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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
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Spring 2017
This thesis presents two essays. I (1) study the effect of short selling regulation SHO on informational efficiency of naked short selling activity; (2) analyze the role of reference demands in traders’ decision-making. In these essays, I highlight the informative role of transaction quantities....
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Fall 2017
The thesis is composed of two parts including three chapters. The first two chapters study the wage gap between immigrants and natives in Canada as well as wage structure of immigrants and natives. The third chapter is on the subject of the bank loan-deposit spreads and business cycles. The...
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Fall 2020
The last two decades have witnessed a sharp increase in patent applications filed abroad by domestic innovators. Understanding how firms decide where to patent helps policymakers design policies to encourage domestic innovators to patent abroad or attract foreign innovators to patent in the...
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Fall 2016
This thesis examines market power in a deregulated electricity market, and comprises two distinct areas of research grouped into three chapters. The thesis begins by overviewing electricity markets, including descriptions of uniformprice and discriminatory-price electricity auctions (and the...
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Fall 2013
This thesis consists of four chapters. Chapter 1 tests the hypothesis that income shocks cause bankruptcy. Using a difference-in-difference specification, we exploit an exogenous fiscal payment, paid to Albertans, and find that this payment causes a decrease in bankruptcies, as predicted by the...
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Fall 2019
This thesis considers proportional reinsurance that insurance companies might employ in order to reduce risks and limit the impact of large claims. An insurance company is a typical example of a financial corporation, which can choose a production policy from an available set of control...
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Fall 2014
Service rates in many real queueing systems, e.g., call centers and emergency departments, change with the system conditions. We investigate and model load-dependant service rates in this dissertation. First, we propose a general framework that explains different mechanisms that cause service...
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Fall 2023
This dissertation consists of three essays spanning various fields, including energy economics, labor economics, development economics, and regulation. As many jurisdictions worldwide shift towards low-carbon energy sources, energy producers, consumers, and policymakers face new challenges. The...
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Spring 2023
Sustainable management of natural resources such as fish is important as millions of people rely on such resources for food, source of income, and well-being. It is increasingly challenging, however, for institutions and stakeholders to induce a sustainable exploitation of such resources due to...