Panagiotis Tsigaris

Office: IB2008
Phone: 250-371-5732
Email: ptsigaris@tru.ca

Links

Research: http://research.tru.ca/researchers.php?section=single&id=115

Education

Ph.D. (Economics), M.A. (Economics), B. Commerce, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Courses Taught

ECON 190: Introduction to Microeconomics
ECON 195: Introduction to Macroeconomics
BUEC 204: Managerial Economics
BUEC 233: Statistics for Business and Economics II
ECON 243: Global and Canadian Economic Issues
ECON 295: Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory I
ECON 350: Public Finance
ECON 395: Intermediate Macroeconomic theory II
ECON 410: International Financial Markets
BUEC 433: Forecasting for Business and Economics
ECON 450: Economics of Taxation
ECON 456: International Macreoconomics and Finance

Employment History

Associate Professor of Economics, Thompson Rivers University, 12/2006—
Assistant Professor of Economics, Thompson Rivers University, 09/1999—12/2006
Full Time Lecturer, University College of the Cariboo, 08/1993—08/1999
Part Time Lecturer, Concordia University, 08/1983—08/1993

Research Interests

Research interest in Taxation Policy and Risk Taking,
Environmental Economics, Research in the Education of Economics.

Publications

Tsigaris P. (2007), "Statistical Analysis Debunks Climate Change Naysayers." Editorial article published in numerous online sources; Science Daily, Terra Daily, Truthout Environment, Newswise. March 2007 Top 10 Hit in Newswise Science News Stories. Access article at: www.newswise.com/articles/view/527968/

jointly with E. Sartzetakis; (2005), "Environmental Externalities in the Presence of Network Effects: Adoption of Low Emission Technologies in the Automobile Market." Journal of Regulatory Economics, 28(3): 309 - 326

jointly with S. Ahsan; Edited by M. Ahlheim, H.D. Wenzel and W. Wiegard (2003) "Choice of the Tax Base Revisited: Cash Flow vs. Prepayment Approaches to Consumption Taxation" In Taxation Policy: From Theory to Practice. Collected Papers to Honour Manfred Rose (Springer Publishers)

jointly with S. Ahsan, (1998) "The Design of a Consumption Tax under Capital Risk" Journal of Economics, 68(1): 53-78

Interests

Drinking good wine with a good company!