University of Calgary

Thesis Topics of Recent Graduate Students

 

Name Degree  Thesis
   
2011  
Ata, MichaelMAA Bayesian Approach to Antitrust Liability: Exclusive Dealing and a Predation
Supervisor:  Dr. Jeffrey Church
Baker, SusanMALoyalty Programs: A Review of the Competition Commissioner versus Canada Pipe Case
Supervisor:  Dr. Jeffrey Church
Gres, MargaritaMAMeasures of Fiscal Insurance to Canadian Provinces
Supervisor:  Dr. Ronald Kneebone
Lazcano Mancisidor, Itziar
PhDIntergenerational Externalities, Economic Growth and the Environment
Supervisor:  Dr. Francisco Gonzalez
Tessonyi, AlmosPhDEssays on Municipal Finance in Ontario from a Historical Perspective
Supervisor:  Dr. Herb Emery
Winter, Jennifer PhDEssays on Government Policy and the Development of Natural Resources
Supervisor:  Dr. John Boyce
Zavaleta, ArmandoPhDGovernment, Lobbies, International Cooperation and the Environment
Supervisor:  Dr. Joanne Roberts
Co-Supervisor:  Dr. Sjak Smulders
   
2010  
Fellows, Garret KentMANegotiated Settlements and Intergenerational Equity in the Pipeline Service Market:  Borrowing from Pete Jr. to pay Pay Sr.
Supervisor:  Dr. Aidan Hollis
Jiang, ShanPhDThree Essays in International Trade
Supervisor:  Dr. James Gaisford
Khademvatani, AsgarPhDMeasuring Energy Efficiency in Economics: Shadow Value Approach
Supervisor:  Dr. Paul Serletis
Pakrashi, DebayanMADoes Membership in International Organizations Affect Incidence of Child Labour?
Supervisor:  Dr. Eugene Beaulieu
Moreno Cruz, JuanPhDEssays on the Economics of Geoengineering
Supervisor:  Dr. David Keith
Rahman, SajjaduarPhDThree Essays on Volatility and Assymmetry
Supervisor:  Dr. Paul Serletis
Scholefield, RyanMAThe Canada-US Softwood Lumber Dispute: Lessons in Managed Trade
Supervisor:  Dr. James Gaisford
   
2009  
Cameron, MariaMADo Financial Incentives to Increase the Birth Rate Affect the Abortion Rate?  An Analysis for Newborn Children in Quebec
Supervisor:  Dr. Ken McKenzie
Goodlet, CollinMAThe Role of Emotion on the Willingness to Pay to Eliminate Uncertainty
Supervisor:  Dr. Rob Oxoby
Ivus, OlenaPhDContemporary Isses in Trade and Trade Policy
Supervisor:  Dr. M. Scott Taylor
Jakobsen, AlexanderMACoordination in Games with General Network Effects
Supervisor:  Dr. B. Curtis Eaton
Janota, NicholasMAIntroducing Competition Into Regulated Network Industries: From Hierarchies to Markets in Canada's Railroad Industry 
Supervisor:  Dr. Jeffrey Church
Krzepkowski, MattMAIncome Risk and the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods
Supervisor:  Dr. Rob Oxoby
So, LawrencePhDMicroeconometric Analyses of Health Care
Supervisor:  Dr. Chris Auld
Tweedle, JesseMAA Convenience Model of Spatial Competition
Supervisor:  Dr. Curtis Eaton
Vasetsky, OlexandrMAInterfuel and Interfactor Substitution in Different Sectors in the U.S. Economy 
Supervisor:  Dr. Paul Serletis
Zarrabi Ghahvechi, MahmoodPhDEconometric Analysis of Healthl and Health Care Dynamics
Supervisor:  Dr. Chris Auld
   
2008  
Bruner, DavidPhD Essays on Risk Preference Elicitation in the Laboratory
Supervisor:  Dr. Michael McKee
Feng, GuohuaPhD Three Essays on Producitivity and Efficiency
Supervisor:  Dr. Paul Serletis
Hyrina, GenyaMA The Validity of Purchasing Power Parity over the Last Century
Supervisor:  Dr. Paul Serletis
Kendall, LindsayMAA Sustainable Fiscal Rule for Managing Non-renewable Resource Revenues: Oil Sands as a Second Chance for Alberta
Supervisor:  Dr. Ronald Kneebone
Komierowski, BeataMA A Model of Natural Gas Exploration Effort in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
Supervisor:  Dr. Frank Atkins
Lang, SarahMA Forced Into the Beauty Pageant:An Economic Analysis of Female Happiness in the Pursuit of Ideal Beauty
Supervisor:  Dr. Curtis Eaton
McLeish, KendraPhD Identity and Social Interactions: Implications for Cooperation, Punishment and Productivity 
Supervisor:  Dr. Rob Oxoby
Ponsko, PawelPhDEssays on Decision Making and Social Comparison
Supervisor:  Dr. Rob Oxoby 
Preston, AshleyMAEnergy Price Volatility and No Risk Deficit in Alberta
Supervisor:  Dr. Ronald Kneebone
Tamblyn, CharlesMA

An Empirical Examination of the Effects of Endogenous Growth on Exhaustible Resources Prices
Supervisor:  Dr. John Boyce

Thomson, GrahamMA Optimal Price-Cap Regulation
Supervisor:  Dr. Jeffrey Church
Wipond, KevinMA Economic Witholding in the Alberta Electricity Market
Supervisor:  Dr. Jeffrey Church
   
2007
  
Amery, MohamedMAThe procurement of Ancillary Services in Alberta
Supervisor:  Dr. Jeffrey Church
Sagidova, GyulnaraMATheoretical and Empirical Analysis of the Environmental Impact of Kyoto Protocol
Supervisor:  Dr. James Gaisford
Rosenberg, AryehMA Oil Price Volatility and the Canadian Macroeconomy
Supervisor:  Dr. Paul Serletis 
Weir, LauraMAExamining the Decision of Mountain Climbers to Continue Engaging in the Risky Sport of Mountaineering
Supervisor:  Dr. John Boyce
Vojtassak, LuciaPhDEquilibrium Concepts in Exhaustive Resource Economics
Supervisor: Dr. John Boyce
   
2006   

Chui, Michael Ka Hin

MAUnderstanding the Rationales and Effectiveness of Policies Aimed to Increase the Physical Activity Levels of Canadians
Supervisor: Dr. Herb Emery
Huang, YuanyingMAAn Economic Evaluation of Energy Substitution in China
Supervisor:  Dr. Frank Atkins
Lau, Chui HaPhDThree Essays in Antidumping Theory and Policies
Supervisor:  Dr. James Gaisford
Le Blanc, NicoleMATradable Quotas Within the University of Calgary's Open Scholarship Competition
Supervisor:  Dr. Elizabeth Wilman
Leung, Kin Pan BennyMAThe Duration of Bull and Bear Markets in the Dow Jones Industrial Average
Supervisor:  Dr. Paul Serletis
Mullrooney, John PatrickMAIncome, Demographics, and Subjective Reporting: An Econometric Analysis of Life Satisfaction
Supervisor: Dr. Herb Emery
Qualizza, Angela DawnMAAn Econometric Valuation of Recreation Users on the Bow River
Supervisor:  Dr. Daniel Gordon
Perger, OrsolyaMASpatial and Temporal Aspect of Multiple Use Forest Management
Supervisor:  Dr. Elizabeth Wilman
Shahmoradi, AsgharPhDFlexible Functional Forms and the Demand for Assets
Supervisor:  Dr. Paul Serletis
Spackman, David EldonMAThe Effects of Cost and Value Information on Embedding in Contingent Valuation
Supervisor:  Dr. Gillian Currie
White, Katherine GraceMAThe Economic and Political Determinants of Provincial Social Assistance Rates in Canada
Supervisor:  Dr. Ronald Kneebone
   
2005   
Campbell, MichaelMAAn Examination of Hayek's Hypothesis on Entrepreneurial Discovery
Supervisor:  Dr. Robert Oxoby
Churchill Jolles, LauraMAThe Antitrust Logit Model: An Application to Spaghetti Sauce Mergers
Supervsor:  Dr. Jeffrey Church
English, Ryan Charles RandMAManatchewan and Mantario? A Cost-Benefit Analysis of A Union of Northwestern Ontario and Manitoba and a Provincial Union of Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Supervisor:  Dr. Herb Emery
Gerrits, KevinMAEstimating Demand for Private Health Insurance: Lessons from Alberta
Supervisor:  Dr. Herb Emery
Hladky, Melanie DawnMABenefit-Cost Analysis for Twinning Highway 3 in Southern Alberta
Supervisor:  Dr. Frank Atkins
Huculak, Darren JosephMABack to the Workforce: The Implications of Raising CPP Entitlement Age to 70
Supervisor:  Dr. Herb Emery
Sershun, NataliaMATaxation and R & D: AN Empirical Investigation of Push and Pull Effects
Supervisor:  Dr. Ken McKenzie
Wang, Wei GuoMAWho Supports Free Trade in Latin America?
Supervisor:  Dr. Eugene Beaulieu
Wiles, Brett WilliamMANitrate Contamination of Groundwater from Agricultural Sources in Southern Ontario
Supervisor:  Dr. Ted Horbulyk
Vito, J.C.MA

The Fiscal Sustainability of Canadian Municipaliaties
Supervisor:  Dr. Ron Kneebone

Zhang, LipingMAThe Canada-U.S. Softwood Lumber Dispute: Economic Welfare Alternative Trade Regimes
Supervisor:  Dr. James Gaisford
Zhang, WeiMAExtreme Value Theory Analysis of Alberata Power Prices
Supervisor:  Dr. David Walls
   
2004   
Anderson, CarmenMAAn Analysis of the Bayesian Classification of Monetary Assets in the United States.
Supervisor:  Dr. Paul Serletis
Ayub, SyedMACheating on Quotas in OPEC: An Exploratory Study
Supervisor:  Dr. Alan MacFadyen
Chan, David Kwok WaiMEcMeasuring the Impact of Structural Changes in Alberta's Education System
Chan, Patrick Wing MingMAEuropean Union and European Monetary Union
Dr. Paul Serletis
Bukhari, Kalim SyedMAA Recursive Modeling Approach to Exchange Rate Forecasting
Supervisor:  Dr. Patrick Coe
Cowan, Timothy HughMAProvincial Pricing Problems: The New PPP? Exploring Price Volatility and Law of One Price Deviations in Canada
Supervisor:  Dr. Patrick Coe
Finnigan, Hugh Patrick MAAttention Blocking in Consumer Choice: Experimental Analysis with Implications for Advertising
Supervisor:  Dr. Rob Oxoby
Gallotta, Ann-MarieMA[Course-Based]
Han, YuyangMEcThe Equality -Efficiency Tradeoff in Canada's Tax System
Hughes, Michael JamesMEcAn Investigation Into the Extent of Unification in the Crude Oil Market Using Prices and Freight Rates
Khan, NassraMAThe Use of 'Contingent Valuation Method' for Valuing Medical Services
Supervisor:  Dr. Alan MacFadyen
Kromm, Seija KristiinaMAPublic versus Private Financing of Health Care in the Market for In Vitro Fertilization Services in Canada: How Does it Affect the Welfare Function?
Supervisor:  Dr. Curtis Eaton
Laroiya, Andrea NatashaMEcEco-Labeling: An Investigation Into the Use and Nature of Environmental Labeling
Lenko, Charles Alexander MEcThe Development of the Energy Industry in Western Canada: The Effect of Resource Endowment
Luyendyk. Megan KathleenMALearning in Games: An Experimental Analysis of Learning in the Games with Stable and Unstable Nash Equilibria
Supervisor:  Dr. John Boyce
Li, RuntaoMAThe Analysis of the Environmental Kuznets Curve and its Application in Canada
Supervisor:  Dr. John Boyce
MacIntyre, GlennMEcElectricity Trade Between Canada and the United States
McIntosh, KarenMACooperative Management of s Shared Watershed: A Case Study of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
McLeish, KendraMAGender and Affect in Intertemporal Choice
Supervisor:  Dr. Rob Oxoby
Ng, EddieMAThe Heckscher-Ohlin-Vanek Model and Individual Trade Policy Preferences
Riddell, Daryck JeremyMAEndogenous Protection and Persistence of Canada's National Policy Tariff
Saito, HanakoMEcWage Inequality and Trade Policy Preferences in Mexico
Sidhu, Nirmal SinghMAThe Role of Cognitive Ability in the Health Education Nexus
Supervisor:  Dr. Chris Auld
So, LawrenceMAPostsecondary Dropouts and Differential Grading Standards: An Empirical Approach
Tsares, Nicole LaraMAForced Compliance in the Principal-Agent Relationship
Wang, HaoMEcThe Determinants of Education Atttainments and Income of Disabled Canadians
Zhang, YifengMATesting for Structure and Measuring Scale Effects in the Norwegian Cod Fishery: A Panel Data Approach
Supervisor:  Dr. Daniel Gordon
Wang, YifengMAA Nonparametric Analysis of the Personal Income Distribution Across the Provinces and States in the U.S. and Canada
Yu, QingMEcAn Application of the Moroney-Berg Models of Crude Oil Supply in Western Canada and Alberta
2003  
Blumer, SerenityMANatural Gas Prices and Competition Among Interstate Gas Pipelines
Supervisor:  Dr. John Boyce
Brown, Wallace JasonMEcStrategic Issues in the Electrical Power Generation Industry
Chatttopadhyay, AnasuyaMAIntellectual Property Rights and Agricultural Biotechnology: Implications and Public Policy Choices for a Developing Country
Supervisor:  Dr. Ted Horbulyk
Chiew, RobertMABusiness Cycles Synchronicity and the Fixed Exchange Rate
Supervisor:  Dr. Paul Serletis
Chung. JenniferMADebt Accumulation by Canadian Provincial Governments
Supervisor:  Dr. Ronald Kneebone
Iourkova, InnaMAEssays on Natural Gas Price Behavior
Supervisor:  Dr. David Walls
Guang, HuangMA

The Global Wealth Redistribution Effect of the Kyoto Protocol
Supervisor:  Dr. Lasheng Yuan

Leswick, Nicholas BradleyMAMunicipal-Provincial Fiscal Balances in Alberta
Supervisor:  Dr. Herb Emery
Li, BIngMAOil Price Shocks and Macroeconomic Activity: An Application of Hidden Cointegration
Supervisor:  Dr. Frank Atkins
MacDonald, Patrick BruceMAContingent Claims in the Alberta Electricity Market
Supervisor:  Dr. Frank Atkins
Mirza, Munsoor AhmadMAAn Evaluation of Costs and Outcomes for Middle to Late State Dementia Residents in Traditional Specialized Care Environments
Supervisor: Dr. Gillian Currie
Olson, Arthur VictorMARace to Nowhere: An Expanded Model of Tax Competition
Supervisor:  Dr. Ken McKenzie
Pancoast, RochelleMAIs the Kyoto Protocol Good for the Environment? A General Equilibrium Consideration of Global Carbon Leakage
Supervisor:  Dr. James Gaisford
Sand, BenMAWage Structure and the Canadian Gender Wage Gap: 1980-1995
Supervisor:  Dr. Herb Emery
Sarvghad-Moghaddam, NIkooMEcThe Impacts of CUSFTA and NAFTA on Canada-U.S. Trade Patterns
Shea, WalterMACourse-Based
Stokl, Richard AntonMAConformity ad Networks in a Simulated Society
Supervisor:  Dr. Paul Serletis
Sudak, MattahewMAConformity and Networks in a Simulated Society.
Supervisor:  Dr. Curtis Eaton
Sun, ZhenMAWavelet-Based Analysis of Fractional Integrated Processes: A Re-Examination of Fisher Effect
Supervisor:  Dr. Frank Atkins
Swisterski, PawelMAA Constant Market Share Analylsis of OECD Exports
Supervisor:  Dr. Eugene Beaulieu
Tepczynska, MalgorzataMAAn Economic Analysis of the Regulating Reserves Market in Alberta
Supervisor:  Dr. Aidan Hollis
Udberg, JamesMABand Pass Filtering and Purchasing Power Parity
Supervisor:  Dr. Patrick Coe
Wang, HuaixiangMAAn Empirical Study of Scale Economies in the Chinese Railway System
Supervisor:  Dr. Aidan Hollis
Wong, AndreaMAAdolescent Abuse and Labour Market Outcomes
Supervisor:  Dr. Chris Auld
   
2002  
Aksomitis,, KristofferMAStrategic Behaviour in the Alberta Electricity Market
Supervisor:  Dr. Aidan Hollis
Boudreau, Alexander RossMEcVideo Lottery Terminals in Alberta
Chen, PingMEcThe Estimation of Value-of-Time in the Transaction Demand for Money Equation
Enns, Edwin JohnMEcConjoint Analysis: An Application to Budgeting in the Health Care Sector
Henry, Cailen VanessaMAYouth Substance Use and Human Capital Formation
Supervisor:  Dr. Chirs Auld
Hou, Helen XinrongMAA Theoretical and Empirical Investigation of Election Strategies in Canada
Howland, Thomas MurrayMEcMeasuring Bank Branch Efficiency Using Data Envelopment Analysis
Joy, ChristopherMACanada Labour Market Adjustment: CUSTA and Beyond
Kee, Gwang-SoogMAAn Empirical Analysis of Canadian Public Health Care Spending and Health: 1975-1996
Supervisor:  Dr. Chris Auld
Kralovic, Paul MEcThe Effects of Economic Integration and Industrial Location in the North of Mexico
Krause, DavidPhDInternalizing Network Externalities
Supervisor:  Dr. Jeffrey Church
Lai, Kam TimMASpillover Effects between Hong Kong and the US Stock Markets: A Bivariate GARCH Model Approach
Lee, HelenMAAn Economic Evaluation of Human Activated Protein C for Patients with Severe Sepsis in the Intensive Care Unit
Supervisor:  Dr. Cameron Donaldson
Rosnau, LucasMAQuantifying the Preference Intensities with Physical Tasks
Virk, Jagat JitMAInflation, Welfare and Monetary Aggregation Issues
Supervisor:  Dr. Paul Serletis
Vu, JImmyMAEffective Tax Rates on Marginal Costs: Trends and Impact on Firm Location in Canada
Williams, Roger CharlesMAWilliams on Electricity
Supervisor:  Dr. Aidan Hollis
Yousef, LikaaMADerivation and Empirical Testing of Alternative Option Pricing Models in Alberta's Electricity Markets
Supervisor:  Dr. J. F. Wen

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