PhD Thesis and Job Placements
2016
Papanastasiou, Anastasio (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
2015
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: Senior Economist at the Fraser Institute
Batu, Michael Barrios (MA 2010, PhD 2015)
Thesis Title: Three Essays in Remittance Effectiveness
Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Windsor
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
2014
Alessandrini, Diana (MA 2009, PhD 2014)
Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Auburn University, USA.
Summerfield, Fraser (MA 2009, PhD 2014)
Placement: CELMR Research Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Aberdeen, UK.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Lakehead 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, Department of Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
Oestreich, Marcel (MA 2009, PhD 2013)
Thesis Title: Essays on the Design and Enforcement of Market-Based Environmental Policies
Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Brock University
Rodenburg, Kathleen (MA 2009, PhD 2013)
Placement: Definite term Lecturer of Economics, University of Waterloo
Current Position: Assistant Professor in Business 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 of Economics at Nipissing University
Li, Xiaofeng "Penny" (PhD 2011)
Thesis Title: Essays on Productivity Analysis in the Canadian Tourism and Hospitality Industries (Abstract)
Placement: Assistant Professor in the International School of Economics and Management at Capital University of Economics and Business in Beijing, China.
Pinar, Mehmet (MA 2007, PhD 2011)
Placement: Lecturer in Economics, Edge Hill University, UK.
Current Position: Reader in Economics, Edge Hill University, UK.
Wood, Joel (MA 2005, PhD 2011)
Thesis Title: Three Essays on Environmental Economics (Abstract)
Placement: Assistant Professor of Economics, Thompson Rivers University
Current Position: Associate Professor of 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.
Koka, Katerina (MA 2003, PhD 2010)
Thesis Title: Three Essays on Lifecycle Analysis (Abstract)
Placement: Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, Brock University.
Current Position: Associate Profesor in the 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 (CUFE), China.
Thompson, Brennan (PhD 2009)
Thesis Title: Essays on the Econometric Analysis of Welfare (Abstract)
Placement: Assistant Professor in Economics, Ryerson University
Current Position: Associate Professor in 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 in Economics, Bloomsburg University
Current Position: Associate Professor in Economics, Bloomsburg University
Qi, Ning (PhD 2008)
2007
Kayahan, Burc (PhD 2007)
Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Acadia University
Current Position: Associate Professor, 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
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, Department of Economics
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Ryerson University
Oguzoglu, Umut (PhD 2005)
Placement: Assistant Professor, 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, 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, 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, School of the Environment, St. Mary’s University
Current Position: Department Chair, Economics, St, Mary's University
2000
Laporte, Audrey (PhD 2000)
Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (HPME), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (HPME), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
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, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University
Current Position: Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University