Dr. Hasnat Dewan Professor

Research Interests

• Sustainable Development
• Human Development
• Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
• Urban and Regional Economics
• Poverty and Inequality
• Banking Crisis

Publications

Selected Journal Articles:

1. "Challenges in Measuring Sustainability and the Quality of Life The Case of a Small Canadian City," Urban Planning International, forthcoming (in Chinese; translated by B. Li).
2. "Impact of seasonal temperature rise on labour and capital productivity in manufacturing sector: a study with Canadian panel data," International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, forthcoming (with A. Khan).
3. "Who should supervise commercial banks for the banking sector stability," Applied Economics Letters, 20 (17): 1531-1537, 2013 (with A. Khan).
4. "Can stress reduction programs really improve job satisfaction and lower health care costs by reducing stress-related symptoms," A. T. Business Management Review, 9 (1): 19-27, 2013 (with L. Hutt).
5. "Central bank autonomy, legal institutions and banking crisis incidence," International Journal of Finance and Economics, 18 (1): 51-73, 2013 (with A. Khan and H. Khan).
6. "Deposit insurance scheme and banking crises: a special focus on less developed countries," Special Issue on New Perspectives on Finance and Development, Empirical Economics, 41 (1): 155-182, 2011 (with A. Khan).
7. "Does the primary condition for a sustainable human development meet the feasibility condition of cost-benefit analysis?" Journal of Sustainable Development, 4 (2): 3-15, 2011.
8. "Re-defining sustainable human development to integrate sustainability and human development goals," The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 5 (4): 147-161, 2009.

Selected Book Chapters:

1. "Chapter 16: Studying Economics can Equip you with the Necessary Skills to Make Smart Economic Choices in Life," Vaidya, K. (ed.) Economics for the Eager: Why Study Economics, Kindle Edition, The Curious Academic Publishing, Canberra, Australia, 2015.
2. "Chapter 8: A New Index to Measure Group Inequalities in Human Development for Sustainability," Romaniuk, S. N. & Marlin, M. (eds.) Development and Politics of Human Rights, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, USA, 2015.
3. "Chapter 12: Tjalling Koopmans (1910-1985): The Originator of Activity Analysis and a Laureate of 1975," Wahid, A. (ed.) Frontiers of Economics: Nobel Laureates of the Twentieth Century, Greenwood Press of Westport, CT, USA, 2002.

Professional Affiliations

1. Member, Canadian Economics Association