MABE Graduate Research
All MABE students must undertake a Major Research Paper (MRP) in the third academic term of study. This paper will involve the application of economic analysis to some policy or question.
In this course, students are expected to apply many of the skills that have been stressed throughout the program.
Students are encouraged to consider possible topics for their MRP during the second academic term or while on their Co-op work term (if applicable). Students are permitted to choose research topics related to their Co-op work placements; however, it is important that students choose topics for which suitable supervisors are available.
The most recent MRP abstracts can be found below, as well as an archive of previous abstracts.
| NAME | RESEARCH PAPER TITLE | SUPERVISOR |
| Donovan Colombe | Estimating the Impact of the Change in Age of Eligibility for Old Age Security (OAS) on Hours of Work | Dr. Tammy Schirle |
| Hyun Jun Joo | Automobile Consumer Behaviour in Response to the Changes in Gasoline Price | Dr. Bradley Ruffle |
| Jordan Kafka | Buying Into the War on Terror | Dr. Bradley Ruffle |
| Lucas Laskey | Gasoline and Diesel Responses to Excise Tax and Non-Excise Tax Price Changes | Dr. David Johnson |
| Maxine Le Breton | Rental Premium from Green Certified Buildings in the United States | Dr. Tracy Snoddon |
| Tariro Mudehwe | The Effect of Exchange Rates on Investment in Machinery and Equipment in Canada: An Empirical Analysis | Dr. Wing Chan |
| Joseline Nicholas | Light Rail Transit and Property Values in Kitchener-Waterloo | Dr. David Johnson |
| Chadwick Poon | Rehabilitation by Default in Anonymous Online Interactions: A Field Experiment on Dota2 | Dr. Bradley Ruffle |
| Adam Staszewski | A Regime-Switching Approach to Herding Behaviour in Canadian REITs | Dr. Wing Chan |
| Zidi Yang | Fiscal Fatigue and Fiscal Sustainability | Dr. Christos Shiamptanis |
MRP Archive
2016 Graduates
| Fall 2016 |
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| NAME | RESEARCH PAPER TITLE | SUPERVISOR |
| Yuanxi Lin | Dr. Maria Gallego | |
| Theogene Ndikumana | Modeling and Forecasting Canadian Short Term Interest Rates | Dr. Wing Chan |
| Bryce Shelton | Volatility Spillovers Arising From the Financialization of Commodities | Dr. Wing Chan |
| Elizabeth Siu | Is There a Relationship Between Oil Prices and Inbound Tourism Demand for Canadian Provinces? | Dr. Wing Chan |
| Qingying Zhao | Does Innovation Explain Stock Returns?: Canadian Pharmaceutical Industry | Dr. Wendy Wu |
| Spring 2016 | ||
| NAME | RESEARCH PAPER TITLE | SUPERVISOR |
| Anchith Balakrishnan | Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Via Transfer Pricing in OECD Countries | Dr. Azim Essaji |
| Derek Ensing | Driving Trade: An Exposition in Specialization | Dr. Azim Essaji |
| Shelby Eyre | Determinants of Non-Standard Employment Among Employed Canadians: What is Driving the Increase in This Type of Work? | Dr. Tammy Schirle |
| Huijie (Jenny) Guo | The Impact of Non-government Fundraising on Student Performance of Toronto Elementary Schools | Dr. David R. Johnson |
| Andy Kwan | Travel Behaviour and Expected Traffic Congestion: A Study of the 2015 Toronto Pan Am Games | Dr. William Morrison |
| Kairui Li | China Force | Dr. Subhankar Nayak |
| Shiru Liu | Wage Inequality in Vietnam and the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement | Dr. Brian McCaig |
| Hussaun Syed | Happiness and House Prices in Canada: 2009-2013 | Dr. David R. Johnson |
Student Publications
Several Master of Arts in Business Economics (MABE) students have published scholarly papers based on work undertaken in the program. These include:
- Duffy, Paul, and Susan Johnson. 2009. “The Impact of Anti-Temporary Replacement Legislation on Work Stoppages: Empirical Evidence from Canada.” Canadian Public Policy 35 (1): 99–120.
- Essaji, Azim, and Kinya Fujiwara. 2012. “Contracting Institutions and Product Quality.” Journal of Comparative Economics 40 (2): 269–78.
- Essaji, Azim, Gregory Sweeney, and Alexandros Kotsopoulos. 2010. “Equality through Exposure to Imports: International Trade and the Racial Wage Gap.” Journal of Economic Policy Reform 13 (4): 313–23.
- Johnson, David R., and Fiona T. Rahman. 2005. “The Role of Economic Factors, Including the Level of Tuition, in Individual University Participation Decisions in Canada.” Canadian Journal of Higher Education 35 (3): 101–27.
- Neill, Christine, and Michal Burdzy. 2010. “Natural Resource Shocks, Labour Market Conditions and Post-Secondary Enrolment Rates.” In Pursuing Higher Education in Danada: Economic, Social and Policy Dimensions, edited by Ross Finnie, Richard Mueller, Marc Frenette, and Arthur Sweetman. Kingston, ON: Queen’s University School of Policy Studies.
- Siklos, Pierre L. 1998. “Inflation Target Design, Changing Inflation Performance and Persistence in Industrial Countries.” Changing Inflation Performance and Persistence in Industrial Countries (November 1998).
- Siklos, Pierre L., and Brady Lavender. 2015. “The Credit Cycle and the Business Cycle in Canada and the United States: Two Solitudes?” Canadian Public Policy 41 (2): 109–23.