PhD Thesis and Job Placements
Access to full theses & dissertations are available via The Atrium (The University of Guelph Institutional Repository) using the links below.
2025
Mingze (Marcellus) Li (PhD 2025)
Thesis Title: Spatial Nexus: Empirical Studies in Environmental and Resource Economics.
Placement: Assistant Professor, Mount Allison University
Alexander Meek (BA 2017, MA 2018, PhD 2025)
Thesis Title: Assessing Policy Effectiveness, Long-term Care Outcomes, and Income Inequality During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada.
Placement: Economist, House Oeconomicae, Canada
Placement: Economist, House Oeconomicae, Canada
2024
Jianhan Zhang (PhD 2024)
Thesis Title: Endogeneity in Kink Threshold Regression Models.
Placement: Assistant Professor (tenure track), School of Statistics, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, China
Placement: Assistant Professor (tenure track), School of Statistics, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, China
2023
Tselmuun Tserenkhuu (PhD 2023)
Thesis Title: Life expectancy and economic outcomes in a small open economy
Placement: Assistant Professor, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University, Japan
Placement: Assistant Professor, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University, Japan
Michael Di Carlo (PhD 2023)
Thesis Title: Three Essays in Empirical Asset Pricing
Placement: Risk Management Quantitative Associate, TD Bank Group
Devina Lakhtakia (PhD 2023)
Thesis Title: Three Essays on Economic Growth and Climate Change
Placement: Economist at Department of Finance Canada, Ottawa
2022
Myrto Kasioumi (PhD 2022)
Thesis Title: Economics of Recycling
Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, Paris School of Economics and Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Renliang Liu (PhD 2022)
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Advanced Institute of Finance and Economics, Liaoning University
Anastasia Dimiski (PhD 2022)
Thesis Title: Three Essays in the Economics of pre-primary school education: An application of Gini-BMA methodology
Placement: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Economics Research Center, University of Cyprus
2021
Nikos Fatouros (PhD 2021)
Thesis Title: Essays in Energy, Climate Change and the Environment
Placement: Lecturer in Economics (Tenure Track), Department of Economics, University of Birmingham
Current Position: Associate Professor in Economics at American University of Bulgaria, and Honorary Research Fellow at UoB
Ruifeng Liu (PhD 2021)
Placement: Manager, Enterprise Model Risk Management, Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto
Henrietta Agyei Asiamah (PhD 2021)
Thesis Title: Essays in Applied Microeconomics
Placement: Economist, Statistics Canada, Ottawa
2020
Hui Xiao (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
Nicholas Manuel (MA 2014, 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
Chaoyi Chen (MA 2015, PhD 2019)
Thesis Title: Essays in Threshold Regression: Theory and Application
Placement: Researcher, Central Bank of Hungary (MNB); & Assistant Professor, MNB Institute at John von Neumann University
Haibin Zhang (MA 2013, PhD 2019)
Thesis Title: Essays in Financial Economics and Macroeconomics
Placement: Associate, Americas Model Risk Management, MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group), Toronto
2018
Sergiy Pysarenko (PhD 2018)
Thesis Title: Essays on Optimal Portfolio and Resource Allocation
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Shannon School of Business, Cape Breton University
2017
Gregory Galay (MA 2011, 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
Recent: Senior Economist at Ontario Ministry of Finance; Postdoctoral Associate in School of Public Policy at University of Calgary
Current Position: Senior Economic Advisor at Environment and Climate Change Canada
Mustafa Koroglu (PhD 2017)
Thesis Title: Semiparametric Applications in Economic Growth
Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, Health Sciences, Wilfrid Laurier University
Recent Positions: Data Scientist and Quantitative Economist, Loblaw Companies Limited
Current Position: Senior Data Scientist, Measurement Insights & Analytics at Walmart Connect
Jamie Lee (MA 2009, PhD 2017)
Thesis Title: Three Essays on Environmental Economics
Placement: Economist, Research Team Member, R2B2 Regional & Rural Broadband Project, University of Guelph
Current Position: Senior Safety Research Advisor, Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Parisa Mahboubi (MA 2011, PhD 2017)
Thesis Title: Essays in Macro-Labour Economics
Placement: Senior Policy Analyst, C.D. Howe Institute
2016
Tin Ching (Esmond) Lun (PhD 2016)
Thesis Title: Production and Incentives in Teams
Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Wilfrid Laurier Lazaridis School of Business and Economics
Anastasios Papanastasiou (PhD 2016)
Thesis Title: Essays in Pharmaceutical Economics
Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, McMaster University
Dong Meng (Raymond) Ren (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
Elmira Aliakbari (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
Michael Batu (MA 2010, PhD 2015)
Thesis Title: Three Essays in Remittance Effectiveness
Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Windsor
Current Position: Associate Professor, University of the Fraser Valley
Jennifer Teng (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: Portfolio Manager at CPP Investment Board
2014
Diana Alessandrini (MA 2009, PhD 2014)
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Economics, Auburn University, USA.
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, St. Francis Xavier University
Fraser Summerfield (MA 2009, PhD 2014)
Placement: CELMR Research Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Aberdeen, UK.
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, St. Francis Xavier University
2013
Joniada Milla (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: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Saint Mary's University
Marcel Oestreich (MA 2009, PhD 2013)
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Economics, Brock University
Current Position: Associate Profesor, Department of Economics, Brock University
Kathleen Rodenburg (MA 2009, PhD 2013)
Placement: Definite term Lecturer of Economics, University of Waterloo
Current Position: Associate Dean (Academic) Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics, and Associate Professor, Department of Management, University of Guelph
2011
Zeb Aurangzeb (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
Xiaofeng (Penny) Li (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
Mehmet Pinar (MA 2007, PhD 2011)
Placement: Lecturer in Economics, Edge Hill University, UK.
Current Position: Professor of Economics, Edge Hill University, UK.
Joel Wood (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
Vitali Alexeev (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: Associate Professor in Finance, Finance Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney Business School
Katerina Koka (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
Bin Hu (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.
Brennan Thompson (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 and Department Chair, Department of Economics, Toronto Metropolitan University
2008
Zhi (Jane) Li (PhD 2008)
Placement: Economics Specialist, Ontario Ministry of Finance
Arian Khaleghi Moghadam (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
Ning Qi (PhD 2008)
2007
Burc Kayahan (PhD 2007)
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Economics, Acadia University
Current Position: Professor, Department of Economics, Acadia University
Zhihong (Joanne) Liang (PhD 2007)
Thesis Title: Three Essays on Empirical Growth (Abstract)
Placement: Economic Analyst, Ontario Ministry of Finance
Olusegun Oladunjoye (PhD 2007)
Thesis Title: Essays on Refining Markets and Environmental Policy
Placement: Transfer Pricing Manager, Weatherford Internation Ltd. in Houston, Texas.
Ling Yang (PhD 2007)
Thesis Title: Resampling Methods in Economics (Abstract)
Placement: Senior Econometrician, Government of Ontario
2005
Peng (Amy) Chen (PhD 2005)
Thesis Title: Aspects of Wage Contracts (Abstract)
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Economics, Ryerson University
Current Position: Interim Dean of Arts at Toronto Metropolitan University and Associate Professor, Department of Economics, TMU
Umut Oguzoglu (PhD 2005)
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Economics, University of Manitoba
Current Position: Professor and Head, Department of Economics, University of Manitoba
Julia Witt (PhD 2005)
Thesis Title: Essays in Health Economics (Abstract)
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Economics Department, University of Manitoba
Current Position: Professor, Department of Economics, University of Manitoba
2004
Francis McKenna (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
Dingding Li (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
Patrick Martin (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
Mark Raymond (PhD 2001)
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), School of the Environment, St. Mary’s University
Past Positions: Interim Dean and Associate Dean at Sobey School of Business, SMU
Current Position: Professor and Department Chair, Economics, SMU
2000
Audrey Laporte (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 Director of the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; and President of the International Health Economics Association
Stephan Schott (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: Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University
1998
Benjamin Amoah (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
Past Positions: (retired) Director and Advisor to Governor, Bank of Ghana
Zhenjuan Liu (PhD 1998)
Thesis Title: Nonparametric and semiparametric estimation and testing of econometric models
Boping Yan (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
Xianqiang Zhang (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
Timothy Colwill (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
Margaret Insley (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: Professor Emerita, Department of Economics, University of Waterloo
Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Economics, University of Waterloo
Current Position: Professor Emerita, Department of Economics, University of Waterloo
1995
Anastasia Lintner (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: Deputy Executive Director for Canadian Environmental Law Association; Adjunct Professor, Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University