C.A. Curtis Prize

This prize was established by a group of colleagues, former students, and family of the late Professor C.A. Curtis in his memory, to be awarded annually for the best doctoral thesis.

2009

Joel Rodrigue
International trade, foreign direct investment and productivity: an empirical investigation
Supervisors: B. Lapham, H. Kasahara
Selection Committee: J. Bergin, M. Cozzi, C. Ferrall

2008
Jean-Francois Houde
An Empirical Investigation of Spatial Differentiation and Price Floor Regulations in Retail Markets for Gasoline
Supervisors: C. Ferrall, S. Imai
Selection Committee: S Majumdar, B. Lapham, G. Smith

2007
Jeremy Lise
Contributions to the Theory and Measurement of Inequality
Supervisors: S. Seitz, A. Head
Selection Committee: H. Lloyd-Ellis, I. Keay, K. Shimotsu

2006
Andrew Leach
Three Papers on the Economics of Climate Change
Supervisor: C. Ferrall
Selection Committee: S. Majumdar, R. Boadway, F. Lewis

2005
Allister Stefan Dodds
Economic Aspects of Privacy, Confidentiality, and Consent
Supervisor: R. Boadway
Selection Committee: S. Majumdar, A. Gregory, J. Hartwick

2004
Alok Kumar
Search, Market Power, and the Dispersion of Wages and Prices
Supervisor: A. Head
Selection Committee: S. Majumdar, H. Kasahara, F. Lewis

2003
Yukihiro Nishimura
Optimal Taxation and Envy
Supervisor: R. Boadway
Selection Committee: I. Keay, J. Hartwick, F. Lewis

2002
Katherine Cuff
Three Essays on Optimal Redistributive Policies
Supervisor: R. Boadway
Selection Committee: I. Keay, J. Hartwick, F. Lewis

2001
Chris D'Souza
Information and Learning in Foreign Exchange Markets
Supervisor: G. Smith
Selection Committee: I. Keay, J. Hartwick, F. Lewis

2000
Chris Auld
Three Essays on the Economics of Health-Related Behaviour
Supervisor: C. Ferrall
Selection Committee: R. Wang, M. Prachowny, G. Sparks

1999
Motohiro Sato
Three Essays on Fiscal Federalism and Fiscal Decentralization
Supervisor: R. Boadway
Selection Committee: R. Wang, M. Prachowny, G. Sparks

1998
Kelly Bedard
School Structure and the Distribution of Wages
Supervisor: C. Ferrall
Selection Committee: R. Wang, M. Prachowny, G. Sparks

1997
Christine Parlour
Price Dynamics in Limit Order Markets
Supervisor: F. Milne
Selection Committee: R. Wang, M. Prachowny, G. Sparks

1996
Pascal St.-Amour
State-Dependent Risk Aversion
Supervisor: T. McCurdy
Selection Committee: R. Wang, M. Prachowny, G. Sparks
1995
Desiré Vencatachellum
Dynamic Research and Development Games: Applications to Endogenous Growth Theory
Supervisors: B. Lapham, T. McCurdy
Selection Committee: F. Lewis, D. Usher, J. Bergin

1994
Huw Lloyd-Ellis
Enterprise, Inequality and Growth: Essays in the Theory of Income Distribution
Supervisor: D. Bernhardt
Selection Committee: K. Stegemann, A. Head, G. Sparks

1993
Michel Normandin
Precautionary Saving Due to Labor Income Uncertainty: An Explanation for Excess Smoothness and Excess Sensitivity of Consumption
Supervisor: G. Smith
Selection Committee: M. Prachowny, D. Usher, J. Bergin

1992
Chris Telmer
Intertemporal Asset Pricing Theory and Incomplete Markets
Supervisors: A. Gregory, G. Smith, D. Backus
Selection Committee: C. Beach, J. Hartwick, K. Stegemann

1991
Julian Betts
Technological Change and the Labour Market: Explorations in the Theory of Human Capital
Supervisors: L. Carmichael, T. McCurdy, C. Beach
Selection Committee: K. Stegemann, J. Harkness, D. Usher

1990
W. Steven Clark
A Theoretical and Empirical analysis of the Tax Adjusted q-Dynamics of Investment with Applications to Future Phased-In Tax Policy Reform
Supervisors: N. Bruce, C. Beach
Selection Committee: J. Hartwick, J. Harkness, F. Lewis

1989
Merwan Engineer
Essays on the Structure of Financial Institutions
Supervisors: D. Bernhardt, D. Backus
Selection Committee: C. Beach, J. Harkness, J. Hartwick

1988
Yaman Asikoglu
Macroeconomic Asymmetries and Policy Interdependence between Europe and the United States
Supervisors: D. Purvis, D. Backus
Selection Committee: K. Stegemann, F. Flatters, F. Lewis

1987
Michael Devereux
Inflation, Exchange Rates, and Economic Policy
Supervisors: D. Purvis, N. Bruce
Selection Committee: G. Fisher, J. Harkness, J. Hartwick

1986
Murray Z. Frank
Essays on Industrial Behaviour Under Uncertainty
Supervisors: R. Arnott, J. Mintz
Selection committee: S. Kaliski, M. Prachowny, D. Usher
1985
Thanasis Stengos
Non-linear Estimation in Models with Limited Dependent Variables and Sample Selectivity
Supervisors: J. MacKinnon, G. Fisher
Selection Committee: T. McCurdy, G. Sparks

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