PhD Thesis and Job Placements
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2021
Fatouros, Nikos
Thesis Title: Essays in Energy, Climate Change and the Environment
Placement: Lecturer in Economics (Tenure Track), Department of Economics, University of Birmingham, Dubai
Liu, Ruifeng
Placement: Manager, Enterprise Model Risk Management, Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto
Agyei Asiamah, Henrietta (PhD 2021)
Thesis Title: Essays in Applied Microeconomics
Placement: Economist, Statistics Canada, Ottawa
2020
Xiao, Hui (PhD 2020)
Thesis Title: Essays on Model Uncertainty and Real Estate Markets
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Economics, Saint Mary's University, Halifax
Manuel, Nicholas (PhD 2020)
Thesis Title: Three Essays on Skills in the Labour Market
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Economics, Saint Mary's University, Halifax
2019
Chen, Chaoyi (PhD 2019)
Thesis Title: Essays in Threshold Regression: Theory and Application
Placement: Researcher, Central Bank of Hungary (MNB) & Assistant Professor, MNB Department at the Corvinus University of Budapest
Zhang, Haibin (PhD 2019)
Thesis Title: Essays in Financial Economics and Macroeconomics
Placement: Associate, Americas Model Risk Management, MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group), Toronto
2018
Pysarenko, Sergiy (PhD 2018)
Thesis Title: Essays on Optimal Portfolio and Resource Allocation
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Shannon School of Business, Cape Breton University
2017
Galay, Gregory (PhD 2017)
Thesis Title: Spatial Price Dynamics: Implications for Investment Decisions and Energy Policy in Canada
Placement: Senior Quantitative Economist with the Treasury Board Secretariat of Ontario
Current Position: Senior Economist at Ontario Ministry of Finance
Koroglu, Mustafa (PhD 2017)
Thesis Title: Semiparametric Applications in Economic Growth
Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, Health Sciences, Wilfrid Laurier University
Current Position: Data Scientist and Quantitative Economist, Loblaw Companies Limited
Lee, Jamie (PhD 2017)
Thesis Title: Three Essays on Environmental Economics
Placement: Economist, Research Team Member, R2B2 Regional & Rural Broadband Project, University of Guelph
Mahboubi, Parisa (PhD 2017)
Thesis Title: Essays in Macro-Labour Economics
Placement: Senior Policy Analyst, C.D. Howe Institute
2016
Lun, Tin Ching (Esmond) (PhD 2016)
Thesis Title: Production and Incentives in Teams
Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Wilfrid Laurier Lazaridis School of Business and Economics
Papanastasiou, Anastasios (PhD 2016)
Thesis Title: Essays in Pharmaceutical Economics
Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, McMaster University
Ren, Dong Meng (Raymond) (PhD 2016)
Thesis Title: Essays in Asset Pricing and Financial Econometrics
Placement: Assistant Professor, The Center for Economic Research Shan Dong University
Current Position: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Shannon School of Business, Cape Breton University
Aliakbari, Elmira (PhD 2016)
Thesis Title: Essays in Energy and Environmental Economics
Placement: Director of Research, Energy, Ecology & Prosperity at Frontier Center for Public Policy
Current Position: Director of the Centre for Natural Resource Studies at the Fraser Institute
2015
Batu, Michael Barrios (MA 2010, PhD 2015)
Thesis Title: Three Essays in Remittance Effectiveness
Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Windsor
Current Position: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), University of the Fraser Valley
Teng, Jennifer (MA 2009, PhD 2015)
Thesis Title: Labour Mobility and Returns to Education in Canada
Placement: Associate at Thematic Investing with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Current Position: Senior Associate at CPP Investment Board
2014
Alessandrini, Diana (MA 2009, PhD 2014)
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Economics, Auburn University, USA.
Current Position: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Economics, St. Francis Xavier University
Summerfield, Fraser (MA 2009, PhD 2014)
Placement: CELMR Research Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Aberdeen, UK.
Current Position: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Economics, St. Francis Xavier University
2013
Milla, Joniada (MA 2008, PhD 2013)
Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Ecole de Sciences Economiques de Louvain, Universite Catholique de Louvin, Belgium.
Current Position: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Economics, Saint Mary's University
Oestreich, Marcel (MA 2009, PhD 2013)
Thesis Title: Essays on the Design and Enforcement of Market-Based Environmental Policies
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Economics, Brock University
Current Position: Associate Profesor, Department of Economics, Brock University
Rodenburg, Kathleen (MA 2009, PhD 2013)
Placement: Definite term Lecturer of Economics, University of Waterloo
Current Position: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management, University of Guelph
2011
Aurangzeb, Zeb (PhD 2011)
Thesis Title: Three Essays on Empirical Applications of Nonlinear Econometric Models in Economic Growth (Abstract)
Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, University of Greenland
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
Li, Xiaofeng "Penny" (PhD 2011)
Thesis Title: Essays on Productivity Analysis in the Canadian Tourism and Hospitality Industries (Abstract)
Placement: Assistant Professor, International School of Economics and Management, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China
Current: Associate Professor, International School of Economics and Management, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China
Pinar, Mehmet (MA 2007, PhD 2011)
Placement: Lecturer in Economics, Edge Hill University, UK.
Current Position: Professor of Economics, Edge Hill University, UK.
Wood, Joel (MA 2005, PhD 2011)
Thesis Title: Three Essays on Environmental Economics (Abstract)
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Economics, Thompson Rivers University
Current Position: Associate Professor, Economics, Thompson Rivers University
2010
Alexeev, Vitali (PhD 2010)
Thesis Title: Essays in Financial Economics (Abstract)
Placement: Lecturer at the University of Tasmania in the School of Economics and Finance, Australia.
Current Position: Senior Lecturer, Finance Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Business School
Koka, Katerina (MA 2003, PhD 2010)
Thesis Title: Three Essays on Lifecycle Analysis (Abstract)
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Economics, Brock University.
Current Position: Associate Profesor, Department of Economics, Brock University
2009
Hu, Bin (PhD 2009)
Placement: Assistant Professor at the China Academy of Public Finance and Public Policy, Central University of Finance and Economics, China.
Current Position: Associate Professor, China Academy of Public Finance and Public Policy, Central University of Finance and Economics, China.
Thompson, Brennan (PhD 2009)
Thesis Title: Essays on the Econometric Analysis of Welfare (Abstract)
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Economics, Ryerson University
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Ryerson University
2008
Li, Zhi (Jane) (PhD 2008)
Placement: Economics Specialist, Ontario Ministry of Finance
Moghadam, Arian Khaleghi (PhD 2008)
Thesis Title: Essays in Environmental Economics (Abstract)
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Economics, Bloomsburg University
Current Position: Professor and Chairperson, Department of Economics, Bloomsburg University
Qi, Ning (PhD 2008)
2007
Kayahan, Burc (PhD 2007)
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Economics, Acadia University
Current Position: Associate Professor and Department Head, Department of Economics, Acadia University
Liang, Zhihong (Joanne) (PhD 2007)
Thesis Title: Three Essays on Empirical Growth (Abstract)
Placement: Economic Analyst, Ontario Ministry of Finance
Oladunjoye, Olusegun (PhD 2007)
Thesis Title: Essays on Refining Markets and Environmental Policy
Placement: Transfer Pricing Manager, Weatherford Internation Ltd. in Houston, Texas.
Yang, Ling (PhD 2007)
Thesis Title: Resampling Methods in Economics (Abstract)
Placement: Senior Econometrician, Government of Ontario
2005
Chen, Peng (Amy) (PhD 2005)
Thesis Title: Aspects of Wage Contracts (Abstract)
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Economics, Ryerson University
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Ryerson University
Oguzoglu, Umut (PhD 2005)
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Economics Department, University of Manitoba
Current Position: Associate Professor, Economics Department, University of Manitoba
Witt, Julia (PhD 2005)
Thesis Title: Essays in Health Economics (Abstract)
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Economics Department, University of Manitoba
Current Position: Associate Professor, Economics Department, University of Manitoba
2004
McKenna, Francis (PhD 2004)
Thesis Title: The Emergence of Economic Institutions for the Management of Natural Resources and the Environment (Abstract)
Placment: Senior Economist, Ontario Ministry of Finance
Current Position: Manager, Quantitative Design & Research Unit Ontario Ministry of Finance
2002
Li, Dingding (PhD 2002)
Thesis Title: Estimation and Inference in Semiparametric Regression Models with Weakly Dependent Data (Abstract)
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Economics, University of Windsor
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Windsor
2001
Martin, Patrick (PhD 2001)
Thesis Title: Essays on the Intertemporal Allocation of Natural Resources in the Presence of Environmental Amenities (Abstract)
Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics & Finance, University of Guelph
Raymond, Mark (PhD 2001)
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), School of the Environment, St. Mary’s University
Current Position: Department Chair, Economics, Saint Mary's University
2000
Laporte, Audrey (PhD 2000)
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (HPME), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Current Position: Professor and Program Director of Health Services Research, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), University of Toronto; and President of the International Health Economics Association
Schott, Stephan (PhD 2000)
Thesis Title: Optimal Management of Multiple-Cohort Fisheries With an Empirical Application to the Harvest of Northern Cod (Abstract)
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University
Current Position: Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University
1998
Amoah, Benjamin (PhD 1998)
Thesis Title: An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Taxes and Royalties on Petroleum Supply in Alberta
Placement: Labour & Household Surveys Analysis Division, Statistics Canada
Placement: Labour & Household Surveys Analysis Division, Statistics Canada
Liu, Zhenjuan (PhD 1998)
Thesis Title: Nonparametric and semiparametric estimation and testing of econometric models
Yan, Boping (PhD 1998)
Thesis Title: Double Kernel Non-Parametric Estimation in Semiparametric Econometric Models
Placement: Manulife Financial
Current Position: (retired) Director, Global Asset Liability Management, Investment Division at Manulife Financial
Placement: Manulife Financial
Current Position: (retired) Director, Global Asset Liability Management, Investment Division at Manulife Financial
Zhang, Xianqiang (PhD 1998)
Thesis Title: An Application and Test of Hotelling's Rule: The Case of Old Growth Forest
Placement: Economist, Agriculture Canada
Current Position: Senior Economist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Placement: Economist, Agriculture Canada
Current Position: Senior Economist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
1997
Colwill, Timothy (PhD 1997)
Thesis Title: Shrimp Farms and the Shrimp Fishery – An Economic Analysis
Placement: Economist, Agriculture Canada
Current Position: Research Economist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Placement: Economist, Agriculture Canada
Current Position: Research Economist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Insley, Margaret (PhD 1997)
Thesis Title: The Economics of Efficient Information Acquisition for Environmental Policy Making: Sequential Decisions Under Uncertainty
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Economics, University of Waterloo
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Waterloo
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Economics, University of Waterloo
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Waterloo
1995
Lintner, Anastasia (PhD 1995)
Thesis Title: Evaluating control instruments for improving diffuse source water quality
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Memorial University of Newfoundland
Recent Positions: Principal at Lintner Law
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Memorial University of Newfoundland
Recent Positions: Principal at Lintner Law
Curent Positions: Special Projects Coordinator for Canadian Environmental Law Association; Adjunct Professor, Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University