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Heaney and Garman develop a linear valuation operator which prices risky income streams when arbitrage profits are precluded. Both study the case where the states of nature are presumed to follow a…

The models of portfolio balance developed by Markowitz and Tobin explain the real world phenomenon of diversified asset holdings elegantly and properly. The models have been criticized, extended, and…

Whether price and output stabilization schemes for primary commodities are likely to increase or decrease foreign exchange earnings from what they would be otherwise is a question of great importance…

An insistent focus on extremism and radicalization with regard to current Islamist trends masks the failures of pluralist citizenship, amid a larger crisis of identity. Whether in Muslim-majority…

This paper provides a price-theoretic explanation of the well-known phenomenon that automobiles in developing countries depreciate less rapidly and are scrapped at a greater age than they are in…

As individuals age they are more likely to develop medical conditions that may affect their ability to drive safety. British Columbia’s population is aging and the increasing proportion of older…

Records management is based on core knowledge that is not specific to an institution. Organizations can address knowledge gaps among their records creators by creating training materials that are…

Recent research in Political Science and Psychology have uncovered how abstract sets of ideas, such as ideologies, can give rise to strong motivational forces. However, empirical work on identifying…

Northeastern British Columbia will experience future groundwater scarcity as a result of climate change and competing uses of water. The Government of British Columbia (BC) now regulates groundwater…

This study replicates and extends the study done by Phan, Sharma and Narayan (2015) using intraday data from two widely available exchange traded funds (SPY and USO), before and after the recent…

Erling Olsen grew up in Queensborough, and started gillnetting with his father when he was 7 or 8 years old. By the time he was 13, he had his own nets; by age 15, his own boat. He also worked in the…

Despite successful efforts made by the South African government to implement youthfriendly services in public clinics, none of these efforts have formally evaluated youth engagement as an integral…

Since 2002, there has been an increase in the number of low-skill and low-wage temporary foreign workers in Canada. This study examines the employment standards challenges that these workers may…

This report collects and analyzes the available information on solar energy development in BC, including existing major barriers, costs and benefits, and externalities. The objective is to assess the…

All digital records have metadata. Digital university records have metadata that is automatically added by the computer system as well as metadata that you add yourself. This document describes the…

The purpose of this report is twofold. The first purpose is to assess whether there has been an appreciable change in patient satisfaction at Vancouver’s Mid-Main Community Health Centre in response…

Rural electrification and population control have as much to do with technology as they do with politics. This leads to the question of whether technological or political change was more…

The United Nations, non-profit organizations, and research communities have identified youth with incarcerated parents as a distinct and vulnerable population requiring tailored policy response. This…

Small and medium sized businesses make up over 98% of the businesses in British Columbia (BC) and are estimated to account for 28% of the Province’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These businesses…

Housing affordability is a major issue for the City of Vancouver. The ever-increasing cost of housing is pricing many Vancouverites out of the housing market. Millennials, with interests in…