Associate Professor Associate Chair, Graduate Studies Office: Hagey Hall 241 Teen Employment, Poverty, and the Minimum Wage: Evidence from Canada Data dictionary for Oreopolous Econ 363 Assignment 2 Solutions - Spring 2011 Econ 381 Assignment 2 Solutions - Spring 2011 Research Interests: Smoking and Cigarette Taxes |
Recent Publications:
"Response of Industrial Customers to Hourly Pricing in Ontario's Deregulated Electricity Market", with Adam White and Wai Hong Choi, forthcoming, Journal of Regulatory Economics.
"Teen families, welfare transfers, and the minimum wage: Evidence from Canada", with Hideki Ariizumi, forthcoming, Canadian Journal of Economics.
"Do lower cigarette taxes lead to more smoking? Evidence from the Canadian National Experiment”, with Nafeez Fatima, conditionally accepted, Canadian Tax Journal.
"Regulatory Capture and Retail Price Ceilings: Evidence from Canadian Gasoline Markets", with Anthony Clemente, Dennis Lu, and Linda Jonker, forthcoming, American Law and Economics Review.
"Estimating the Effects of Cigarette Taxes on Birth Outcomes”, with Emma Pierard, forthcoming in Canadian Public Policy.
"Teen employment, poverty, and the minimum wage: evidence from Canada”, with Corey Van De Waal and Kathleen Rybczynzki, Labour Economics, 18(1), January 2011, pp. 36-47.
"Estimating the impacts of outlet rationalization on retail prices, industry concentration, and sales: empirical evidence from Canadian gasoline markets”, with Peter Townley, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 19(3), 2010, pp. 605-633.
"Estimating the impact of cigarette taxes on youth smoking participation, initiation, and persistence: evidence from Canada”, with Tony Wirjanto, Health Economics, 19(11), 2010, pp. 1264-1280.
"Obesity, smoking, and cigarette taxes: evidence from the Canadian Community Health Surveys”, with Mahdiyeh Entezarkheir and Alan Wilson, Health Policy, 97, 2010, pp.180–186.
"Do Changes In Cigarette Taxes Impact Youth Smoking? Evidence From Canadian Provinces,” with Hideki Ariizumi and Daciana Driambe, Forum of Health Economics and Policy, 13(2), 2010.
"Intergenerational correlations in educational attainment: birth order and family size effects from Canada”, with Anthony Clemente, Economics of Education Review, 29(1), 2010, pp. 147 – 155.
"Estimating the impacts of household behavior on youth smoking: evidence from Ontario, Canada”, Review of Economics of the Household, 7(2), 2009, pp. 189-218.
"Estimating the impact of beer prices on the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases: cross-province and time series evidence from Canada”, with May Luong, Contemporary Economic Policy, 26(4), 2008, pp. 505-517.
Working Papers under review:
"Estimating the Impacts of Outlet Density on Wholesale Prices: Empirical Evidence from Canadian Gasoline Markets”, Revisions Requested.
"Overshifting and Tax Incidence in Oligopolistic Industries: Evidence from the Canadian Cigarette Industry”, Revisions Requested.
"Vertical Integration and Strategic Behavior: Evidence from Canadian Gasoline Markets”, with Mikko Packelen, Revisions Requested.
"Static and Dynamic Effects of Mergers: Evidence from Imperial Oil’s Acquisition of Texaco’s Canadian Assets”, with Mikko Packelen.
"Does Hotness Affect Pay and Productivity?”, with Frances Woolley and Marcel Voia.
"Salary incentives, research productivity, and the ‘U.S. exodus’: Evidence from panel data on economists”, with Hideki Ariizumi and Natasha De Sousa.
"How do we reward ourselves? Panel data evidence on the returns to publications, seniority, and gender”, with Hideki Ariizumi and Natasha De Sousa.
"Market Shares and Local Competition: Evidence from Station Level Data”, with Wai Hong Choi.
"Evaluating the effects of market power on gasoline prices: panel data evidence from Canadian cities”, with Alain-Desire-Nimubona.
"Border effects before and after 9/11: panel data evidence across industries”, with Horatiu Rus and Zhiqi Chen.