UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Department of Economics

HONOURS B.A. THESIS

1. 1937 The Trend of Commercial Loans and Investments Chartered Bank Assets Archie Prentice Gardner 2. 1940 The Legal Limitations of Municipal Funded Indebtedness in British Columbia Darrell Thomas Braidwood 3. 1941 Workers in the Logging Industry of British Columbia James W. Mainguy 4. 1942 Analysis of the Growth of the Commercial Banks of Canada from 1926 to 1941 Robert Mills Clark 5. 1944 The Growth of Organized Labour in The Lumbering Industry of British Columbia D.E. Anderson 6. 1944 Moneys, Banks and Credit in the U.S.S.R: A History and Analysis L.I. Bakony 7. 1944 International Financial Cooperation Bretton Woods and Its Antecedants Lawrence W. Prowd 8. 1944 The Development of the Theory of Interest Wilma G. Smith 9. 1945 Modern Methods in the Treatment of Male Juvenile Delinquency in Canada Hugh Graham Christie 10. 1945 The Natural Products Marketing (British Columbia) Act: Its Incidence and Application Harry Edward English 11. 1945 Canada's Merchant Marine John Weir Short 12. 1945 The Place of the Cooperative Movement In The Canadian Economy Rosemary G. Stewart 13. 1946 Imperial Preference and Canada Jaqueline Batt 14. 1946 The Development of the Concept of Utility With Particular Reference to the Indifference Analysis Harold Gordon Brandreth 15. 1946 Modern Interest Theories Leslie E. Carbert 16. 1946 Immigration and Employment in Canada James W. Harvey 17. 1946 The Development of Savings and Investment Institutions in Canada Donald C. McLeod 18. 1946 The Place of Monopolistic Competition in Value

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Theory Marjorie C.L. Smith 19. 1947 The Canadian Wheat Problem John F. Graham 20. 1947 Forest Rehabilitation, Its Need and Application in British Columbia Bernard G. Holt 21. 1947 An Analysis of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1947 Robert C. Jensen 22. 1947 The Economic Basis of Collective Bargaining in the Lumbering Industry of British Columbia Alfred C. Kilbank 23. 1947 Trade Unionism in the Canadian Mercant Navy Doulgas S. Leiterman 24. 1947 The Economics of Copper Nicholas W. Rodin 25. 1947 Saving and Investment as Determinants of Cyclical Phenomena Paul E. Sultan 26. 1947 Wartime International Trade 1939-1945 Michael Young 27. 1948 The Background and Nature of the Canadian Shortage of American Dollars David I.W. Braide 28. 1948 The Indifference Approach to Value Cordon K. Goundrey 29. 1948 Consumer Credit Fluctuations and Economic Stability Aubrey G. Hill 30. 1948 The Theory of Property Taxation and Its Application in the City of Vancouver Allan S. McGill 31. 1949 The Finances of the Government of British Columbia (1866 - 1946) Murray D. Bryce 32. 1949 Demand-Deficiency Theory and Proposals for Full Employment W.J. Cameron 33. 1949 The Tenth Province -- Some Aspects of the Political Economy of Newfoundland D.D. Campbell 34. 1950 The Financing of Home Ownership in Canada Gilbert C.P. Gray 35. 1950 The French Canadians as an Accommodation Group V.G. Oldaker 36. 1950 The Protective Policy of the Province of British Columbia as It Affected the Development of the Provincial Dairy Industry: 1891-1941 Robert S. Rodd 37. 1951 A Study of the Development of the Alberta Oil Industry Richard J. Culkin

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38. 1951 The Industrial Development Bank of Canada John W. Gibson 39. 1951 Japanese and the Labour Movement of British Columbia Peter M. McLoughlin 40. 1951 Statistical Quality Control for Industrial Processing John B. Paul 41. 1953 Soviet Inflation Since 1928 Julian B. Moen 42. 1954 Price-Controls in British War-Contracts Charles B. Loewen 43. 1954 The Coffee Industry in Columbia Siegfried Marks 44. 1954 Post-War Inflation in Canada, 1945-1949 Ronald A. Shearer 45. 1955 The Role of Monetary Policy in Curbing Canadian Howard P. Thornton Unemployment 46. 1956 The Problem of Resource Limitations in the Economic Development of Postwar Japan John D. Bossons 47. 1956 The Utilization of British Columbia Resources in the Development of Secondary Industries Philip R. McDonald 48. 1958 The Treatment of Uncertainty in the Theory of the Firm Andrew V. Gray 49. 1958 A Summary of the Economic Growth of British Columbia, 1946-1956 John F. Chant 50. 1958 The Use of British Columbia Unemployment Statistics, 1952-1956 Marion Nastich 51. 1958 Input-Output Analysis Ronald Soligo 52. 1959 Marginal Cost and Linear Programming in the Organization of Production Alan R. Dobell 53. 1960 The European Economic Community Peter De Auer 54. 1960 History of the Financing of the Public Schools of British Columbia, 1871-1955 Michael J. Brown 55. 1960 Combines Investigations into Monopolies Since 1945 Winston Derby 56. 1960 The Role of Capital Formation in the Economic Development of Jamaica in the Post-War Period, 1945-1958 John H.A. Munro 57. 1960 Central Banking in Western Germany Inga Walter

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58. 1961 A Study of Inflation in the United Kingdom, 1946- 1957 H. McA. Pinchin 59. 1962 The Harrod-Domar Model R. Kroecher 60. 1962 The Problem of Optimum Public Utility Pricing Alex Rebmann-Huber 61. 1962 The Historical Development of the Forest Policy of the Government of British Columbia as Seen in the Statutes Thomas Duncan Ellison 62. 1962-63 Foreign Investment and Employment in Canada William Marchak 63. 1963 The Problem of Efficient Capital Allocation in a Centrally-Planned Economy John M. Curtis

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64. 1963 Towards a General Theory of the Balance of Payments Cyril D. Hodgins 65. 1963 The Consumption Function William Levine 66. 1963 The Effect of International Trade on the Economic Progress of Underdeveloped Countries Brian L. Scarfe 67. 1964 Canada's Short-Term Capital Movements and Exchange Rate Stability, 1951-1961 John N. Benson 68. 1964 The Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation Peter George 69. 1964 Railways and the Canadian "Take-Off" G.G. Johnson 70. 1964 Trends in Inter-Industry Bruce Johnstone 71. 1964 The Industrial Production Index as a Statistical Indicator of Business Cycles, Canada, 1946-1963 Clifford Jutlah 72. 1964 On Utilitarian Economics Will Phelps 73. 1964 Monetary Policy in Canada, 1957-1959 Krishna Sahay 74. 1964 The Effects of Income Tax Incentives on the Development of the Oil and Natural Gas Industry in Canada Gunter Schramm 75. 1964 The Economic Consequences to Canada of Complete Unilateral Disarmament Louis J. Schulson 76. 1964 Britain's Abandonment of the Gold Standard, 1931 Barry V. Slutsky 77. 1964 The Exchange Rate of the Canadian Dollar R. Anthony Wattie 78. 1965 The Valuation of Recreation: A Case Study David A. Collier 79. 1965 The National Employment Service in the Canadian Economy David E. Gower 80. 1965 Some Aspects of the Theory of Economic Rent William R. Hawthorne 81. 1965 The Extent of Price Competition in Canadian Tariff-Protected and Naturally Sheltered Manufacturing Industries Donald G. Mercer 82. 1965 A Theoretical Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Canadian Colombo Plan Aid on the Economic Development of the Recipient Countries Joerg Peters 83. 1965 Planning in Underdeveloped Countries: The Experience of Pakistan Erik S. Kerr

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84. 1965 Vertical Integration in the Pulp and Paper Industry of British Columbia John B. Hague 85. 1966 Post-War Changes in the Economic Policy of Yugoslavia Peter Conibear 86. 1966 Life Insurance Assets in Canada John A. Farrugia 87. 1966 The Changing Role of the Turnover Tax in the Soviet Union C.H.B. Newton 88. 1966 Labour Mobility A.L. Robb 89. 1967 The Role of Growth Models in Economic Forcasting in Output, Labour, and Capital in the Canadian Economy Patrick Corcoran 90. 1967 Post-War Developments in the Problem of International Liquidity Harvey Gram 91. 1967 The Rationale of the Corporate Income Tax and the Shifting of the Same John A. Jessup 92. 1967 The Interest Equilization Tax, Canada's Exemption and the Implication for Monetary Policy Jason B. Leask 93. 1967 A Study of Canadian Bank Mergers Since World War II Elizabeth E. Mackenzie 94. 1967 Indirect Versus Direct Taxation in Less-Developed Countries Wayne Mullins 95. 1967 An Appropriate Pricing and Investment Policy for the British Columbia Ferry Authority James M. Struthers 96. 1968 The Decline in the Number of Banks in Canada 1900-1914 Jack Habart 97. 1968 Household Expenditure on Automobiles: A Statistical Study J.V. Henderson 98. 1968 Central Bank Cooperation and International Reserves J. Geoffrey Young 99. 1968 An Analysis of the Pricing and Investment Policies in Vancouver Water Supply Patricia M. Mohr 100. 1969 Diversification in Malaysian Agriculture: The Necessity and the Means Michael Penzer 101. 1969 Risk and the Cost of Equity Capital John A.G. Fountain

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102. 1969 Canadian Trust Company Demand for Financial Instruments: An Econometric Study Frederick Grauer 103. 1969 A Model of Investment and Allocation for Higher Education Frank A. Claydon 104. 1969 The Demand for and Supply of International Reserves Sylvia Saborio 105. 1970 A Study of the British Columbia Telephone Company Bruce W. Calder 105i. 1970 The Rationale of the Corporate Income Tax and the Shifting of the Same J.A. Jessup 106. 1970 Asset Risk, Expected Return and Optimum Resource Allocation Graham Way 107. 1970 The Economics of the Black Market Geroge Fulton 108. 1970 Neutrality in the Tax Treatment of the Petroleum Industry Thomas Glendon Moody 109. 1970 The Effects of Imperfect Production on the Theory of Imperfect Competition Allan Popoff 110. 1970 Economic Considerations in Drawing Provincial Boundaries Helen R. Young 111. 1970 A Tax on Advertising as an Instrument of Stablization Policy Frank J. Reid 112. 1970 The Impact of U.S. Military Expenditure, etc. Peter T.M. Ko 113. 1971 The Market for Physician Services (A Case Study of British Columbia) Floyd Arnold Sully 114. 1971 Two Theories of Oliogopoly Pricing: A Critique Malcolm Ross Leslie 115. 1971 The University as a Firm Clyde Goodlet 116. 1971 The Labour Surplus Economy: An Evaluation of the Theory, its Application and Validity Jullian Burridge 117. 1971 An Economic Assessment of the British Columbia Salmon Fishery Regulations Ronnie L. Bozzer 118. 1971 Some Economic Aspects of Pollution Daniel Eric Schroeter 119. 1972 Equity and Revenue Sharing: Education Grants in Saskatchewan John A. Weymark

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120. 1972 North Slope Oil: An Economic and Environmental Analysis Gerald A. Armstrong 121. 1972 The Interprovincial Flow of 1968 University Graduates in Canada: Provincial Gains and Losses Ken K.L. Lee 122. 1972 A Study of the Feudal Firm Robert E. Bennett 123. 1972 External Aid and Internal Effort: An Appraisal of Foreign Aid Needs and Policies for Economic Development in Malaysia Tan Swee Sim 124. 1972 Industrial Concentration and Profit Rates Philip Halkett 125. 1973 Some Basic Determinants of Municipal Government Expenditures in the Greater Vancouver Region Rose-Mary Basham 126. 1973 The Economics of Immigration Flows to Canada Les Dellow 127. 1973 Equity in Malaysian Taxation David Rodd Gray 128. 1973 Taxation Aspects of Production and Transportation of Northern Natural Gas Don Wiesbeck 129. 1973 Fishery Harvest Methods Optimization: A Simulation Study Shanon Grauer 130. 1973 A Benefit-Cost Analysis: Land Reclamation Park Use Peter John Fisher 131. 1973 The Agricultural Labour Market in the Tree Fruit, Grape and Vegetable Industries in the Okanagan: Similkameen Valleys of B.C. Murry G. Smith 132. 1973 Accessibility and Land Values in the Suburbs of Chicago Christopher A. Shaw 132i. 1973 A Study of Planning in India John Jackson 133.** 1973 Price and Quantity Components: Agricultural Commodities, 1926-1970 R.S. Danielson 134. 1974 Incomes Policy: Its Effectiveness in Reducing the Rate of Inflation Nicholas K. Marty 135. 1974 The Productivity of Pesticides in the Okanagan Tree Fruit Industry Peter McGuire 136.** 1974 Wage Determination Under Collective Bargaining in Six British Columbia Industries Paul Krainer

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137.** 1974 Wage Structure and the Wage Determining Process for Six B.C. Industries Terry Ross Colli 138.** 1974 Strikes: Causes and Consequences H. Narowitz 139. 1974 Population Control Policy in Iran M. Tabatabaie 140. 1974 Capacity Utilization in Canadian Manufacturing, 1926-1970 William Arthur Mooney 141. 1974 The Economic Performance of Two B.C. Poultry Marketing Boards Geoffrey A. Howard 141i. 1974 International Monetary Reform and Special Drawing Rights Kathleen Luscher 142. 1974 An Evaluation of the Economic Approach to Crime and Punishment Edwin J. Blewett 143. 1974 The Retail Price Structure in Canadian Whole Life Insurance Ralph A. Winter 144. 1975 Optimum City Size: An Electric Approach J. Brander 145. 1975 A Disaggregated Behavioural Urban Travel Demand Model: Model Choice of the Journey to Work. T. Beasley 146. 1975 Analysis of the Program for Restoration and Extention of the Salmon Stocks of the Fraser River as Proposed by the International Pacific Salmon Commission D.E. Cameron 147. 1975 A Dynamic Model of Canadian Inflation, 1960-1974 J. Selody 148. 1975 Heroin Addition in Vancouver An Economic Study Vernon Barry 149. 1975 Expansion of Secondary Industry in British Columbia--The Possibilities for Provincial Government Initiative Shelly Lundberg 150. 1975 An Econometric Model of Petroleum Exploration R. Fuller 151. 1975 The Productivity of the British Columbia Fur Seal Fleet, 1886-1909 Linda Nutter 152. 1975 Customs Unions: Theory and Empirical Evidence Guy Meredith 153. 1975 Economic Development in the Ocean Falls Regional District Lawrence Stratih 154. 1976 Unemployment of Young People in Canada: A

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Filter Model Approach William J. Andrews 155.** 1976 International Monetary Reform and Special Drawing Rights Kathleen Luscher 156. 1976 The Comparative Performance of the Canadian and American Residential Construction Industries, 1921-1939 C. Alex. Fraser 157. 1976 A Benefit-Cost Analysis of Alternative Uses of Hat Creek Coal Paul Kopas 158. 1976 Differences in Family Behaviour in the Late Nineteenth Century R. Wall 159. 1976 Tariff Estimation: A Case Study of Two Industries E. Brock Dykeman 160. 1977 Econometric Study of Property Crime in Canada E.J. Hicks 161. 1977 Labour Management Theory, Fact and Speculation E.B.P. Busay 162. 1977 Trade, Competition, and Efficiency: A General Equilibrium Analysis R.C. Feenstra 163. 1977 The Inverse Relationship Between Farm Size and Land Productivity in Indian Agriculture: A Case of Factor Market Imperfections K.R. Bajpai 164. 1977 An Explanatory Model of Lumber Futures Prices D. Anderson 165. 1977 Problems and Prospects of a Sugar Economy: A Case Study of Mauritius D.W. Andrews 166. 1977 Some Theoretical and Empirical Aspects of the Optimum Level of Resource Utilization with References to the British Columbia Forest Resource C.J. Turner 167.** 1977 Determinants of Strike Activity in B.C., 1969-74 C. White 168. 1977 The Relative Importance of Foreign Versus Domestic Causes of Price Inflation in Canada, 1950-1974 R.D. Anderson 169. 1978 On Estimating a CES Function with a Factor Adjustment Mechanism H. Kuwahara 170. 1978 Inequality Within and Among Population Subgroups in Canada: 1971 M. Auersperg 171. 1978 Demonstrated Risk-Aversion in the Petroleum Industry C. Spelay

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172. 1978 Explaining the Greater Costs of Canadian Banking L.M. Cohen 173. 1978 Model Choice Estimation: The Models and A Calibration J.L. Carmona 174.** 1979 Labour Managed Firms: A Solution to Malingering N. Smith 175. 1979 Intra CMEA Trade Sub. by the U.S.S.R. etc. of its Eastern European Trading Partners C. Papso 176. 1979 The Specification of Wage, Skill and Situation Differentials Among Immigrants and Between the Native and Foreign Born in American in 1910 R. Margolis 177. 1979 Optimal Harvest Policies for the Tuana-Porpoise Fishery of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Brian Copeland 178. 1979 Determinants of Wage Dispersion: An Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Imperfect Information Daryl Fields 179. 1979 A Contribution To the Theory of the Labour- Managed Firm Robert M. David 180. 1980 A Case Against Marketing Boards With Special Reference to the British Columbia Milk Board Clare J. Arkell 181. 1980 Methanol Production From Natural Gas and Coal Bob Eberlein 182. 1980 Economic Analysis of Possible Future Production of Methanol From Wood Waste in British Columbia Ardo H. Hansson 183. 1980 Rent Subsidies: An Evaluation of an Alternative Welfare Scheme John Nunez 184. 1980 Inventory Theory Jeff Tyson 185. 1980 The Worker's Compensation Board of B.C. Sylvie Lefebvre 186. 1980 Futures Markets: A Critical Evaluation Jasjit Purwal 187.** 1980 Biased Technical Change: A Case Study of the Lode-Metal Industries in British Columbia Kevin Reed 188. 1980 Growth and Structural Change in the Vizcayan Iron Ore Industry: 1840-1900 James Johnson 189.** 1981 An Investigation of Key Aspects of the Friedman- Scwartz Account of the Great Depression Steven James

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190. 1981 The Effects of Public Pension Plan on Savings in Canada Reid Lester 191. 1981 A Cross-Sectional Study of Canadian Urban Growth and Migration Alan Chung 192. 1981 Accelerator Buffer Stock Models: Canadian Aggregate Inventory Investment Merwan Engineer 193.** 1981 Viability of an International Tin Cartel: A Nash-Cournot William Low 194. 1981 State Farms and Economic Development in Cuba from 1959 to 1970 Ara Khandijian 195. 1981 The Role of Unemployment Insurance Benefits in the Labor Market: Looking Beyond Unemployment Ingrid Schneller 196. 1981 A Theoretical Model of a Worker's Demand for Union Services, its Application to Right-to-Work Laws, and an Empirical Analysis* Edwin Yee 197. 1981 The Labour Managed Firm: Theory and Practice Stephen Rive 198. 1981 Demand for the Services of the British Columbia Ferry Corporation Allen Stedman 199. 1982 Residential Energy Consumption in Canada: An Empirical Study of the Period 1953-1980 Gordon Enemark 200. 1982 The Effects of Demographic Changes on the Labour Market Simon van Norden 201. 1982 Cooperation in an Internationally Exploited Fishery: A Game-Theoretic Approach Jim Cowans 202. 1982 Forecasting the Industrial Demand for Purchased Electricity: An Application to British Columbia's Pulp and Paper Industry David S.E. Noble 203. 1982 Productivity Change in the American Whaling Industry: 1820-1865 Lee Sawatzky 204. 1982 An Empirical Analysis of Property Crime in Canada* Elsie Sands 205. 1982 Optimal Fisheries Management: Selective Harvesting of Resources in a Predator-Prey System Peter Wong 206. 1982 The Determinants of Canadian Industrial Concentration David Smart

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207. 1982 Searching for an Explanation of Unemployment Insurance in Interwar Britain David S.C. Griffith 208. 1982 An Economic Evaluation of Conditions in U.S. Natural Gas Markets Under Regulatory Control and Their Implications for Future Market Conditions Under Decontrol Jane Friesen 209. 1982 Charitable Contributions and the Income Tax Act Allan S. Thibodeau 210. 1982 Competition in the Eastern Canadian Gasoline Market Paul Lail 211. 1982 An Analysis of a Seasonal Agricultural Labour Market in the Fraser Valley Raspberry Industry in British Columbia Sheila Block 212. 1983 Log Exports from British Columbia: An Analysis of Supply Costs Greg Staple 213. 1983 Physician Supply and Limits to the Growth of per Capita Medical Expenditures: Fact or Fancy? Judith O. Bell 214. 1983 B.C. Hydro Export Potential: A Computer Modelling Approach Chuck Kamimura 215. 1983 Canadian Pacific Railway Land Policy and the Development of the Western Canadian Agricultural Frontier, 1881-1930: A Study of the Economic Interaction Between Railways and Settlement Mike Rosborough 216. 1984 A Study of the Todaro and Harris-Todaro Models of Internal Migration With an Application to India Dexter Chu 217. 1984 An Examination of the Vulnerability of the International Financial System to Crisis Dominic Barton 217i. 1984 Compensating Wage Differentials and Amenity Characteristics of Communities in British Columbia Pual Kiess-Moser 218. 1985 An Inquiry into the Relative Efficiency of Slave Agriculture in the Antebellum South Christine A. Gardner 218i. 1985 Financial Constraints and Their Effects on Access to Universities in Canada Paul Wiebe 219. 1985 Performing Arts Subsidies in Canada Susan Ghan 220. 1985 Have Higher Labour Force Participation Rates By Married Women Affected Income Distribution in Canada? Marilyn Chisholm

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221. 1985 The Effect of Exchange Rate Uncertainty on International Trade: Some Estimates for Canadian Bilateral Trade Flows, 1973-1983 Brent A. Sutton 222. 1985 Are Money Wages Flexible? A Study of Labour Markets in the United Kingdom and the United States, 1980-1939 Alexander C. Burnside 223. 1985 The Decomposition of the Male-Female Earnings Differential - British Columbia 1980 Anita Petkovic 224. 1985 An Examination of Jeffrey Williamson's Interpretations of Transfer Theory Harri Singh 225. 1985 Regional Economic Growth: The Case for British Columbia, 1961 - 1981 Guy Cookson 226. 1986 The Measurement and Causation of the Secular Decline Of the Income Velocity of Money in Canada Andrew Evan Boase 227. 1986 A Canadian Analysis of the Secondary Copper Industry Timothy R. Kalhein 228. 1986 A Cost Benefit Analysis of the Coquihalla Highway Shane J. Meyers 229. 1986 A Simulataneous-Equation-Model of Interprovincial Migration and Wage Determination in British Columbia--An Empirical Justification of R. Allen's The B.C. Economy: Past, Present and Future. Pauline Shum 230. 1986 Factor Substitutability in the British Columbia Salmon Fishery Les Shiell 231. 1986 Production Analysis For Applied General Equilibrium Modeling Lawrence Ostensoe 232. 1986 Income Security and Tenure Choice Paul Hundal 233. 1987 Export Growth in Total Factor Productivity Julia van Hahn 234. 1987 Fertility in Canada: A Study Considering the Ethnic and Socio-Economic Rationale for Having Children Sean Southey 235. 1987 An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship Between Interest Rate Differentials and Exchange Rates for Canada and the United States, 1970-1986 Lisa Arienne Johnson 236. 1987 The Registered Retirement Savings Plan, and the Effect of Increasing the Deductible Contribution Limits Michael Holoday

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237. 1987 Migration and Government Policy in the Republic of Korea Jane Buckler 238. 1987 Regulation Versus Deregulation: A Study Contrasting the Determinants of Demand in the United States Airline Industry Bruce Killeen 239. 1987 The Effects of Exchange Rate Uncertainty on the Volume of Export Trade Gillian Finch 240. 1987 The Demand for Skiing in Colorado: An Analysis Derek Tobias 241. 1987 Testing for Profit Maximization, Relative Efficiency and Returns to Scale in a Traditional Farm Household Economy: An Application of the Normalized Restricted Profit Function to Grouped Data from the State of Bihar, India Raymond Gauthier 242. 1987 The Impact of Investment Incentives on Investment Flows to Developing Countries Francis Chia 243. 1988 Public Pension Plans and Personal Savings in Canada: A Time-Series Analysis Using a Life-Cycle Model Linda T.M. Bui 244. 1988 Labour Supply Estimates For British Columbia Women Melanie Courchene 245.** 1988 The American Trade Imbalance: An Examination of Income and Price Effects Using a Multilateral Model Michael R. Dunn 246.** 1988 An Econometric Model of Union Certifications In British Columbia Margaret Evans 247. 1988 An Analysis of Firm Performance: Collusion Efficiency, or Firm-Specific Market Power? Richard Granbois 248. 1988 Food Security and the Enchanted World Christopher Lemon 249. 1988 Regional Stabilization in Canada Edgardo R. Sepulveda 250. 1988 Government Regulations and the Relative Growth of the Trust Companies 1954-1976 Phala Tan 251. 1988 Tenurial Effect on Efficiency in Haryana Agriculture: An Empirical Analysis Peter Worthington 252. 1988 Japanese Automobile Voluntary Export Restraints and Their North American Consumer Costs, 1985- 1987 (an exercise in rationalization) Andrew R. Hicks 253. 1988 Rents, Stumpage, Wages and Profits In British

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Columbia's Forest Industry Stephen Wisenthal 256. 1989 A Conditional Demand Analysis of Electricity In the Residential Sector of British Columbia Douglas A. Bosak

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257. 1989 A Study of Covered Interest Rate Parity Between The US and Canada J.M. Papillon 258. 1989 Explaining the Unemployment Differential Between Canada and the United States Jordan Reeves 259. 1989 Devaluation and the Trade Balance in LDC Debtor Nations: A Case Study of Chile, 1973-1983 Jackie Loh 260. 1990 Measuring Productivity in a Distribution Firm Ann Marie Loughran 261. 1990 The Halibut's Progress: From This Fishery to That Which is to Come Jeremy Clark 262.** 1990 Intervention Analysis of Unemployment Insurance Effects Upon Canadian Interprovincial Migration Paul Schulstad 263. 1991 An Examination of the Demand Forecasts For Vancouver International Airport Elton Fairfield 264. 1991 Optimal Cut-off Policies: An Examination of the Supply of Gold from South African Mines Tim Karlsson 265. 1991 Job Search, Turnover Type, and Wage Changes Dougall Molson 266. 1991 The Demand for Currency With Particular Emphasis on Electronic Payments Media Mike Temple 267. 1992 Union-Nonunion Wage Differentials A Look At What Has Been Learned Darren Cooper 267B. 1992 Competition, Rejection, and Bidding Behaviour in OCS Drainage and Development Auctions, 1980-1990 Matthew Hoen 268. 1992 The Significance of Trade Structure in Export-Led Development David T.M. Lim 269. 1992 Telecommunications: A Natural Monopoly? A Case Study of B.C. Telephone Company Jennifer Stewart 270. 1992 Race Wage Discrimination in Canada Vincent M.H. Law 271. 1992 A Comparison Between the Traditional Bidding Contract and the Net Profit Share Contract in the OCS Oil and Gas Auctions (19890-1990) Jean Xie 272. 1993 The Macroeconomic Effects of Price Controls in Canada During World War II Shafiq K. Ebrahim 273. 1993 Which Came First: Foreign Direct Investment Or Trade: An Alternative Analysis To the

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Compliment/Substitute Debate Andrew S. Fisher 274. 1993 A Further Analysis Of the Joint Bidding Ban On OCS Lease Sales Keith MacMillan

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275. 1993 Tropical Deforestation and the Timber Trade: Are Trade Barriers Environmentally Friendly? Carol McAusland 276. 1993 Hoe Do Different Combinations Of Private Net Wealth Affect Households' Consumption? An Empirical Investigation On the US Economy Francis Mok 277. 1993 The Political Economy Of Central Bank Independence Philip D. Wooldridge 278. 1993 The Nonemployment Experience Of Canadian Immigrants Min Zhang 279. 1994 The Size and the Structure of The Canadian Union-Nonunion Wage Differentials Anna Wan Yam Chow 280. 1994 Evasion of the Goods and Services Tax By Sector Of the Canadian Economy Mary Hsi 281. 1994 Retail Chain Stores and the Production Smoothing Model of Inventory Behavior Philip Chang 282. 1994 Budget Deficits and Inflation: A Multi-Country Analysis Steven A. Theobald 283. 1995 The Influence of Foreign Direct Investment on Investment in Canada Cara Camcastle 284. 1995 The Effects of Registered Retirement Saving Plans on Aggregate Savings Behaviour in Canada James Morley 285. 1995 An Empirical Assessment of the Effects of the GST on American Tourism Expenditure in Canada David Tai-Wai Lai 286. 1995 An Analysis of Gasoline Demand in Canada: 1978-1992 William Todd Stevenson 287. 1996 Agglomeration and Location Choice: A Study of Japanese Manufacturing Investments in East and South-East Asia Madoka Murayama 288. 1996 Measuring the Performance of Portfolio Mangers: The Economist Portfolio Poll Craig Murry 289. 1996 International and Domestic Shocks: Accounting For the Relative Importance of U.S. and Canadian Shocks As Causes of Canadian Business Cycles Marc Law 290. 1996 Aggregate Labour Market Behaviour Dealing With Heterogeneity in an RBC Economy Henry E. Siu 291. 1997 An Investigation of the Risk Premium in the Forward

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Exchange in Election Periods Luk Yan Wendy Yu 292. 1997 The Rate of Convergence of the Consumer Prices in Canadian Cities 1978 to 1994 Monthly Data Lily Maria Ma

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293. 1997 Education and Earnings: A Theoretical and Empirical Examination of the Human Capital and Screening Hypothesis Approaches to the Effects of Education on Labor Income Distribution Kelly Nicoll 294. 1997 British Columbia: A Low Cost Location For American Feature Film and Television Production Catherine Walshe 295. 1997 R & D Spillovers, Extending Coe and Helpman Carlos Rosell 296. 1997 No title Kevin Chun Chau Cheng 297. 1997 The Impact of International Development Assistance Variations in Aid Type, and Interactions with Politics and Openness Julianne Young 298. 1998 The Decimalization of the TSE: Empirical Evidence of Deviations from the Efficient Markets Hypothesis Adam Ezer 299. 1998 National Border Effect on Air Travel Demand Jennifer Ngan 299b. 1998 Retraining the Bear: The Reform and Transition of the Communist Empire Jesse Nobbs-Thiessen 300. 1997 The Environmental Kuznets Curve: An Inquiry into the Empirical Validity of the EKC Hypothesis Michael R. Zibauer 301. 1999 The Benefits of Belonging: An Examination of the Influence of the Trade Block on International R & D Spillovers Matthew Fox 302. 1999 An Empirical Study of Interest Rate Sensitivity of The Canadian Stock Market Karen K.Y. Hui 303. 1999 Linkages Between Human Development and Economic Growth Hwok Aun Lee 304. 1999 Effects of U.S. - Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement (1996) on Canadian Softwood Lumber Export: A Case Study of British Columbia Gladys K.C. Miu 305. 1999 Scale Efficiency in the Canadian Financial Industry Shawn Lai 306. 1999 Mutual Funds Are Sold, Not Bought Sam Baldwin 307. 1999 Intranational versus International Transmission of Shocks to GDP: A Canada-U.S. Case Study Gianni Perciballi 308. 2000 Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in East Asia Doris Poon 309. 2000 Immigrants in the Canadian Labour Market Robert Bruce

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310. 2000 Self-Employment among Immigrants and Non-Immigrants in Canada Howard Wang 311. 2000 Does Openness Generate Growth? An Empirical Study for 1970-1992 Nima Montazeri 312. 2000 An Analysis of Asset Bubbles Gabriel Ross Gervey 313. 2000 Generational Accounting and Immigration in Canada Jackson Kwan 314. 2000 The Effects of Exchange Rate Volatility on The Level of International Trade Leila Saeidi **** 315. 2000 The Effect of Common Currency Areas on Trade: An Analysis on the CFA Franc Zone Eileen Santos 316. 2000 How Democracy Intermediates Between Economic Growth and Environmental Quality Tobias Puga 317. 2000 Growth and Trade in South Africa Since 1980 Farah S. Huq 318. 2000 The Long Term Performance of Initial Public Offerings Evan Thomas 319. 2000 Efficiency Wages and The Wage Differential Between Home-Based and Non Home-Based Employees Keertan Dhillon 320. 2000 Modes of Observing Relative Supplies of Labour: An Empirical Paper Focusing on the Effects of Relative Supplies of Labour on Cohort Wage Trend Changes from 1971 to 993, in Conjunction with an Analysis of Relative Supply Measures Robert McGill 321. 2000 Forest Tenures, Tenure Characteristics and Their Effect On Silviculture Investment in British Columbia Aneta Bonikowska 322. 2000 Exchange Rate Volatility and Long Run Growth Neil Lee 323. 2000 The Euro and European Financial Market Integration Jennifer Chuppe 324. 2000 A Comparison of Unemployment between Canadians Frances Lau and Immigrants in Canada 325. 2001 Inequality and Growth: Exploring the Links Andra Ghent 326. 2001 Analysis and Simulation of a Swedish Beer Merger Michael Lewkonia 327. 2001 Running with the Celtic Tiger: An Exposition of the Irish Growth Miracle Rotem Hadary 328. 2001 Inflation and Relative Price Variability in Canada Michael Moll

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329. 2001 Social Returns to Education in Canadian Cities 1986-1996 Javier Gonzalez 330. 2002 The Effect of Government Tax Policy on Fertility: The Elimination of Québec’s Allowance for Newborn Children Andrea Wenham 331. 2003 Voting Behaviour and Economic Policy in Canada: A Study of the 1988 General Election and the Free Trade Agreement Samantha Iorio

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332. 2003 Relating the Age Structure of Labour Forces to Economic Growth Elena Capatina 333. 2003 Does Corruption Decrease the Incentive to Work Hard? Ben Larkman 334. 2003 Alberta Charter School Effects Ee-Seul Yoon 335. 2003 An Examination of the Effects of US Motorcycle Helmet Laws Between 1975 and 1999 Chris Thompson 336. 2003 A Biased System? Analyzing Error Rates in Capital Cases in the United States Michael Kotrly 337. 2003 The Importance of Fiscal Transfer in a Currency Union: Canada as an Example Danny To 338. 2003 Pakistani Dowry Payments: A Form of Assortative Mating or Intergenerational Transfers? Mark Shelford 339. 2004 Measuring Students Engagement in Canada Joyce Ma 340. 2004 Reducing Working Hours: Evidence From Japan Gene Kim 341. 2004 Returns to Education in Peru: What do the Public and Private Education Systems Tell Us About the Implications Of Quality on Income? Maia Valentino 342. 2004 Structure, Conduct, and Performance in the US Carbon Steel Sector: An Empirical Analysis Patrick Bartram 343. 2004 Women’s Fertility Choices in Rural Malawi: The Effects of Autonomy and Social Interaction Karin McCaig 344. 2004 Fluctuations in Enrolment in Computer Science Programs Steffen Lehmann 345. 2004 Testing for Structural Breaks in Technological Diffusion Ryan Webb 346. 2004 The Changing Returns to Education Over a Decade Dave Warren 347. 2004 Educating Girls: How Importance Is It? Katie McDonald 348. 2005 Student Debt and Educational Choice in Undergraduate Celia Ying Si Chen Level 349. 2005 Canadian Flypaper: The Effect of Federal Transfers on Byron Shaw Provincial and Local Expenditures 350. 2005 The Demand for Housing British Columbia: Income Chok Wai Wilson Poon Elasticity and Its Dynamic 351. 2005 Sense and Suicide Bombing Sarah Rutherford

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352. 2005 Internet Usage in Canada: An Empirical Analysis Thomas Steigervald 353. 2005 Meteoric or Catalytic: The Analysis of Olympic Effects Elisa Huai-Hsuan Chiu on Real Estate Market

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354. 2005 Coordination Problems Facing Inland Industralization in Evren Cubukgil China 355. 2005 Business Cycles and Trends in Professional School Hyungsuk Chris Kang Applications: Pro- or Countercyclical? 356. 2005 The Effect of Generational Status and Ethnic Origin on Marc Gurstein Wages in Canada 357. 2005 The Impact of the East Asian Financial Crisis on Trade Matthew Durand Between Canada and Korea 358. 2005 Competition and the Price Level: Empirical Insights Bryn Runkle From Michigan Procurement Contracts 359. 2005 On Liberalisation: Economic and Political Freedoms and Samuel Tan the Asian Financial Crisis 360. 2006 Privatization and Stock Market Development Hoi Kit Lo 361. 2006 Social Networks and Immigrants: Insights from Salona Bains Joshi Canada 362. 2006 Exchange Rate Stabilization in a Noise Trading Pak Hung Au Framework 363. 2006 A More Objective Measure of Institutions: A Christopher Langmuir Reinvestigation Into the Colonial Origins Of Comparative Development 364. 2006 Corruption Perception: How Firm and Country-level Jennifer Gozali Factors Explain the Variation in Corruption Perception 365. 2006 Relative Income in Adolescence and Labour Market Nicolás Della Penna Outcomes in Adulthood 366. 2006 The Adoption of Organic Farming in the European Yan Carrière-Swallow Union 367. 2007 Export Bundles and Economic Growth Bo Wu 368. 2007 Has Inflation Targeting Built Credibility in Brazil? Alyssa Lee 369. 2007 The Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers on the Aditi Bhargava Educational Performance of Children: Evidence from Colombia’s Familas en Acción Program 370. 2007 I Dare You To Cross This Line-Ethnic Diversity and Its Shu Lin Wee Impact on Land Policies 371. 2007 The Effects of School District Amalgamations on Student Amber Middleton Outcomes: Evidence From British Columbia

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372.** 2007 Trade Liberalization and Growth in Developing Jie Zheng

Countries: A Cross-Section and Panel Analysis 373.** 2007 The Earnings of First and Second Generation Immigrants Rudy Sam in Canada 374.** 2007 The Impact of the Rodney King Riot on Fertility in Garrett Johnson California 375.** 2007 Financing Innovation in Europe: The Link between David Pothier Private Equity Markets and Country-Level Regulations 376. 2008 Diamond Mining: Marginal Revenue Product and Player Rory Johnston Salary in Major League Baseball 377. 2008 Immigrants’ National Origins and the Use of Government Yamila Y. Simonovsky Assistance in Canada 378. 2008 The Costs and Benefits of 20 more Years of Oil Sands Malcolm M. Lavoie Development 379. 2008 After the Saltpeter War: A Case of Dutch Disease Pau Milán Economics 380. 2008 Occupation Mismatch and The Declining Relative Wages Tingting Zhang of Recent Immigrants 381. 2008 Corruption and Inflation Vadim Dubchak 382. 2008 Regulatory Reform and Owners’ Incentives: A Study on Celene Chan Abnormal Returns to Telecom Mergers 383. 2008 The Effectiveness of Central Bank Intervention on the Wenli (Kelly) Xie Exchange Rate in Mexico 384. 2008 The Event of Google Search Michael Szynkowski 385. 2008 Corruption and Competition Revisited Alex Coutts 386. 2008 Discretionary Consumption: Evaluating the Housing Matthew Coady and Stock Market Wealth Effect 387. 2008 Capital Inflows and Economic Growth: The Function Jie Ma of Local Financial Markets 388. 2008 Economic Impacts of the Olympic Games on Sara Cseresnyes International Tourism 389. 2009 The Effect of Private Health Insurance in Australia Keltie McLaren Dubious Evidence For A Costly Policy

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390. 2009 The Impact of Religions, Castes, and Colonial Legacy Mayuko Yamamoto of Land Tenure Systems on Economic Performance in India 391. 2009 Role of Applicant Characteristics in Mortgage Lending Jessie Wenjie Qu 392. 2009 Do Chinese Individual Investors Tend to Herd in Dan C. Lin Chinese Stock Markets? Evidence form A- and B-share Markets

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393. 2009 The Credit Channel of Monetary Transmission: Jing Tilky Xu Evidence from the Housing Market in the US and Canada 394. 2009 Measuring Unluckiness: The Single Detached Housing Jie-Fu Jeff Huang Market in British Columbia’s 10 Cities 395. 2009 Heterogeneous Parents and Capitalization of Public Sophie Yang School Quality in Vancouver Housing Market, 2000-2005 396. 2010 Work Hours in OECD and Select Asian Countries Man Lung Chan 397. 2010 Heterogeneous Peer Effects of Mexico’s “Progresa” Program on School Enrolment Kristina Hess 398. 2010 Disability in the United Kingdom: A Longitudinal Analysis Leon He 399. 2010 Linkages and the Impact of Multinational Activity on Economic Development Lucas Parker 400. 2010 Productive Government Spending and Economic Growth Marco A.R. Andrade 401. 2010 Trust Level of Immigrants in Europe and Economic Performance in Source Country: An Empirical Study Nuheen Khan 402. 2010 (Why) Does Work Time Increase With Market Integration Rahul Bhui 403. 2010 Cheaper Childcare: The Effects of Low Skilled Immigrants on the Fertility-Work Patters of Highly Skilled American Women Colin O’Neill 404. 2010 Corporate Political Activities and Their Financial Returns William Wu 405. 2010 Aid-Growth: The Role of Total Factor Productivity and Institutions in Africa Carl William Black 406. 2010 Market Liberalization and Environmental Protection and their Effect on the Performance of the Electricity Generation Industry John Gormley * Papers from 1 - 91 missing (maybe at Main Library). ** Papers missing from files/paper never handed into office

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*** Stored in Economics Reading Room for student reference. ****Author has paper for revisions