HOMEPAGE OF MERWAN H. ENGINEER
Department
of Economics, University of Victoria
Victoria, B.C., Canada V8W 2Y2
Phone: (250) 721-8536 Fax: (250)
721-6214
Email: menginee@uvic.ca
Research
Development and Demography:
“Maximizing
Human Development”, Canadian Journal
of Economics, 46(2), (2013), 497-525.
With Ian King
“Healthy
Human Development Indices”, Social
Indicators Research, 99, (2010), 61-80.
With Nilanjana Roy and Sari Fink
“The Human
Development Index as a Criterion for Optimal Planning”, Indian Growth
and Development Review, 1(2),
(2008), 172-192.
With Ian King and Nilanjana Roy
“Choosing Longevity
with Overlapping Generations: To Be or Not to Be in Diamond's Model”, The
B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics (Contributions): 8(1), Article 6, (2008).
With Weichun Chen and Ian King
“Overlapping
Generations Models of Graded Age-Set Societies” Journal of Institutional
and Theoretical Economics, 160, (2004) 454-476.
With Linda Welling
“Human
Capital, True Love, and Gender Roles: Is Sex Destiny?”,
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 40, (1999) 155-178.
With Linda Welling
“Modeling
Social Rules and Experimental History: The Sepaade Tradition of Northern Kenya",
mimeo (2007)
With
Eric Roth and Linda Welling
“An Almost Exact Overlapping Generations Model of Rendille
of Northern Kenya”, mimeo (2011)
With
Eric Roth and Linda Welling
Finance and Money
“Hide and Seek Search: Why Angels
Hide and Entrepreneurs Seek”, Journal of
Economic Behavior and Organization, forthcoming
With Paul Schure
and Dan Vo
“A Positive
Analysis of Deposit Insurance Provision: Regulatory Competition Among European Union Countries”, Journal of Financial Stability, 9(4), (2013), 530-544.
With Paul Schure and Mark Gillis.
“When
is Price-Level Targeting a Good Idea?” Price
Stability and the Long-Run Target for Monetary Policy, Bank of Canada (2001),
101-149.
With Richard Barnett
“Bargains, Barter and Fiat Money", Review of Economic Dynamics, 4, (2001), 188-209.
With Shouyong
Shi
“Currency
Transaction Costs and Competing Currencies”, Journal of International
Economics, 52(1), (2000)
“Comment on
Did Risk Based Capital Allocate Bank Credit and Cause a Credit Crunch in the
United States",
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 26,
(1994), 629-33.
"Rivalrous
Money Supply Among Overlapping Generations ", Canadian Journal of Economics, 27, (1994), 494-504.
"Endogenous
Transfer Institutions in Overlapping Generations", Journal of
Monetary Economics, 29, (1992), 445-474.
With Dan Bernhardt
"Money, Barter, and the
Optimality of Legal Restrictions", Journal
of Political Economy, 99, (1991), 743-773.
With Dan Bernhardt
"Bank Runs
and the Suspension of Deposit Convertibility", Journal of Monetary
Economics, 24, (1989), 443-454.
"Costly
Transfer Institutions and the Core in the Overlapping Generations Model",
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization,
32 (1997), 287-300.
With Joan Esteban and Jozsef Sakovics
"Brennan and
Buchanan's Leviathan Models", Social Science Journal, 27,
(1990), 419-433.
"Taxes, Public
Goods and the Ruling Class: An Exploration of the Territory Between
Brennan and Buchanan's Leviathan and Conventional Public Finance", Public
Finance, 44, (1989), 19-30.
"The Distribution of Income in a
Despotic Society", Public Choice, 54, (1987), 261-276.
Affiliations
Center
for Studies in Ecology and Demography (Research Affiliate)
Indian
Growth and Development Review (Associate Editor)
Rimini
Centre for Economic Analysis (Senior Fellow)
Encyclopaedia
of Quality of Life Research (Section Editor)
Awards, Grants and Visiting Positions
2007
Visiting Scholar, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi India
(January-March)
2005-2007 Social Science and Humanities Research Council
grant to study “Overlapping Generations Models of Age-Group Societies and the
Preston Curve”
2001-2004 Social Science and Humanities
Research Council grant to study “Macroeconomic and Money Models”
2003 Visiting
fellow, Center for Development Studies, Trivandum
India (November- December)
1991-1994 Social Science and Humanities Research Council grant to study:
“Economies with Fiat Money and Alternative Means of Exchange”
1989 C. A. Curtis Prize (for best Economics
thesis), Queen’s University
1982-1986 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
of Canada Doctoral Fellowship
Teaching
Course
Pages:
Sept 2018 – Apr 2019
ECON 333: Introduction
to Economic Growth
Undergraduate Courses Taught:
Principles
of Microeconomics (103), Principles of Macroeconomics (203), Intermediate
Microeconomics (203), Intermediate Macroeconomics (204), International
Economics (306), Money and Banking (305), Introduction to Economic Growth
(333), Advanced Macroeconomic Theory (401), Monetary Economics (406), Financial
Economics (435), Philosophical Problems in Contemporary Economics (437),
Economic Growth and Business Cycles (453), Topics in Economics (485; Happiness
and Economics); Directed Studies (495; Economic Growth, Equity Markets,
Informal Economies); Directed Experiential Learning in Economics (496),
Fourth-Year Honours Thesis and Seminar (499)
Graduate Courses Taught:
Macroeconomic Analysis (501), Monetary
Theory and Policy (506), Economic Development (520), Economics of Finance
(529), General Equilibrium and Welfare Economics (540B), Macroeconomics Issues
(552), Economic Growth (573), and Directed Studies (595; Economic Growth,
Economic Development, Financial Economics, Informal Economies)
Graduate Supervisions:
LI,
Jiang, “Essays on Canada-US Productivity in Manufacturing”
Ph.D. (April 2014)
Dr G. Voss, Dr M. Engineer, Dr. K.
Stewart
VO,
Dan, “Essays on
Entrepreneurial Finance”
Ph.D. (October 2013)
Dr P. Schure, Dr M. Engineer, Dr. T.
Hellman
TYNDALL,
Justin, “Urban Sprawl, Geographic Constraints and Well-being in Major American
Metropolises”
Extended Master’s Essay (August 2012)
Dr M. Engineer &
Dr P. Courty
CULHACI,
Aydin, “Rates of Return on Venture Companies Subsidized by British Columbia
Venture Capital Programs”
Extended Master’s Essay (August 2012)
Dr P. Schure &
Dr M. Engineer
SHARRATT,
Daniel, “Online Stock Traders Behaviours, Reasons, and Performance: A
Synthesis”
Extended Master’s Essay (April 2012)
Dr P. Schure &
Dr M. Engineer
CORNER,
Thomas, “Deposit Insurance as a Means of Encouraging Optimal Bank Investment by
Efficiently Transferring Systemic Risk to Government”
Extended Master’s Essay (March 2012)
Dr M. Engineer & Dr P. Schure
COLEMAN,
Nickolas, “Entrepreneurs and Workers: Endogenous Labour Market Choice”
Extended Master’s Essay (March 2011)
Dr M. Engineer & Dr A. Kumar
HINCKS,
Nick, “Health Convergence: Inference and Indicators”
Extended Master’s Essay (September 2009)
Dr N. Roy & Dr M. Engineer
DURAN, Kyle, "Targeting
the Exchange Rate: Lessons From a Simple New Keynesian
Model"
Extended Master’s
Essay (July 2009)
Dr G Voss & Dr. M. Engineer
MOL, Roeup, “Financial Dollarization and Capital Accumulation in
a Model with Banking and Seigniorage”
Extended Master’s Essay (May 2008)
Dr M. Engineer & Dr G. Voss
CHEN, Weichun, "Three Essays on the Health and Wealth of Nations”
Ph.D. (May 2008)
Dr M. Engineer, Dr N. Roy & Dr J.
Clarke, Dr Z. Wu
GUO,
Shasha, "Who
Will Make an SEO in the Near Future? A Duration Analysis of the Chinese Equity
Market"
Extended Master’s Essay (November 2007)
Dr D. Giles & Dr M. Engineer
FINK, Sari, “Adjusting the Human
Development Index for Health and Longevity”,
Extended Master’s Essay (December 2006)
Dr M. Engineer & Dr N. Roy
NI, Yang, “Duration Analysis of
the Initial Public Offering Effect”,
Extended Master’s Essay (August 2006)
Dr D. Giles & Dr M. Engineer
XU, Jing, “Technical Trading Rules
& Stock Returns: An Econometric Analysis”,
Extended Master’s Essay (August 2006)
Dr D. Giles & Dr M. Engineer
CHABAN, Maxym,
“Essays in Exchange Rate Economics”,
Ph.D. (May 2006)
Dr G. Voss, Dr J. Clarke, Dr. M. Engineer & Dr M. Webb
YUAN, Yuan, “Integration of
Canadian and U.S. Residential Mortgage Markets: A Multi-Step Causality Study”,
Extended Master’s Essay (April 2005)
Dr J. Clarke & Dr M. Engineer
LIU, Fangge,
“The Effect of Currency Substitution on Output and Welfare in a Model with
Banking and Capital Accumulation”,
Extended Master’s Essay May 2005
Dr M. Engineer & Dr A. Kumar
CHEN, Weichun,
“Endogenous Life Expectancy and Income: An Overlapping Generations Analysis”,
Extended Master’s Essay (August, 2004)
ZENG, Wenbo,
“A Re-examination of Granger Causality Between
Canadian Exports and Its Economic Growth”,
Extended Master’s Essay (August, 2004)
Dr J.A. Clarke & Dr M. Engineer
LIU, Qian, “Monetary
Policy and Asset Prices: A Survey of the Literature”
Extended Master’s Essay (July 2004)
Dr G. Voss & Dr M. Engineer
LEE, Kathy, “Banking Theories and
Their Implications for the Efficacy of the Proposed Hong Kong Deposit Insurance
Scheme” (March 2002)
Dr P. Schure & Dr M. Engineer
LIU, Ying, “Comparing the Forecast Performance Between
Linear and Nonlinear Error Correction Models for the Canadian Economy”,
Extended Master’s Essay (April, 2000)
Dr J.A. Clarke & Dr M. Engineer
ARCHER, Ian, “An Analysis of Natural
Gas Futures Markets”,
Extended Master’s Essay (May, 1999)
Dr M. Engineer & Dr K.G. Stewart
HSU, Kuo-An,
“The Implications of Alternative Demand Specifications in a Computational Trade
Model”,
Extended Master’s Essay (December, 1999)
Dr D. Ferguson & Dr M. Engineer
MILLER, Dale, "Real Options
Analysis of Power Generating Assets",
Extended Master’s Essay (April, 1999)
Dr M. Engineer & Dr L. Welling
MARTINEZ, Victor, "Recovery of Stranded Costs in the U.S.
Electricity Industry",
Extended Master’s Essay (December, 1998)
Dr L. Welling & Dr M. Engineer
ANDREE, Alan, "The Performance of Canadian Equity Mutual
Funds"
Extended Master’s Essay (August, 1998)
Dr K. Stewart & Dr M. Engineer
SHINOHARA, Keiko, "Tariff
Warfare in a Multi-Country Ricardian Continuum Model",
Extended Master’s Essay (July, 1998)
Dr D. Ferguson & Dr M. Engineer
ROMANYSHYN, Stephen,
"Generational Accounting: Survey and Application",
Extended Master’s Essay (June, 1998)
Dr M. Engineer & Dr I. King
GOMEZ, Carl, "The Regional
Diversification Potential of Real Estate Investments",
Extended Master’s Essay (March, 1998)
Dr M. Engineer & Dr K. Stewart
DUNBAR, Geoffrey, "Covered
Interest Rate Arbitrage and Bid-Ask Spreads",
Extended Master’s Essay (June, 1997)
Dr M. Engineer & Dr L. Welling
DAVID, Murphy, “A Review of the
Matching Function Approach to Labour Markets”,
Extended Master’s Essay (May, 1996)
Dr I. King & Dr M. Engineer
Honours Supervisions:
MacNEIL, Steve, "Decomposing China's
GDP Growth" (2013)
RUAN, Haodong,
"Impact of U.S. Quantitative Easing Policy on Chinese Inflation"
(2013) joint supervision with Dr. K. Stewart
AGBAY, Matthew,
"Gold and Civil Conflict: Is There a Resource Curve" (2012)
HACKINEN, Brad,
"Does Repeated Application of the Hick-Kaldor
Criterion yield Pareto Improvements" (2012) joint supervision with Dr. E.
Gugl
LEVY, Robert, "Gold's Role in the
Determination of Currencies" (2011)
CHEN, Scott,
"Harris-Todaro Model of China with Endogenous Migration Policy"
(2010)
HSAI, Sandra,
"Bank Runs and Interest Rates" (2010)
USHER, Andrew, "Hide and Seek: Search
Costs as a Screen in Angel Capital"
(2010) joint supervision with Dr. P. Schure
HU, Ran, "Pricing
and Hedging in CME Futures Housing Market: A Survey of How we Price Futures and
a Test in the San Diego Housing Market" (2009)
WATSON, Jared,
“Rational-Choice Models of Violent Regime Change: A Review of the Current Literature”
(2008)
Links
Canadian
Economics Association
Department of Finance (Canada)
National
Bureau of Economic Research
The Twelve Federal Reserve
Districts
The World Bank and The World Bank
Development Report
World Population Clock-- Take a guess and check how close you
are
World Development Programme, Millennium Development Goals, Human Development Report
