Claude Montmarquette, well known to several generations of students, is a professor emeritus in the Department of Economics at the Université de Montréal and President and CEO of CIRANO. He introduced experimental economics in Quebec. He was named a Great Montrealer in 2010 and was elected a member of the Royal Society of Canada in 1998.

His research concerns investment in human capital, public finances, and tax fraud.

Read the interview with him in L'Éconolien, No. 6.