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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The faculty of the Department of Economics published 24 peer reviewed journal articles from April 1st 2012 - March 31st 2013! The faculty presented their…
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…
Dr. Tsigaris, Associate Professor and Chair of Economics, recently gave a talk to life long learners and Seniors of Kamloops about the state of the…
On March 23 2013, Dr. Mohammad Mahbobi, Department of Economics, received the Undergraduate Research Mentor Award! Students call Dr. Mahbobi with the shortcut Mo. Congratulations…
Dr. Ehsan Latif and Dr. Stan Miles have used the Just in Time Teaching (JiTT) as a teaching method to help students' course performance. JiTT…
The 8th Annual TRU Undergraduate Student Research & Innovation Conference is taking place on March 22-23 at TRU with very interesting and engaging presentations by…
