

Picault, J. (2020), Patent vs. Open Source: A Classroom Activity Using Texas Hold’em Poker, International Journal of Management Education 18 (2), 100389.

Picault, J. (2020), Instructor’s Resource Manual for Principles of Economics, First Edition by Stevenson and Wolfers, Worth Publishers.
Also available for Principles of Microeconomics and Principles of Macroeconomics.

Picault, J. (2019), The Economics Instructor’s Toolbox, International Review of Economics Education 30, 100154.

Picault, J. (2018), Instructor’s Manual for Macroeconomics, Second Canadian Edition by Hubbard, O’Brien, Serletis & Childs, Pearson.

Picault, J. (2017), Risk-Averse Managers, Labour Market Structures, Public Policies and Discrimination, B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics 17 (1).

Yang, F., Huang, S. and Picault, J. (2017), Is China’s Demographic Dividend Over, Shandong Social Science 260 (4), 82-89.- In Chinese

Picault, J. (2016), Inconsistencies in Textbook Presentation of Substitution and Income Effects, International Journal of Teaching and Education 4 (3), 7-15.

Picault, J. (2015), Introduction to Strategic Interactions, Duopolies and Collusion: A Classroom Experiment, Australasian Journal of Economics Education 12 (2), 12-29.

Picault, J. (2013), Unionization and Labour-market Discrimination: A Closer Look at Non-unionized Workers, Labour 27 (3), 272–287

Selected Grants & Awards

2024 Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence and Innovation

2024 UBC Okanagan Outstanding Instructor Award

International Review of Economics Education Best Paper Award – 2020

Curricular Innovation Grants and Awards – 2017, 2020, 2022

Media

Dr. Picault made over 200 contributions across various media platforms, including radio, television, newspapers, and digital news outlets. His involvement spans Op/Eds, interviews, and commentary, reaching audiences from small local communities to national and international levels. Notable examples include Le Monde, CBC One, Ici-Radio Canada, Marianne, Global News, The Canadian Press, The Hill Times, Le Devoir, Business in Vancouver, KelownaNow, and Richmond News.

See full list of media coverage here: https://sites.google.com/site/julienpicault/media