MA Thesis and Research Paper List
The MA thesis provide an opportunity for the in-depth study of a topic in Economics, to go well beyond the scope of any specific topic covered by a lecture course. The MA thesis requires a substantial effort (typically much more than a term paper) in order to be accepted by the Department. MA theses are also published via Spectrum.
This page presents a list of research papers and theses accepted by the Department between 2019 and 2023, as well as the name of the professor who supervised the paper or thesis.
| Title of paper or thesis (theses are publicly available via Spectrum) | Supervisor |
| A Game Theoretical Analysis of the Tainted Milk Scandal in China |
Szilvia Pápai |
| A Critical Analysis of a Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest |
Effrosyni Diamantoudi |
| Factors affecting Housing Affordability Index: Evidence from eight Canadian cities |
Christian Sigouin |
| How Does Major Adjustment Affect Chinese College Admissions? |
Szilvia Pápai |
| The Impact of Racial and Educational Composition of the Labour Force on the Gender Wage Gap |
Damba Lkhagvasuren |
| Impact of Rental Controls on the Housing Quality Across the Canadian Provinces |
Christian Sigouin |
| Income, Inequality, and Households's Emissions: An Assessment of the Environmental Kuznets Curve in Canada | Xintong Han |
| The Labor Market Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada |
Christian Sigouin |
| Military Expenditure and External Debt in North Africa | Christian Sigouin |
| US Fiscal Policy and External Positions | Paul Gomme |
| Title of paper or thesis (theses are publicly available via Spectrum) | Supervisor |
| Advertising and Market Concentration: the Relationship in Canada-US Context | Ming Li |
| Comparative Efficiency: A One-Step Stochastic Model Approach | Prosper Dovonon |
| Comparing Contemporary Estimation Methods of Gravity Model of Trade | Paul Gomme |
| Comparison Between the TTC and DA Mechanisms and the Case of New Orleans School Choice | Szilvia Pápai |
| Cooperation in International Environmental Agreements and the Role of Trade Sanctions and Transfers - A Game Theoretical Approach | Szilvia Pápai |
| COVID 19: Impact of business restrictions and vaccinations on labour market outcomes in Canada | Jorgen Hansen |
| COVID-19 Vaccination in Ontario: An Economic Design Perspective | Szilvia Pápai |
| Does Financial Market Volatility Impact the Economics Growth?: Case of the United States | Jan Victor Dee |
| Education and Crime: An Empirical Study From the United States | Xintong Han |
| The Effects of Current and Past Health Status on Wages | Damba Lkhagvasuren |
| Efficient Blood Exchange: Multiple-Way Exchange of Pet Blood Transfusion | Szilvia Pápai |
| Evaluating the Decentralized Admission System in Canadian Universities | Szilvia Pápai |
| The Housing Affordability Problem of Tenant Households in Canada | Christian Sigouin |
| Minimum Wage Increase and Employment of Older Workers: Evidence From Canada | Jan Victor Dee |
| Regional Differences in Price Levels Across Canadian Provinces and Their Implication | Christian Sigouin |
| The Relationship Between Remittances, Economics Growth, and Development: Evidence from a Cross-Section of African Countries | Christian Sigouin |
| Ukraine’s crisis in 2022 through the lens of game theory | Szilvia Pápai |
| Title of paper | Supervisor |
| Analysis and Comparison of Solid Waste Generation Characteristics in Ontario and British Columbia | Effrosyni Diamantoudi |
| The Wage gap amongst Immigrants in Canada: Quebec and Rest of Canada | Jorgen Hansen |
| A Game Theoretic Study of Soccer | Szilvia Pápai |
| Canada ZEV Subsidy Policy Effect on ZEV Sales | Jan Victor Dee |
| Covid-19 and Labour Market Outcomes of Native and Immigrant Workers of Canada | Jorgen Hansen |
| Declining Indian Female Labour Force Participation: Is Health Responsible? | Panos Margaris |
| Measuring Systemic Stress in Jamaica | Paul Gomme |
| The Inner Mongolia College Admissions Mechanism: Procedures and Shortcomings |
Szilvia Pápai |
| Limitations of the NRMP Algorithm and Possible Solutions | Szilvia Pápai |
| Economic Design for Matching Amateur Football Players to Clubs | Szilvia Pápai |
| Economic Analysis of Selling Through Influencers | Szilvia Pápai |
| Title of paper | Supervisor |
| Environmental Policy Game: A game among federal, Quebec's and Ontario's governments | Effrosyni Diamantoudi |
| Governance and Environmental Performance: An International Analysis | Effrosyni Diamantoudi |
| Educational Progression of Two Generations of American Youths: A Probabilistic and Data-Driven Inference | Prosper Dovonon |
| The Effect of Institutional Ownership on Firm Performance | Prosper Dovonon |
| A multi-factor model for the Canadian stock market | Prosper Dovonon |
| An Empirical Analysis of the Sheepskin Effect in Education Returns in China | Paul Gomme |
| Inducing Stationarity in Small Open Economy Models | Paul Gomme |
| Re-Opening Small Open Economics | Paul Gomme |
| Replication in Monetary Policy, Gali & Monacelli (2005) | Paul Gomme |
| Air Pollution and the Canadian Real Estate Market: Addressing Regressor Endogeneity using Meteorological Data | Xintong Han |
| Analysis of the Urban Rural Income Gap in Canada | Jorgen Hansen |
| The Effect of the Working Income Tax Benefit on Lone Mothers' Labor Supply | Jorgen Hansen |
| Income Inequality Between Canadian Born and Immigrant Workers | Jorgen Hansen |
| Distributional Impact of Canada's Tax-Free Savings Account | Tatyana Koreshkova |
| Investigating the effects of nursing homes quality on covid- 19 outcomes | Tatyana Koreshkova |
| Staffing Quality in Long Term Care Facilities and Covid-19 Infections in Residents | Tatyana Koreshkova |
| The Effects of Land Transfer on Credit Constraint of Rural Households in China | Ming Li |
| A Study of the Ride-Hailing Industry in China | Ming Li |
| Urbanization and Environmental Pollution: A Case of Guangzhou | Ming Li |
| The Impact of Retirement Age on Youth Employment: Evidence from Chinese Labour Market Data | Damba Lkhagvasuren |
| Auctions versus Negotiation in eCommerce | Dipjyoti Majumdar |
| Crowdsourcing provision of a public good | Dipjyoti Majumdar |
| On Black-White Differences in Quebec Educational Attainments and Earnings | James McIntosh |
| ATM pricing and location games in the retail banking industry | Szilvia Pápai |
| The Airplane Manufacturing Duopoly: A Game-Theoretic Perspective | Szilvia Pápai |
| Coalition Formation Games in the Italian Republic |
Szilvia Pápai |
| Challenges of Free Trade: The Role of Hegemony and the Prisoner's Dilemma | Szilvia Pápai |
| Combinatorial round table problem under dichotomous preferences | Szilvia Pápai |
| A Game Theoretic Analysis of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action | Szilvia Pápai |
| The Social Credit System in China, A Game Theory Analysis | Szilvia Pápai |
| Title of paper | Supervisor |
| Canadian Water Governance: From Fragmentation to Harmonization | Effrosyni Diamantoudi |
| The Environment in the MENA Region | Effrosyni Diamantoudi |
| Income Inequality in Canada: A Descriptive Analysis of Changes to the Middle Class | |
| Structural Estimates of Schooling Decisions: School and Labour Market Utility | Jorgen Hansen |
| Why Don't People Vote: Explanations Using Econometeric Models | Jorgen Hansen |
| Determinants of Nursing Home Prices: A California Case Study | Tatyana Koreshkova |
| The World Environmental Kuznets Curve | Tatyana Koreshkova |
| Protect the Innocent: Individual and Group Behaviour in a Jury | Ming Li |
| Public Policy Design and the Dilemma of Corruption; A Theoretical Approach | Ming Li |
| Immigrants and the Gender Gap in the USA | Damba Lkhagvasuren |
| The Impact of Unemployment Benefits on Unemployment Duration in the USA from 2016 to 2018 | Damba Lkhagvasuren |
| A Study on Institutional Racism in Canada | James McIntosh |
| An Application of Game Theory to the "Wedding in the Mountains" Military Operation | Szilvia Pápai |
| Co-op Matching System at Concordia University (Compass) | Szilvia Pápai |