Economics and business administration

This group comprises research and experimental development in economics and business administration.

Parent Category

Social sciences

Sub-Categories

Economics

Industrial relations and work relations

Marketing

Finance

Management and trade

Graduate Degree Programs in Economics and business administration

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Accounting (PhD)

Research and collaboration are at the heart of the UBC Business Administration in Accounting PhD program. Here, you will be equipped with the in-depth knowledge, communication skills, and immersive research capabilities you’ll need to be at the forefront of your discipline. Right from the outset of...

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Finance (PhD)

The PhD Program in Business Administration welcomes applications from individuals planning research-oriented academic careers. As well as gaining access to a world of knowledge and opportunity, Sauder PhD students benefit from the individual attention they receive from faculty members - right from...

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Management Information Systems (PhD)

An active and collegial group of senior and junior academics is the distinguishing feature of the MIS faculty at UBC. These researchers investigate a wide variety of topics, including electronic commerce, economics of information systems, systems analysis, intelligent systems, strategic and...

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Management Science (PhD)

The complexity of modern organizations necessitates the use of mathematical modeling techniques. Management Science and Operations Research are concerned with the application of mathematical models to decision problems in business, industry, government and other organizations. Our PhD program...

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Marketing and Behavioural Science (PhD)

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Organizational Behaviour (PhD)

The emphasis of the PhD Program in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources (OBHR) is on developing research-oriented academics who study problems related to organizations, including the effects of management practices on people, between people within organizational settings, and between...

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Strategy and Business Economics (PhD)

This PhD specialization covers applications of the disciplines of economics and statistics to topics of relevance for business or business related government policy. Applications include business strategy and international business drawing on insights from industrial organization and international...

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Transportation and Logistics (PhD)

The doctoral program in transportation and logistics (TLOG) focuses on transportation economics and policy analysis. The program is designed to meet the needs of individual students, and there is considerable flexibility in choosing courses.

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Urban Land Economics (PhD)

Doctor of Philosophy in Economics (PhD)

The Ph.D. program in economics at UBC owes its strength to the quality of its research faculty, extensive opportunity for student-faculty interaction, and a diverse offering of specializations for thesis work. Our faculty members specialize in a wide range of topics, including development economics...

Doctor of Philosophy in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (PhD)

The doctoral (PhD) program in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems creates opportunities for students to develop and strengthen research capabilities and advanced knowledge. Students must plan and complete a doctoral thesis resulting in an original scholarly contribution to knowledge in...

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

The Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) is a problem-focused and curiosity-driven interdisciplinary research institute and graduate program, with interest and expertise in a wide range of topics under the realm of environment...

LLM in Taxation (LLMT)

The LL.M. in Taxation is a one year, full time non-thesis degree, with a part-time option. Students in the LLM Tax program complete 30 credits, consisting of 6 credits for the required course in Foundations in Tax Law. Out of the 30 credits, at least 24 elective credits have to be taken in tax law...

Master of Arts in Economics (MA)

The M.A. program in Economics at UBC owes its strength to the quality of its research faculty, opportunities for intensive training in theoretical and applied work, and a diverse offering of specializations. Our faculty members specialize in a wide range of topics, including development economics,...

Master of Arts in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (MA)

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

The 16-month, full-time UBC MBA at Sauder’s Robert H. Lee Graduate School offers a uniquely integrated vision. You’ll gain confidence to innovate on the world stage, grow through experiential learning, and develop personalized leadership skills. Choose from 4 unique career tracks, and get started...

Master of Business Analytics (MBAN)

In just twelve months, the UBC MBAN gives candidates with quantitative backgrounds sought-after analytical skills within a broader business context. Our graduates will be able to apply advanced analytical tools and methods to address management challenges in today’s business world. Candidates will...

Master of Engineering Leadership in Sustainable Process Engineering (MEL)

The Master of Engineering Leadership (MEL) in Sustainable Process Engineering is currently undergoing a period of reflection and evaluation. Plans are in place to temporarily pause the program in January 2025 for a thorough curriculum review and assessment. This pause aims to ensure the program’s...

Master of Food and Resource Economics (MFRE)

The Master of Food and Resource Economics (MFRE) program is a unique, one-year, course-based masters degree which integrates Economics, Policy, and Business concepts to provide data-driven solutions that meet the challenges and opportunities in the food, agriculture, and environmental sector. This...

Master of Geomatics for Environmental Management (MGEM)

The Master of Geomatics for Environmental Management (MGEM) is a new 9-month, course-based master’s program that provides the geospatial skills and landscape ecology context required to tackle pressing environmental issues. It is a 9-month program which begins in August with a 3-week intensive and...

Master of Land and Water Systems (MLWS)

Land and water are essential resources required to sustain human needs, including food security, maintenance of environmental goods and services, and all forms of useable energy. Managing land and water as an integrated system provides a framework to aid society to achieve the goals of an improved...

Master of Management (MM)

Developed to address the evolving needs of today’s most innovative employers, the Master of Management (MM) curriculum provides you with a vital grounding in a broad spectrum of business and management disciplines, from accounting to finance and marketing to strategic management. Combined with the...

Master of Science in Business Administration in Finance (MSCB)

Aimed at students interested in research, the UBC MSc in Business Administration is a challenging and rigorous program designed to prepare students for a PhD program and a subsequent career in academia. As an MSc student, you will not only become part of a rich and stimulating academic community...

Master of Science in Business Administration in Management Information Systems (MSCB)

Master of Science in Business Administration in Transportation and Logistics (MSCB)

Master of Science in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (MSc)

The MSc program in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems provides opportunities for students to broaden their knowledge base and gain research experiences. ILSFS students work on diverse and often interdisciplinary research topics that address priority food systems questions and challenges...

Master of Science in Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (MSc)

Offered by the Occupational and Environmental Health Division in the School of Population and Public Health (SPPH), this Master of Science program leads to professional or research careers that make a difference to community and work environments and to people's health. The "occupational and...

Master of Science in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (MSc)

Professional Master of Business Administration (PMBA)

UBC Sauder’s Professional Master of Business Administration (PMBA) program is perfect for people who want an MBA but don't want to lose career momentum. We designed the 24-month curriculum to fit around your full-time work schedule, while still challenging you. You'll deepen your understanding of...

UBC Researchers conducting research in Economics and business administration

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Barichello, Richard

Food and Resource Economics, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Agricultural economics

Baylis, Patrick

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; Climate Changes and Impacts; Economic Planning of Energy; climate change economics; energy economics; environmental economics

Bena, Jan

Division of Finance, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Financial economics; Finance, n.e.c.; Stock markets; International economics and international finance; Economics of innovation and technical change; Industry economics and industrial organization; Innovation; Corporate innovation; Asset pricing of technological progress; Private equity; Corporate ownership structure; Frictions in raising external finance; Entrepreneurship; Ownership of startup companies; Finance and industrial organization; Product market interactions

Bostanci, Gorkem

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Macroeconomics (including monetary and fiscal theory); Industry economics and industrial organization; Firm Dynamics; Input Allocation and Productivity; Labor Demand; intellectual property

Brander, James

Division of Strategy and Business Economics, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Industry economics and industrial organization; industrial economics; Competition policy; international trade and investment

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Cardwell, Ryan

Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Clough, David

Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics and business administration; Organizational behavior; Entrepreneurship; Innovation management; Interorganizational networks; Organization theory; Organizational learning; Social Networks; Technological Innovations; Technological change

Couture, Victor

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; Urban economics and transportation; Efficiency of urban transportation systems; Potential for e-commerce to reduce spatial inequality; Preferences for social interactions; Consequences of gentrification

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Dee, Derek

Food, Nutrition & Health, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Environment and natural resources economics; Food sciences (including food engineering); Natural resource management; Agri-food Transformation Products; aspartic proteases; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Biophysics; Enzymes and Proteins; food chemistry; food proteins; funtional amyloid; meat analogues; Nanomaterials; Nutriceuticals and Functional Foods; prions; protein aggregation; protein engineering; Protein Folding; protein nanofibrils; Proteins; psychrophilic enzymes

Dias Saraiva-Patelli, Ella

Division of Finance, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Finance; Asset pricing and international finance

Dunbar, W Scott

Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Industrial biotechnology; Economics and business administration; biotechnology applications in mineral resources; mining industry business model innovation

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Engelhart, Juliette

Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Postdoctoral Fellow

Industrial relations and work relations, n.e.c.; Supply chain transparency; Blockchain technology; Governance of inter-organizational relationships

Evans, Jonathan Blair

Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Industrial relations and work relations; Leader curiosity; Transparent use of influence tactics; Self deprecation and leadership perceptions; Active and passive forms of counterproductive behavior at work

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Gallipoli, Giovanni

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Macroeconomics (including monetary and fiscal theory); Economic Policies; Economic Phenomena on a National or International Level; Economic Phenomena on an Individual or Organizational Level; applied microeconomics; computational economics; labor economics; macroeconomics; Consumption theory and measurement

Garlappi, Lorenzo

Division of Finance, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics and business administration; Financial Economics; Asset pricing; Macro-Finance; Decision Theory

Giammarino, Ronald

Division of Finance, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Financial management; corporate theory; bank regulation; real options

Gulati, Sumeet

Food and Resource Economics, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Agricultural economics; Economics of Human Wildlife Conflict; Economics of Urban Transportation; Effectiveness of Carbon Taxes; Effectiveness of Environmental Policy; International Trade and its Effect on the Environment; Political Economy of Environmental and Trade Policy

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Heinkel, Robert Lee

Division of Finance, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Stock markets; Corporate Finance

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Jaccard, Torsten

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; international trade

Jongbloed, Janine

Faculty of Education

Postdoctoral Fellow

Education systems; Sociology of education; Economics of education; educational trajectories; inequalities; educational outcomes; longitudinal research; Gender; school-to-work transitions; welfare regimes; income inequality

Juhasz, Reka

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; international trade; Economic History; Development and Growth; industrial policy and industrialization

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Kanashiro Makiya, Ieda

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Khanna, Tarun

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; Renewable energy systems (except smart systems engineering); Environmental policy; energy economics; Evidence synthesis; policy evaluation; electricity markets; energy in development; decarbonization of the energy sector

Kikkawa, Ayumu

Division of Strategy and Business Economics, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

International economics and international finance; Industry economics and industrial organization; international trade; Industrial Organization

Kim, Baek Jung

Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics and business administration; Marketing; applied econometrics; Causal inference; New Technology/Product Adoption; Peer/Network Effects; Public Policy; Structural Models

Krishnan, Harish

Division of Operations and Logistics, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics and business administration; Inventory and distribution logistics; Contracts and supply chains; Incentive distortions in supply chains; Management; Operations management; Supply chain management

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Lee, Gene

Division of Accounting and Information Systems, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics and business administration; Management information systems; Applied Machine Learning; Business Analytics; Computer Science and Statistics; Cybersecurity; Information Systems; Mobile Ecosystem; Social Media Analysis; Text Mining

Lee, Kevin

Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Industrial relations and work relations; Future of Work & Organizing; Technology, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship; Social Inequality, Worth, & Evaluation; Lived Experience of Organizations & Institutions

Lindsey, Charles

Division of Operations and Logistics, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Transport economics; Urban, rural and regional economics; Advanced traveler information systems; climate change; Economic Policies; Financing transportation infrastructure; Parking policy; Public transit; Queuing; Road pricing; Traffic congestion; Transportation Systems; Advanced Air Mobility

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Malhotra, Nisha

Faculty of Arts

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Sex and gender-based analysis; Economics of international development; Health care access, privilege or marginalization; Health and gender based violence; Women health; Global Health; Health Care Access; Maternity Care Evaluation; Gender based studies; Global trade and trade remedy measures

Milligan, Kevin

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Labour and demographic economics; Public economics; Economic Policies; Children; Inequality; Pensions; Public Finance; Taxation

Morgan, Steven

School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Health policy; Economics of health care; Health services and systems; Access to medicines; Health care policy; Pharmacare; Pharmaceutical pricing; Prescribing appropriateness; Comparative policy analysis

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Nan, Ning

Division of Accounting and Information Systems, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics and business administration; Management information systems; blockchain governance; complex adaptive systems; digital business; evolvable information systems; Information Systems; Management; online community

Norris, Samuel

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics and business administration; Education; Crime; labor economics

Nunn, Nathan

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; Political economy; Economic History; economic development; cultural economics; international trade

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Park, Jen

Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Marketing; Judgment and Decision-Making; Framing & Context Effects; Digital Interfaces & Information Processing; Prosocial & Pro-environmental Behavior

Pratap-Singh, Anubhav

Food, Nutrition & Health, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Environment and natural resources economics; Food sciences (including food engineering); Natural resource management; Agri-food Transformation Products; cold plasma; food engineering; food processing; Functional Foods; heat transfer; high pressure; mass transfer; novel non-thermal processing; Nutriceuticals and Functional Foods; pasteurization; pulsed light; sterilization

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Quayle, Moura

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics and business administration; Public administration; Public policy; Knowledge Exchange and Strategic Design; Policies and Public Services; Social Policies

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Rachapalli, Swapnika

Division of Strategy and Business Economics, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Management and trade; international trade; Innovation; Growth & Development

Raynard, Mia

Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Industrial relations and work relations; Management and trade; Organization theory; Understanding Processes of Change in Fields, Professions, and Organizations; Managing Change in Emerging Economies; Dynamics and Succession Processes in Family Enterprises; CSR and Sustainability

Rehavi, M.

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; Law; Health Care Organization; Public Finances and Taxation; Algorithms; applied econometrics; criminal law; decision support (algorithms); discrimination; maternal health

Ries, John

Division of Strategy and Business Economics, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics and business administration; applied microeconomics; Economic Phenomena on a National or International Level; international business; international trade

Robinson, Sandra

Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Industrial relations and work relations

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Sajjadiani, Sima

Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics and business administration; Organizational behavior; Compensation and Incentives; Employee Selection; Employee Turnover; HR Analytics; Human Resources; Incentives Design; Machine Learning Applications in HRM; Organizational Behaviour; Strategic HR

Sarsons, Heather

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; labour, personnel, and behavioural economics

Schabas, Margaret

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

History and philosophy of economics; Economics and business administration; History and Philosophy of Economics; Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies; science studies; History of Early Modern Philosophy; British Empiricists

Schulz, Martin

Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics and business administration; Organizational behavior; Bureaucracies; Change and Persistence; decision making; Knowledge Relevance; Logics of Appropriateness and Consequences; Military Institutions; Obsolescence; Organizational Knowledge; Organizational learning; Organizational Routines; Organizational Rules; Rule Networks; Social Order

Seidel, Marc-David

Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Entrepreneurship; Organizational behavior; Sociology and social studies of science and technology; Discrimination and networks in the employment relationship; Distributed Trust Technologies; Early life factors role in later life workplace outcomes; Economic Systems; Impacts of New Information Technologies; Life Cycles ( Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood, etc.); Media and Society; New Technology and Social Impacts; Organizational Theory; Social Networks; Social Organization and Political Systems; Social networks and organizational decision making; Social, Economical and Political Impacts of Innovations; Socio-Economic Conditions

Solimine, Philip

Faculty of Arts

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Industry economics and industrial organization; Econometrics; Data-driven estimation, optimization, and control; Collaborative and social computing; Experimental economics