Rob Moir

Rob Moir is a professor of economics and social activist from Clifton Royal, New Brunswick, Canada.

In 2008, he was a candidate for the New Democratic Party in the riding of Fundy Royal, and finished second with 23.7% of the vote. He currently serves on the University of New Brunswick Saint John Senate and is a member of several Senate committees. He is the President of the Atlantic Canada Economics Association, and a member of the American Economic Association, the Economic Science Association and the International Association for the Study of Common Property.

Research focus

Moir earned his Bachelor of Arts and Science (1986–90) from McMaster University before pursuing his Masters of Economics (1990–91) at Queen's University. For his doctoral studies in Economics, Moir returned to McMaster to examine Econometrics and Development, with a specialty in Experimental Economics. He earned his PhD in Economics in 1996.

Moir's research focuses on human behaviour in environments where competition and cooperation clash, such as donations to charities, the funding of public goods, and our use of common-pool resources (e.g., water, air, forests, and the fisheries). In these situations, Moir contends that while self-interest leads to free riding, cooperation can enhance welfare. Behaviourally, he argues that people are less competitive than theory would predict, but not cooperative enough to be socially efficient.

Rob Moir (musician)

Robert David (Rob) Moir is a Canadian songwriter, guitarist, poet and singer.

Early life and education

Moir was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario.

Career

Moir began writing and performing music in his early teens. His first band The Stiffs began playing shows in 1995. After renaming themselves Dead Letter Dept., the band released their debut full length Rock'n'Roll Hates You in 2005 and participated in Underground Operations' Unity Tour.

Following the break up of Dead Letter Dept., Moir began touring and writing personal, acoustic based songs. In December 2010, he independently released his first solo EP entitled This Is The Lie with backing band The Great Lates. In support of this album he toured North America and Europe with his guitar and a backpack.

Moir performed at the Toronto NXNE Festival. He began preparing his first solo album,Places To Die, which was released on April 30th, 2013 on Northern Americas and Underground Operations. The album contains tracks from several genres,and has received positive reviews. In 2013 Rob toured Europe, Australia and North America to support the album.