Question: The McMaster University economist with a notable position at the University of Illinois studied what area of economics ?

text: List of McMaster University people
Notable alumni -- Academia and research
Harold Innis Myron Scholes
McMaster University, located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is a public research university that was founded in 1887 through funds bequeathed by Canadian Senator, William McMaster. It has grown into an institution of more than 32,000 students, faculty, and staff. The school is consistently ranked as one of the best in Canada. The list is drawn from faculty, alumni and staff.
Name Relationship Discipline Notability
Richard Alexander Arnold Graduate English Literature Eminent Professor and Chair of English at Alfaisal University , literary theorist , author
Richard Bader Graduate Chemistry Professor at McMaster University , noted for his work on the atoms in molecules approach
David G. Benner Undergraduate Psychology Founding chair of Graduate Department of Psychological Studies at Wheaton College ; chair of the Department of Psychology , Redeemer University College ; author on pastoral counselling
Kathryn Brush Undergraduate Art History distinguished professor of art history at the University of Western Ontario and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
David Castle Graduate Philosophy Professor and Chair of Innovations in the Life Sciences at University of Edinburgh
Donna Strickland Undergraduate Engineering Nobel Prize recipient
Karl Clark Graduate Chemistry Professor at the University of Alberta , chemist and oil sands researcher
John Cuciurean Undergraduate Engineering & Music Associate Professor ( Music Theory ) and Associate Dean ( Undergraduate Admissions and Programs ) , Don Wright Faculty of Music , University of Western Ontario
Ronald C. Davidson Undergraduate Physics Director of Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory , professor of Princeton University , University of Maryland , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Patricia Demers Graduate English & French Chair of Department of Graduate Studies at University of Alberta of first female president of the Royal Society of Canada
Jacqueline Dias Undergraduate Nursing Nurudin Jivraj Assistant Professor of Nursing and Director of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing programme at the Aga Khan University , Karachi , Pakistan
Marianne Ferber Graduate Economics Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michael Frank Goodchild Graduate Geography Professor at the University of California , Santa Barbara and University of Western Ontario
Meric Gertler Undergraduate Geography Professor and 16th President of the University of Toronto
Martin Green Graduate - Professor at the University of New South Wales
Frank Hawthorne Graduate Geology Professor at University of Manitoba , mineralogist and crystallographer
Harold Innis Graduate History & Political Economics Professor at University of Toronto , helped shaped communication theory and staples thesis
Lorraine Janzen Kooistra Graduate English Professor at Ryerson University , elected fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Harold E. Johns Undergraduate Math and Physics Professor at University of Saskatchewan and University of Toronto , pioneered the use of cobalt-60 in the treatment of cancer , member of the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame and officer of the Order of Canada
Kathryn Mary Murphy Professor Psychology Professor at McMaster University