Posted on: April 1, 2014
Stroock Professor of Natural Resource Conservation & Management University of Wyoming Speech for the TRU Environmental Seminar Series Who Pays for Climate Change? Thursday, April…
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It is with great pleasure to announce that Professor Curtis Eaton is coming to visit the Department of Economics at Thompson Rivers University on April…
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It is with great pleasure to announce that Professor Jason Shogren from the University of Wyoming will be visiting the Department of Economics at Thompson…
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Welcome to the Department of Economics at Thompson Rivers University. We are excited to be hosting the B.C. Economics articulation meetings on April 28th and…
Read morePosted on: January 25, 2014
Dr. Ehsan Latif continues to explore important health issues. This time his focus is on obesity and happiness and asks an important question. Does gender…
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Associate Professor Ehsan Latif new research examines the impact of an economic downturn on mental health in Canada. His research uses longitudinal Canadian data from…
Read morePosted on: September 27, 2013
Professor Khan and Dewan empirically examine by whom the commercial banks should be supervised for the stability of a banking sector. With a cross-sectional dataset…
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Since the publication of the Brundtland Commission Report numerous definitions of sustainability and many different sets of sustainability indicators have been proposed by researcher and…
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Sustainable development has long been a goal of Canadian governments. However, due to over reliance on traditional indicators such as GDP (gross domestic product), little…
Read morePosted on: September 27, 2013
Professor Latif with Professor Miles used data from business students taking an introductory statistics course to examine the impact of class attendance on examination performance.…
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Posted on: September 27, 2013
Dr. Stan Miles research explores financial strategies and in particular the constant-collateral pyramiding trading strategies, which can be implemented in the futures markets. For these…
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Posted on: July 19, 2013
Canadian Society of Microbiologists honours a TRU student for the second year in a row.
Read morePosted on: June 27, 2013
The public is encouraged to provide input during a dementia roundtable on July 4 that addresses dementia in Indigenous communities. The event will also feature…
Read morePosted on: May 6, 2013
Professor Ehsan used longitudinal Canadian data from the NPHS to estimate the impact of macroeconomic conditions measured by provincial unemployment rate on individual obesity and…
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Posted on: May 6, 2013
Professor Pyne is doing path breaking work on the economics of religious. This research extends his earlier work to study religious choice. He explores the…
Read morePosted on: April 11, 2013
Hasnat Dewan from Economics and Len Hutt from Management just received news that their paper entitled “Can the relaxation programs really improve job satisfaction and lower…
Read morePosted on: April 8, 2013
Professor Ross Hickey from the Department of Economics at UBC-O and an expert in Public Finance and Political Economy visited the Department of Economics at…
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Posted on: April 8, 2013
Professor Hossain conducted a study in order to analyze the effects of primary constraints such as credit, utilities (e.g., water, electricity usage), skills and many…
Read morePosted on: March 25, 2013
The faculty of the Department of Economics published 24 peer reviewed journal articles from April 1st 2012 – March 31st 2013! The faculty presented their…
Read morePosted on: March 25, 2013
Professor Wictor Adamowicz visited the Department of Economics at Thompson Rivers University. During the visit he presented his research entitled “The Economic analysis of threatened…
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