Completed dissertations

The following PhD dissertations have been successfuly defended in our department to date.

Dissertations that are currently being written by Ph.D. students in our department are listed here.

DUAN, Jun, "Optimization of the Renewable Power Grid: Calibration and Application" (September)
(Dr. G. Cornelis van Kooten, Dr. Alan Mehlenbacher, Dr. Ralph Evins [Civil Engineering])

LIU, Xuan, "Essays in Agricultural Business Risk Management" (August)
(Dr. G. Cornelis van Kooten, Dr. Merwan Engineer, Dr. Ke Xu & Dr. Lysa Porth [University of Guelph])

OZEL, Sinan, "Three Studies in Empirical Applications of Microeconomic Theory" (August)
(Dr. Elisabeth Gugl, Dr. Pascal Courty, Dr. Martin Farhnam, Dr. C. Worthington, & Dr. Janice Compton [University of Manitoba])
TSENG, Po-Hsin, "Essays on Capital Flows and Capital Controls" (April)
(Dr. Graham Voss, Dr. Paul Schure, Dr. Basma Majerbi, & Dr. Eugene Beaulieu [University of Calgary])

SALEH, Omar, "Essays on Foreign Aid and Macro-Economic Performance of Sub-Saharan African Countries" (April)
(Dr. Alok Kumar, Dr. Merwan Engineer, Dr. Sorin Rizeanu, & Dr. Marcelo Arbex [University of Windsor])

HOQUE, Ahmed, "On Estimating Variances for Gini Coefficients with Complex Surveys: Theory and Application" (September)
(Dr J.A. Clarke, Dr L. Cowen (Math & Stats), Dr D. Giles, Dr. N. Roy, Dr. B. Krauth [Simon Fraser University])
HUANG, Yunkai, "Non-Global Regression Modelling" (June)
(Dr D. Giles, Dr J. Clarke, Dr F. Nathoo, Dr. A. Yatchew [University of Toronto])

ABDELFATTAH, Noha, "Essays on Children's Well-being in Developing Countries" (July)
(Dr P. Courty, Dr E. Gugl, Dr Z. Wu, Dr. Fernanda Estevan [University of Ottawa])

JOHNSTON, Craig, "Topics in Forest Product Modelling: The Economics of Bioenergy Product Exports from Forests" (October)
(Dr G. Cornelis van Kooten, Dr B. Stennes, Dr K. Niquidet, Dr. Christopher Gaston [UBC Faculty of Forestry])
LI, Jiang (Beryl), "Essays on Canada-US Productivity in Manufacturing" (April)
(Dr G. Voss, Dr M. Engineer, Dr K. Stewart, Dr. Jen Baggs, Dr. Richard G. Harris [Simon Fraser University])

LI, Dan (Lydia), "An Empirical Investigation of Optimum Currency Area Theory, Business Cycle Synchronization, and Intra-Industry Trade" (December)
(Dr G. Voss, Dr N. Roy, Dr M. Webb (Political Science))
VO, Dan, "Essays on Entrepreneurial Finance" (October) (Dr.P. Schure, Dr. M. Engineer, Dr. T. Hellmann [Sauder School of Business, UBC])

GODWIN, Ryan, "Econometric Analysis of Non-Standard Count Data" (October)
(Dr D. Giles, Dr J. Clarke, Dr K. Stewart, & Dr M. Tsao (Math. & Stats.))
WITHEY, Patrick, "The Impact of Climate Change on the Optimal Management of Wetlands and Waterfowl" (June)
(Dr G.C. van Kooten, Dr D. Rondeau, Dr J. Yee (Math. & Stats.))

LIU, Jia, "Extreme Value Theory and Copula Theory: A Risk Management Application with Energy Futures" (March)
(Dr D. Giles, Dr J. Clarke, Dr M. Engineer, & Dr W. Reed (Math. & Stats.))

CHEN, Weichun, "Three Essays on the Health and Wealth of Nations" (May)
(Dr M. Engineer, Dr N. Roy, Dr J.A. Clarke & Dr Z. Wu (Sociology))
STOBBE, Tracy, "The Economics & Externalities of Agricultural Land in the Urban Fringe" (June)
(Dr G.C. van Kooten, Dr M. Rutherford, Dr M. Farnham & Dr C. Zietsma (Business))

CHEN, Qian, "Four Essays in Finite-Sample Econometrics" (April)
(Dr D. Giles, Dr N. Roy, Dr G. Voss and Dr M. Tsao (Math. & Stats.))
MEHLENBACHER, Alan, "Multiagent System Simulations of Sealed-Bid, English, and Treasury Auctions" (November)
(Dr. D. Scoones, Dr. D. Ferguson, Dr. L. Welling & Dr. T. Marley (Psychology))

CHABAN, Maxym, "Essays in Exchange Rate Economics" (May)
(Dr G. Voss, Dr J. Clarke, Dr. M. Engineer & Dr M. Webb (Political Science))
FENG, Hui (Helen), "Bayesian and Non-Bayesian Contributions to Fuzzy Regression Analysis" (April)
(Dr D. Giles, Dr D. Ferguson, Dr K. Stewart & Dr M. Lesperance (Math. & Stats.))
SUN, Lili, "Four Essays on Non-Market Valuation" (April)
(Dr G.C. van Kooten, Dr G. Voss, Dr P. Kennedy & Dr J. Baggs (Business))

DONG, Lauren, "Empirical Likelihood in Econometrics" (December)
(Dr D. Giles, Dr D. Ferguson, Dr M. Tsao (Math. & Stats.) & Dr J. Zhou (Math. & Stats.))