Student publications

Shih, Ruby & D. E. Giles, "Modelling the Duration of Interest Rate Spells Under Inflation Targeting in Canada", Applied Economics, 2009, 41, 1229-1239.
Feng, H., "Real-time or Current Vintage: Does the Type of Data Matter for Forecasting and Model Selection?", Journal of Forecasting, 2009, 28, 183-193.
Lu, F. & D.E.A. Giles, "Benford's Law and Psychological Barriers in Certain eBay Auctions", Applied Economics Letters, 2008, to appear.
Xie, Y. & D.E.A. Giles, "A Survival Analysis of the Approval of U.S. Patent Applications", Applied Economics, 2008, to appear.

Abbott, B.M. & C. Martinèz, "An Updated Assessment of the Lucas Supply Curve", Economics Letters, 2008, to appear.
Barnes, A.*, "Cost Minimizing Route Choice for Marine Transportation", sample paper for D.A. Kendrick, P.R. Mercado & H.M. Amman, Computational Economics, pdf paper, 2008.
Gillis, M.*, "Mathematica Model Portfolio", sample paper for D.A. Kendrick, P.R. Mercado & H.M. Amman, Computational Economics, pdf paper, 2008.
Stroomer, C.M. & D.E.A. Giles, "Real Output Convergence and Trade Openness: Fuzzy Clustering and Time Series Evidence", International Trade Journal, 2008, 115-155.
Chen, W., M.H. Engineer & I.P. King, "Choosing Longevity in Overlapping Generations", The BE Journal of Macroeconomics (Contributions), 2008, to appear.
Bi, G. & D.E. Giles, "Modelling the Financial Risk Associated With U.S. Movie Box Office Earnings", Mathematics & Computers in Simulation, 2008, to appear.
Chen, Qian & D. E. A. Giles, "General Saddlepoint Approximations: Application to the Anderson-Darling Statistic", Communications in Statistics, B, 2008, 37, 789-804.

Bi, G. & D.E. Giles, "An Application of Extreme Value Analysis to U.S. Movie Box Office Returns", in Oxley, L. and Kulasiri, D. (eds.), MODSIM 2007 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, Christchurch N.Z., December 2007, 2652-2658.
Chen, Qian & D. E. A. Giles, "The Bias of Elasticity Estimators in Linear Regression: Some Analytic Results", Economics Letters, 2007, 94, 185-191.
Dong, Lauren & D. E. A. Giles, "An Empirical Likelihood ratio Test for Normality", Communications in Statistics, 2007, 36, 197-215.

Giles, D. E. A. & C. N. Stroomer "Does Trade Openness Affect the Speed of Output Convergence? Some Empirical Evidence", Empirical Economics, 2006, 31, 883-903.
Shen, Kaili & D. E. A. Giles, "Rational Exuberance at the Mall: Addiction to Carrying a Credit Card Balance", Applied Economics, 2006, 38, 587-592.
Clarke, J. A. & S. Mirza, "A Comparison of Some Common Methods for Detecting Granger Noncausality", Journal of Statistical Computation & Simulation, 2006, 76, 207-231.

Sun, L., G.C. van Kooten, & G.M. Voss, "Demand for Wildlife Hunting in British Columbia", Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2005, 53, 25-46.
Adanu, K., "A Cross-Province Comparison of Okun's Coefficient for Canada", Applied Economics, 2005, 37, 561-570.
Giles, D.E.A. & Hui Feng (Helen), "Output and Well-Being in Industrialized Nations in the Second Half of the 20th Century: Testing for Convergence Using Fuzzy Clustering Analysis", Structural Change & Economic Dynamics, 2005, 16, 285-308.

van Kooten, G.C., A.J. Eagle, J. Manley & T.M. Smolak, "How Costly are Carbon Offsets? A Meta-Analysis of Carbon Forest Sinks", Environmental Science & Policy, 2004, 7, 239-251.
Chen, J. & D. Giles, "Gender Convergence in Crime: Evidence From Canadian Adult Offense Charge Data", Journal of Criminal Justice, 2004, 32, 593-606.
Buttle, J. & D. Rondeau, "An Incremental Analysis of the Value of Expanding a Wilderness Area", Canadian Journal of Economics, 2004, 37, 189-198.

Schaafsma, J. & W. Land, Budgetary Implications of a Publicly Funded Medical Savings Account Plan", Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de Politiques, 2003, 29, 181-195.
Hui Feng (Helen) & Jia Liu, "A SETAR Model for Canadian GDP: Non-Linearities and Forecast Comparisons", Applied Economics, 2003, 18, 1957-1964.
Feltham, S.G. & D.E.A. Giles, "Testing for Unit Roots in Semi-Annual Data", in D.E.A. Giles (ed.), Computer-Aided Econometrics (Marcel Dekker, New York), 2003, 175-208.
Giles, D. E. A. & R. Draeseke, "Econometric Modelling Using Pattern Recognition via the Fuzzy c-Means Algorithm", in D.E.A. Giles (ed.), Computer-Aided Econometrics (Marcel Dekker, New York), 2003, 407-449.

Lam, M.C-H., "Herd Behaviour and Interest Rate Defense", Journal of Policy Modeling, 2002, 24, 181-193.
Welling, L. & M. Bearance, "Who's Minding the Kids? An Economic Comparison of Sole and Joint Custody", Journal of Socio-Economics, 2002, 31, 15-29.
Giles, D. E. A. & B. J. Johnson, "Taxes, Risk-Aversion, and the Size of the Underground Economy: A Nonparametric Analysis With New Zealand Data", Pacific Economic Review, 2002, 7, 97-113.
Giles, D. E. A. & L. M. Tedds, Taxation Policy and the Canadian Underground Economy (Canadian Tax Foundation, Toronto), 2002, pp. xviii+270.
Giles, D. E. A., L. M. Tedds & G. T. Werkneh, "The Canadian Underground and Measured Economies: Granger Causality Results", Applied Economics, 2002, 34, 2347-2352.

Draeseke, R. & D. E. A. Giles, "Fuzzy Logic Modelling of the New Zealand Underground Economy", Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 2001, 59, 115-123.
Reinhardt, F. & D. E. A. Giles, "Are Cigarette Bans Really Good Economic Policy?", Applied Economics, 2001, 33, 1365-1368.
Giles, D. E. A., G. T. Werkneh & B. J. Johnson, "Asymmetric Responses of the Underground Economy to Tax Changes: Evidence From New Zealand", Economic Record, 2001, 77, 148-159.

Giles, J. A. & C. L. Williams, "Export-Led Growth: A Survey of the Empirical Literature and Some Noncausality Results, Part 1", Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 2000, 9, 261-337.
Giles, J. A. & C. L. Williams, "Export-Led Growth: A Survey of the Empirical Literature and Some Noncausality Results, Part 2", Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 2000, 9, 445-470.

DeBenedictis, L. F. & D. E. A. Giles, "Robust Specification Testing in Regression: The FRESET Test and Autocorrelated Disturbances", Journal of Quantitative Economics, 1999, 15, 67-75.
Draeseke, R. & D. E. A. Giles, "A Fuzzy Logic Approach to Modelling the Underground Economy", in L. Oxley, F. Scrimgeour & M. McAleer (eds.), Proceedings of the MODSIM99 Conference, Vol. 2 (Modelling & Simulation Society of Australia & New Zealand, Hamilton, N. Z., 1999), 453-458.
Sweetman, A. & G. Dicks, "Education and Ethnicity in Canada: An Intergenerational Perspective", Journal of Human Resources, 1999, 34, 668-696.

DeBenedictis, L. F. & D. E. A. Giles, "Diagnostic Testing in Econometrics: Variable Addition, RESET and Fourier Approximations", in A. Ullah & D.E.A. Giles (eds.), Handbook of Applied Economic Statistics (Marcel Dekker, New York, 1998), 383-417.
Jacobsen, P. W. F. & D. E. A. Giles, "Income Distribution in the United States: Kuznets' Inverted U-Hypothesis and Data Non - Stationarity", Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 1998, 7, 405-423.
Ryan, K. F. & D. E. A. Giles, "Testing for Unit Roots in Economic Time-Series With Missing Observations", in T. B. Fomby & R. C. Hill (eds.), Advances in Econometrics, vol. 13 (JAI Press, Greenwich CT, 1998), 203-242.
Tedds, L. M., "What Goes Up Must Come Down (But Not Necessarily at the Same Rate): Testing for Asymmetry in New Zealand Time Series", New Zealand Economic Papers, 1998, 32, 41-58.

DeBenedictis, L. F., "A Vector Autoregressive Model of the British Columbia Regional Economy", Applied Economics, 1997, 29, 877-888.
Giles, D. E. A. & A. S. Keil, "Applying the RESET Test in Allocation Models: A Cautionary Note", Applied Economics Letters, 1997, 4, 359-363.

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