Claude Montmarquette (20 December 1942 â 8 September 2021) was a Canadian economist. He taught at the Université de Montréal for several decades.
Montmarquette studied at the Université de Montréal and earned a degree in economic sciences. He then earned a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He became a researcher at CIRANO and at the Centre de recherche en développement économique. He became a member of the Royal Society of Canada in 1998 for his contributions to the fields of experimental economics and applied econometrics. In 2005, he was a signatory of Pour un Québec lucide.
Montmarquette led the experimental economics department at the Université de Montréal from 2005 to 2012. In 2010, he was elected to the . He became a Member of the Order of Canada in 2012. In 2013, he became a doctor honoris causa at McGill University.
Claude Montmarquette died in Montreal on 8 September 2021 at the age of 78.