The faculty of the Department of Economics published 24 peer reviewed journal articles from April 1^st 2012 – March 31^st 2013! The faculty presented their research in 14 domestic and international conferences during this period. This is the best ever year for the department and it probably ranks as one of the top research departments at Thompson Rivers University.  The remarkable aspect of this research productivity is that it was done with very little research funds and grants. If ones use research output per $ of public funds then the department’s achievement is even more impressive.

Twenty four peer reviewed publications follow:

1. Androkovich, Robert, 2013, “British Columbia’s Agricultural Land Reserve: Economic, Legal, and Political Issues”, Land Use Policy, January, 30(1), 365-372
2. Dewan, Hansat, 2012, “A Set of Sustainability indicators related to high-priority policy issues, The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability.
3. Hlouskova, Jaroslava and Tsigaris Panagiotis, 2012, “Capital Income Taxation and Risk Taking under Prospect Theory.” International Tax and Public Finance. Special Issue 19(4), 554-573.
4. Hohner Margaret and Peter Tsigaris, 2012 “Student Perception of Quality for a Business Program Delivered in Canada and China” Journal of International Education in Business. 5(1), 37-49
5. Hossain Belayet and Laura Lamb, 2012, “The Dynamics of Environmental Giving in Canada: Evidence of Rising Demand for Environmental Quality?” Economic Papers: A journal of applied economics and policy, 31(2), 265–273.
6. Hossain, Belayet and Lamb, Laura, 2012, “Does the Effectiveness of Tax Incentives on the Decision to Give Charitable Donations Vary Across Donation Sectors in Canada?” Applied Economics Letters. 19(15), 1487-149.
7. Hossain Belayet and Peter Tsigaris, 2012, “Are Students Grade Expectations Rational? A Classroom Experiment.” Education Economics, DOI:10.1080/09645292.2012.735073
8. Hossain, Belayet and Laura, Lamb, 2012, “Price Elasticities of Charitable Giving across Donation Sectors in Canada: Is the Tax Incentive Effective?” ISRN Economics (International Scholarly Research Network),  DOI: 10.5402/2012/421789.
9. Hossain Belayet and Laura, Lamb, 2013, “The Impact of Human and Social Capital on Aboriginal Employment Income in Canada” Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy
10. Hossain Belayet and Peter Tsigaris, 2013, “Can Business Students Forecast their own Grade?, American Journal of Business Education, 6(1): 85-91.
11. Jung, Young-Cheol and Quyen, Nguyen, 2012, “The Global Transmission of Government Debt” The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics. 12(1), DOI: 10.1515/1935-1690.1762.
12. Khan A.H. and Dewan, Hasnat, 2012, “Factors Correlating with Long-Lasting Banking Crises: A Special Focus on Crisis Resolution Policy Measures” Applied Economics Letters, 20:3, 227-232.
13. Latif, Ehsan, 2012, “Monetary Valuation of Cardiovascular Disease in Canada,” Economics and Business Letters, 1(1), 46-52.
14. Latif, Ehsan and Stan Miles, 2012, “Utilization of General Practitioners: A Comparison of Immigrant and Non-Immigrant Older Canadians.” Canadian Public Policy 38(4) : 573-589.
15. Latif, Ehsan and Stan Miles, 2012, Students’ Perception of Effective Teaching, Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research,
16. Latif, Ehsan, “The Impact of Retirement on Health in Canada.” Canadian Public Policy, 38(1), March/mars 2012, 15-29.
17. Mahbobi, M. and Tran, K. 2012, A Short-Run AVAR Trade Model between Canada and US: A Case of Live Cattle Trade, The Empirical Economics Letters. (11) 7, 725-738.
18. Mahbobi, Mohammad, 2013, “What Factors Influence First-Year Student’s Success and Failure at TRU – A Case of Introductory Economics Courses,” Forthcoming, Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research.
19. Mahbobi, Mohammad and Shahriar Hasan, 2013, “The Increasing Influence of Oil Prices on the Canadian Stock Market” The International Journal of Business and Finance Research, 7(3): 27-39.
20. Mahbobi Mohammad, and Kerr W. A. 2012, “Possibility of Dumping in a Mixed Duopoly Model”, Journal of International Business Research, 11(2), 73-88.
21. Mahbobi, Mohammad and Maria Bezymyannaya, 2013, “Analysis of Alternative Scenarios in the World Oil Market; OPEC with and without Russia” Forthcoming, Journal of International Business Research.
22. Pyne Derek, 2012, “Deterrence: Increased enforcement versus harsher penalties” Economic Letters, 117(3), December 2012, 561–562.  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2012.07.029
23. Rahman, Hafiz, Jim Seldon and Zena Seldon, 2012, “The Opportunity Cost of Education: Where Do the Lost Years Go?” Journal of Economic Educators, 12 (1): 43-52.
24. Taylor, Dana and Peter Tsigaris, 2012, “Elderly and their Valuation of the Convenience of Curbside Recycling,” Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability, 8(1), 57-67.

Fourteen domestic and international conference presentations:

1. Androkovich, Robert, “Recreational Visits to the Adams River during the Annual Sockeye Run: A travel Cost Analysis” Canadian Economics Association Annual Conference, Calgary, Alberta, June 8^th 2012
2. Androkovich, Robert, “Recreational Visits to the Adams River during the Annual Sockeye Run: A Travel Cost Analysis” Department of Economics at UBC-Okanagan on April 4, 2012.
3. Birkbeck Jane and Zena Seldon, “Practitioner Perspectives on Financial Literacy and Canadian Social Work Education” 82nd annual conference of the Southern Economic Association, November 16-18, 2012, New Orleans Hotel in New Orleans, LA.
4. Hossain, Belayet and Laura Lamb “Aboriginal Labour Force Participation in Canada: Consideration of a Broader Definition of Capital” Western Economic Association International San Francisco, July 1 – 3, 2012
5. Hossain Belayet and Laura Lamb, “The determinants of Aboriginal labour force participation” Clute Institute Conference, Maui, Hawaii, January 4th, 2013. The Laura Lamb presented. Presentation received the best in the session award.
6. Hossain Belayet and Laura Lamb, “Aboriginal Labour Force Participation in Canada: Consideration of a Broader Definition of Capital” The Western Economic Association International Annual conference, San Francisco, July 1-3, 2012.
7. Hossain Belayet and Laura Lamb, “The Effectiveness of Tax Incentives on Charitable Giving Expenditures across Donation Sectors in Canada,” Canadian Economics Association Annual Conference, Calgary, Alberta, June 2012.
8. Hossain Belayet and Laura Lamb, “Tax Incentives and Charitable Giving across Donation Sectors in Canada” 68th annual congress of International Institute of Public Finance, Dresden, Germany, August 20-23, 2012
9. Latif, Ehsan, “The Impact of Recession on Risky Health Behaviours in Canada” International Business and Public Administration Discipline’ Nevada, USA, October, 2012.
10. Latif, Ehsan, “The Impact of Retirement on Mental Health Otucomes in Canada, Pacific North West Regional Economic Conference, Seattle, USA, June 2012.
11. Pyne Derek, “An Afterlife Capital Model of Religious Choice” Canadian Economics Association Annual Conference, Calgary, Alberta, June 2012
12. Pyne Derek and Stan Miles, “Efficient Penalty Schedules: A Bayesian Approach” The Western Economic Association International’s 10th Biennial Pacific Rim Conference, March 2013
13. Rahman, Hafiz and Zena Seldon, “Decision-Making in Cities and Municipalities: A Canada-Wide Study” 64th annual Institute of Public Administration in Canada (IPAC) meeting.
14. Rahman, Hafiz and Zena Seldon “Municipal Dichotomy or Cooperation – A Canadian Perspective” ASPA’s Southeastern Conference on Public Administration (SECoPA 2012)
    October 3-6, 2012, Coral Springs, Florida.