Current position  Assistant Professor Department of Economics School of Business and Economics Thompson Rivers University Research Interests Environmental Economics Energy Economics Natural Resource Economics Public Policy Published Papers (with R. Mckitrick) "Co-fluctuation patterns of per capita carbon dioxide emissions: The role of energy markets" Energy Economics (2013) 39: 1-12. DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.03.015 "The effects of bailouts and soft-budget constraints on the environment" Environmental & Resource Economics (2013) 54,1: 127-137. DOI: 10.1007/s10640-012-9584-0 "When a ban is not a ban: The case of British Columbia's log export restrictions" Economics Bulletin (2015) 35,2: 1071-1075. "Is it time to raise the gas tax? Optimal gasoline taxes for Ontario and Toronto" Canadian Public Policy (2015) 43,3: 179-190. DOI: 10.3138/cpp.2015-011 (Press Release available here; National Post commentary here) (with P. Tsigaris) "A Simple Climate-Solow Model for Introducing the Economics of Climate Change to Undergraduate Students" International Review of Economics Education (2016) 23: 65-81. doi:10.1016/j.iree.2016.06.002 (with R. McKitrick) "An examination of the relationship between air quality and income in Canada" Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics (2017) 65,1: 69-92. DOI: 10.1111/cjag.12101 Work in Progress (with P. Tsigaris) "The potential impacts of climate change on Piketty's measure of wealth inequality" Revisions requested by Resource and Energy Economics. (with B. Thompson) "Replicating the Energy Paradox" (in progress) (with P. Tsigaris) "Population, Technology, and Climate Change" (in progress) "Did Ontario's emission permit trading policy reduce emissions?" (in progress) "Tradable emission permits and pollution hotspots: A case study from Ontario" (in progress) (with B. Shaffer) "Decomposing the drivers of provincial greenhouse gas emissions" (in progress) |