Before joining UVic in 2000, Paul spent one year as a postdoctoral student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and 4 months as a consultant at the European Investment Bank (1998). He has held visiting positions at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University Institute (2002 and 2005), the University of Bonn (2003), Utrecht University (2008), and the University of Amsterdam (2009). Paul works on financial intermediation, industrial organisation, and European integration. His work has appeared in various international economics and finance journals.