Previous Research
Research and Projects 2010/11
The Effectiveness of Tax Incentives on the Charitable Giving Expenditures in Canada
Belayet Hossain and Laura Lamb
This research explores the effectiveness of tax incentives on the level of charitable donation expenditures in Canada, and compares the effectiveness of tax incentives across different types of giving. To date, there has been no prior econometric analysis on charitable donation expenditures in Canada since the 1988 tax reform, which replaced charitable giving deductions with tax credits.
Voluntary Participation in Community Economic Development in Canada: An Empirical Analysis
Laura Lamb
This empirical research on an individual’s decision to participate in community economic development (CED) initiatives in Canada is undertaken with the objective of attaining a better understanding how individuals make decisions to volunteer time towards CED initiatives and to determine whether the determinants of participation in CED are unique as compared to those of participation in volunteer activities in general.
Human Behaviour Experiments Under Catastrophic Climate Change Scenarios
Laura Lamb and Peter Tsigaris
We have recently applied for a SSHRC grant for funding to run a set of behavioural economics experiments on the broad topic of environmental policy. The experiments investigate the decision to allocate resources towards a public climate account is used to provide the public service of preventing or reducing climate change damages.
First Nations Well-being in Canada
Laura Lamb and Hafiz Rahman
This research is focused on developing a model to explain the divergence in levels of well-being among First Nation communities in Canada. The model is to be empirically tested with the use of data from Indian Affairs and Statistics Canada.
Earlier Refereed Journals, Book Chapters
Gill, A (2008), An effect-cause-effect analysis of project objectives & trade off assumptions", International Journal of Managing Buinss Projects, Vol. 1, No4, pp.535-551
Gill, A. & Mckay, Gail (2008), Inland Glass & Aluminum Ltd and Aluminum Curtain-wall Systems Inc. A case study completed under the BC Innovation Council (BCIC) case writing project awarded to Sauder School of Business (UBC). Case study and teaching note is available from authors (free-of-charge) for classroom use.
Gill, A. (2008), “Identifying potential bottlenecks through activity under-utilization cost”, International Journal of Simulation Modelling, Vol. 7, No. 4. In-press, Accepted.
Gill, A. “Determining loading dock requirements in production-distribution facilities under uncertainty”, Computers and Industrial Engineering Journal, In-press, Accepted.
Gill, A., & Bhatti, I. “Supply Chain Management”, Submitted as a book chapter for Handbook of Business Information Systems to be published by World Scientific Publishers. Chapter is under peer review process.
Gill, A. “Measurement and comparison of productivity performance under imprecise data”, International Journal of Production Economics, Re-submitted after 1st revision.
Gill, A. “Petroleum supply chain network: a case analysis”, Submitted to Journal of Modelling in Management.
Yeh I-Cheng, Che-hui Lien, The Comparisons of Data Mining Techniques for the Predictive Accuracy of Probability of Default of Credit Card Clients, Expert Systems with Applications. (SCI, impact factor: 0.957)
R. Androkovich, I. Desjardin, G. Tarzwell and P. Tsigaris (2008), "Land Preservation in British Columbia: An Empirical Analysis of the Factors Underlying Public Support and Willingness to Pay" published in the Journal of Agriculture and Applied Economics. December 2008 issue.
P. Tsigaris co-authored with E. Sartzetakis (2009), “Uncertainty and the Double Dividend Hypothesis” published in the Journal of Environment and Development Economics. 2009, Cambridge University Press, pp.1-21.
Shahriar Hasan (2008), “Can Money Buy Success?: A Study of Team Payroll And Performance in the MLB” the Journal of Global Business Management in its Vol. 4, Num. 2, October 2008 issue.
Laura Lamb (2008),“Opportunities and Challenges: What Does the New Economy Have to Offer Aboriginal Economic Development?” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development Volume 6, Number 1 (Fall, 2008).
Conference Proceedings
Lien Che-hui, Jyh-Jeng Wu (2008) (accepted, forthcoming), An Empirical Study of Sellers’ Information Manipulation in the Online Auction Market, 2008 International Workshop on E-Commerce Services and Applications (In Conjunction with the 2008 IEEE Asia-Pacific Services Computing Conference).
Lien Che-hui, Kitty Wu, and Miin-Jye Wen (2008), Comparing the Relative Impacts of Retail Managers’ Perceived Quality on Service Value, Satisfaction, and Behavioral Intentions in Logistics Services , SAM 2008 International Business Conference, April 3-6, 2008, Arlington, Virginia, US.
Lien Che-hui, Chien-Chih Chou (2008), Benefit Segmentation By Modified Two-Stage Approach (SOMs + K-Means): An Improved Approach of Clustering Customers for Canadian Banking Services, Conference on Commerce and Management, May 9th, 2008, Far East University, Taiwan.
Belayet Hossain (2008), “The dynamic impacts of macroeconomic aggregates on housing prices: Evidence from Canada” accepted for presentation in the Canadian Economic Association (CEA) annual conference held in UBC Vancouver on 6-8 June 2008.
Stan Miles (2008), “Can Investors Benefit from Using Trading Rules Evolved by Genetic Programming? A Test of the Efficiency of U.S. Stock Markets with Margin Trading Allowed” presented at the following conferences:
* Canadian Economics Association 2008 Annual Meeting: University of British Columbia, Vancouver,
June 6 - 8.
* 14th International Conference on Computing in Economics and Finance: Université de la Sorbonne, Paris, June 26 - 28
* Fifth World Congress of the Bachelier Finance Society: Imperial College, London, July 15-19.