David Giles' Recent M.A. Supervisions


2018

  • Fisher, Mischer, "CPU Product Line Lifecycles: Econometric Duration Analysis Using Parametric and Non-Parametric Estimators”, University of Victoria (Thesis; Supervisor)
  • 2017

  • Joyce, Matthew, “Bivariate Extreme Value Analysis of Commodity Prices”, University of Victoria (Thesis; Supervisor)
  • 2016

  • Cann, Benjamin, "Choosing a Data Frequency to Forecast the Quarterly Yen-Dollar Exchange Rate", University of Victoria (Thesis; Supervisor)
  • Wang, Ziming, "Bayesian Estimation of Threshold Choice in the Foreign Exchange Market", University of Victoria (Extended Essay; Supervisor)
  • Yacucha, Keith, "The Effect of Energy Shocks on Labour Flows in Canada", University of Victoria (Extended Essay; Co-Supervisor)
  • Harvey, Brett, "Dealing With Model Uncertainty Using Robust Bayesian Averaging Procedures for Exchange Rate Forecasting" (Extended Essay; Supervisor)
  • 2015

  • Duan, Jun, "Nowcasting by the MSTS-U-MIDAS Model" (Thesis; Supervisor)
  • Meng, Xia (Summer), "Predicting Daily Returns of Selected Stock Prices Using Bayesian Regularized Neural Networks” (Extended Essay; Supervisor)
  • Xiao, Xue, "Forecasting Canadian Banks' Stock Return Volatility: Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian Analysis of a GARCH Model with Student-t Innovations" (Extended Esssay; Supervisor)
  • 2014

  • Zhang, Ming (Nathan), "Analysis of the Effects of Crude Oil Price on Gasoline Prices in Canadian Cities" (Extended Essay; Supervisor)
  • Li, Jianmin (Jasmine), "An Investigation of the Dow Jones Industrial Average: Is it Possible to Detect Future Structural Breaks?" (Extended Essay; Supervisor)
  • 2013

  • Li, Yanan (Extended Essay), "Modelling Volatility Spillover Effects Between Developed Stock Markets and Asian Emerging Stock Markets" (Supervisor)
  • Tang, Jingwen, "Comparative Advantage Compared: Canada and China, 1992-2012" (Extended Essay; Co-Supervisor)
  • Wang, Chao (Tony) (Extended Essay), "Correlations in Price Changes Across International Stock Markets: Hong Kong, Shanghai and New York" (Committee Member)

    2012

  • Chu, Fang (Fanny) (Extended Essay), "Study of Demographic Dividend and the Economic Development in Selected Asian Countries" (Co-Supervisor)
  • Xu, Jianfeng (Jackie), "China's Areal Income Inequality, Economic Growth, and Education Investment" (Supervisor)

    2011

  • Xiao, Ling (Linda) (Thesis), “Bias-Adjusted Maximum Likelihood Estimation for the Generalized Rayleigh Distribution” (Supervisor)
  • Thorn, Thomas (Thesis), "Testing for Heteroskedasticity in Bivariate Probit Models" (Supervisor)
  • Nelson, Carla (Extended Essay), "A Comparison of Some Log-Likelihood Based Goodness of Fit Measures for Binary Choice Models", University of Victoria, 2011 (Supervisor)
  • Wisman, Abdul (Extended Essay), "Bias Correction in the AR(1) Model: A Survey and Some New Simulation Evidence", University of Victoria, 2011 (Supervisor)
  • Schwartz, Jacob (Extended Essay), "Bias-Reduced Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Zero-Inflated Poisson Distribution", Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2011 (Supervisor)
  • Zhao, Ting (Annie) (Extended Essay), "An Investigation of the Output Gap-Inflation Relationship in Canada", Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2011 (Supervisor)

    2010

  • Gong, Lili, “An Extreme Value Analysis of Daily Stock Returns”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2010 (Supervisor)
  • Irrcher, Toby (Extended Essay), “Further Exploring Indicator Properties of the Yield Spread in Canada: A Threshold Approach”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2010 (Supervisor)
  • Moe, Neal (Extended Essay), "Cointegration and Causality Analysis of WTI Crude Oil and U.S. Gulf Coast Natural Gas Liquids Prices" (Supervisor)
  • Shi, Jingjing (Extended Essay), "Incentives for, and Determinants of, Getting a University Education in Canada", Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2010 (Supervisor)

    2009

  • Homer, Geoffrey, “Early Maternal Employment and Child Cognitive Development: Evidence From Canada”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2009 (Co-Supervisor)
  • Lee, Seow Chia (Grace), “Exploring the Relationship Between Prices in Developed and Emerging Stock Markets: A Panel Data Analysis”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2009 (Supervisor)

    2008

  • Mei, Peiyu, “Time Series Count Data: Analysis of the Number One Hit Songs at the Top of the Hot 100”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2008 (Supervisor)
  • Stroomer, Chad, “Model Estimation in the Presence of Survey Uncertainty", Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2008 (Supervisor)
  • Yu, Shuang, “Value at Risk and Expected Shortfall for Returns on the Shanghai Stock Exchange”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2008 (Supervisor)

    2007

  • Bi, Guang, “An Application of Extreme Value Theory for Measuring Weekend Box Office Returns in the U.S.A.”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2007 (Supervisor)
  • Guo, Shasha, “Who Will Make an SEO in the Near Future? A Duration Analysis of the Chinese Equity Market”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2007 (Supervisor)
  • Leng, Jiali, “Alcohol Consumption and Determinants in Canada: An Econometric Analysis”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2007 (Supervisor)
  • Ren, Feng, “Extreme Value Analysis of Daily Crude Oil Prices”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2007 (Supervisor)
  • Tseng, Poh-Hsin (Peter), “A Meta-Regression Analysis of PPP Studies”, Thesis, Sun Yat-Sen University, 2007 (Co-Supervisor)

    2006

  • Diles, Demitri, “The Effects of Past and Current Monetary Policy in Greece: Lessons from the EMU”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2006 (Committee Member)
  • Ni, Yang, “A Duration Analysis of the Initial Public Offering Effect”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2006 (Supervisor)
  • Voggenreiter, Christine, “Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Statins: A Review of Modelling Techniques Over Time”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2006 (Committee Member)
  • Wang, Miao, “An Econometric Analysis of Canadian Imports From the U.S.A.: Transitions Function Analysis of Free Trade Agreements”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2006 (Supervisor)
  • Xie, Ying (Janice), “Duration Analysis of U.S. Patent Approvals”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2006 (Supervisor)
  • Xu, Jing, “Technical Trading Rules and Stock Returns: An Econometric Analysis”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2006 (Supervisor)

    2005

  • Lu, Fan (Ocean) , “Benford's Law, and Psychological Barriers in eBay Auctions”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2005 (Supervisor)
  • Shih, Li-Han (Ruby), “Modelling the Duration of Bank Rate Spells Under Inflation Targeting”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2005 (Supervisor)
  • Yu, Anna, “Modelling Exchange Rate Regime Durations”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2005 (Supervisor)
  • Charron, Lucie, “Do Government Policies Undermine the Motivation to Move? A Look at the Intra-Provincial Determinants of Rural-Urban Migration in the Maritime Provinces”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2005 (Committee Member)
  • Li, Jinhu (Daisy), “Small Sample Properties of Discrete Choice Model Estimators Based on Symmetric and Asymmetric Cumulative Distribution Functions”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2005 (Supervisor)
  • Lam, Matthew “The Impact of Infrastructure Development on Agglomeration and Trade Openness: Evidence From the G7 Experience”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2005 (Committee Member)
  • Shen, Kaili, “Some Empirical Tests of the Rational Addiction Model”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2005 (Supervisor)
  • Lin, Lin, “Convergence of Economic Freedom and Convergence of Output: An Empirical Study”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2005 (Supervisor)

    2004

  • Yuen, Sylvania, “Convergence in Output and Convergence in Well-Being: A Study of Far East Asian Developing Countries for the Period 1960-2002”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2004 (Supervisor)
  • Liu, Jia, “SETAR Modelling of Long-Term GDP Data: An International Comparison”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2004 (Supervisor)
  • Li, Laura, “Lingusitic Distance & Economic Integration”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2004 (Committee Member)
  • Yuk, Wing, “Government Size & Economic Growth: Evidence From a Time-Series Analysis of the United Kingdom for the Period 1830 – 1993”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2004 (Supervisor)

    2002

  • Woodbridge, Cameron, “The Vancouver Log Market: A Time Series Analysis of Price Determination”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2002 (Supervisor)

    2001

  • Werkneh, Gugsa “The Impact of High Government Consumption on the Export-Led Economic Growth of Ethiopia”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2001 (Supervisor)
  • Fisher, Tony “The Application of Jackknife Resampling to Stochastic Frontier Model Estimation: A Monte Carlo Simulation”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2001 (Supervisor)

    2000

  • Draeseke, Robert “Hedonic Price Study: The Colquitz River and Rithets Bog Greenspaces”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 2000 (Committee Member)

    1999

  • McCandless, Linda “Bootstrap Analysis of a Nonparametric Panel Estimator”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 1999 (Committee Member)
  • Juraczko, Kasha, “Testing for Asymmetry in Central European Business Cycles”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 1999 (Supervisor)
  • Feltham, Sandra, “Stochastic Seasonality and Semi-Annual Data”, Extended Essay, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 1999 (Supervisor)
  • Reid, Christopher, “Real Interest Rate Linkages: A Study of the G7 Countries”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 1999 (Supervisor)

    1998

  • Tedds, Lindsay, “Measuring the Size of the Hidden Economy in Canada: A Latent Variable/MIMIC Model Approach”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 1998 (Supervisor)
  • Johnson, Betty, “Money-Income Causality and the New Zealand Underground Economy”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 1998 (Supervisor)
  • Raic, Gordon, “Futures Market Volatility and the Samuelson Hypothesis”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 1998 (Supervisor)

    1997

  • Hatton, Terry, “Forest-based Recreation Behaviour”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 1997 (Committee Member)
  • Stuchbury, Neil, “Forecasting the Hourly Demand For Electricity in British Columbia”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 1997 (Supervisor)
  • Williams, Cara, “Alternative methods of Testing for Granger Noncausality Applied to the Export-Led Growth Hypothesis”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 1997 (Committee Member)
  • Quinn, David, “Testing for Asymmetry in the Pricing of Gasoline”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 1997 (Supervisor)
  • Whiteley, Took, “Willingness-to-Pay for Doubling the Amount of Designated Wilderness in British Columbia”,Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 1997 (Committee Member)

    1996

  • Ryan, Kevin, “Testing for Unit Roots in Economic Time-Series With Missing Observations”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 1996 (Supervisor)

    1995

  • DeBenedictis, Linda F., “A Regional VAR Model for the B.C. Economy”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 1995 (Supervisor)
  • Jacobsen, Peter W.F., “The Implications of Testing Kuznets' Inverted-U Hypothesis in the Presence of Unit Roots”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 1995 (Supervisor)
  • Swetlishoff, Daryl J., “Canadian Softwood Lumber Exports to the United States: A Time Series Analysis”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 1995 (Supervisor)
  • Li, Victor W.K., “Canadian Monetary Time Series: Vector Autoregressive Modelling and Causality Testing”, Extended Essay, University of Victoria, 1995 (Committee Member)

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