Selected Conference Papers

2024

• "Willingness and Ability to Environmental Policy Adaptation and Implementation: The Role of Political Regimes and Institutional Quality of OECD Countries", Canadian Economics Association Conference 2024, May 31st and June 1st, in Toronto, Canada.

2023

• "Why Does Uncovered Interest Parity Fail?", Canadian Economics Association Conference 2023, Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 30, June 2-3.

Session Organizer

• Session Title: Northern Ontario Economics Association (NOEA) Session. 

Four papers were accepted for this session and presented at the Canadian Economics Association Conference 2023. 

2022

• “Immigration, Migrant-intensive jobs, and Sectoral Shift”, Canadian Economics Association Conference 2022, Carleton, Ottawa on June 3-4. 

• “Rural and Northern Tourism Recovery and Development in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Northern Ontario”. Canadian Economics Association Conference, Carleton, Ottawa on June 3-4, 2022. 

• COVID-19 & The Northern Ontario Tourism: A survey. Faculty LunchBox Talk, Algoma University Research Week 2022. 

• “Immigration, Migrant-Intensive Jobs, and Sectoral Shift”, American Economic Association (AEA), Boston, MA, on January 7-9, 2022 (Accepted).

Organizer/chair/moderator 

• Organizer of the Northern Ontario Economics Association (NOEA) session at the CEA conference.  Session title - "Topics on Applied Economics ". Four papers were accepted and presented in this session. 

• Chair, the session titled "NOEA: Topics on Applied Economics / AENO : Thèmes de l’économie appliquée" at the CEA conference.

• Moderator - Panel Discussion: "Building Welcoming Communities – A Research Perspective" at the Magnetic North Conference (Northern Ontario Population Growth Forum), June 22-23, 2022, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

2021

• "Recent Vs Historical Migrants: A study on the Canadian Provincial Trade-Migration Nexus". The 55th Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics Association (online) 3-5 June 2021. Presenter: Nusrate Aziz, Algoma University.

• "Language Requirement for Naturalization, Linguistic Networks, and International Migration: The Role of Common Unofficial Language". The 55th Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics Association (online) 3-5 June 2021. Presenter - Usman Khalid, United Arab Emirates University.

• "Risk-Return Relationship of Crypto Currencies". The 55th Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics Association (online) 3-5 June 2021. Presenter: Dinesh Gajurel, University of New Brunswick.

Organized a Session at CEA conference 2021

• Northern Ontario Economics Association (NOEA) Session - "Topics on Applied Economics & Finance". 

2020

• "Influence of Recent Versus Historical Migrants on Interprovincial Trade of Canada", The 54th Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics Association, 2020. Paper accepted for conference presentation; Conference was cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic.  

• "An Examination of the Driving Factors of CO 2 Emissions in Canada: Does Policy Matter?", 30th Annual Conference (13 November 2020) - Canadian Resource and Environmental Economics Association. Presented by co-author Laura Lamb.

Co-organized 2 Sessions at CEA conference 2020

• NOEA Sessions: (1) Topics on Migration Network Research; and (2) Topics on Applied Economics Research 

2019

• “Does Green Policy Pay Dividends?”, 29th Annual Conference of the Canadian Environmental and Resource Economics Association, Oct 4-6, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

• “Good Governance, Quality of Institutions and International Migration”, The 2019 Canadian Economics Association Conference, May 31 — June 2, 2019, Banff, Alberta, Canada 

Co-organized a Session at CEA conference 2019

• The NOEA sessions: Topics in Applied Economics I, and Topics in Applied Economics II; at 53rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics Association, Alberta 

• Discussant: "Oil Price Crisis and Its Impact on Sectoral Stock Returns in Canada" at the CEA conference 2019.

2018

• “Labour Migration, Sectoral Shifts and Interprovincial Trade”, The 2018 Canadian Economics Association Conference, June 1-3, 2018, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

• “Armed Conflict, Military Expenditure and International Tourism”, The 2018 Canadian Economics Association Conference, June 1-3, 2018, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Co-organized a Session at CEA conference 2018

• The NOEA sessions: Topics in Applied Economics I, and Topics in Applied Economics II, 52nd Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics Association, Québec. 

• Chair, NOEA: Topics in Applied Economics II (conference session) at the CEA conference.

2017

• “Armed Conflict, Military expenses and FDI inflow”, The 2017 Canadian Economics Association Conference, June 2-4, 2017, St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada 

• “Armed Conflict, Military expenses and FDI inflow”, The 12th Defence and Security Economics Workshop, 2-3 November 2017, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

• Discussant: "Why Economists Disagree: An Illustration of Irreconcilability Using the US State Level Unemployment Rate Data" at 51st Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics Association, Nova Scotia

2016

• “Does Immigration Affect the Exchange Rate?”, The 2016 Canadian Economics Association Conference, June 3 — June 5, 2016, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

• “The Effect of Immigration on Bilateral Exchange Rates: Canadian Perspective”, The 9th Globalization and Economic Policy (GEP) Conference, February17-18, 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

• Discussant: "Financial Markets Convergence and Determinants of Risk Premium Differentials", 50th Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics Association, Ottawa

2015

• “Migrant Workers’ Remittance and Economic Growth: The Role of Financial Development”, The 8th Globalization and Economic Policy (GEP) Conference, February 11-12, 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2013

• “Intrinsic and Extrinsic Determinants of Economic Growth: Further Evidence”, The 3rd International Conference on Management, Economics and Social Sciences (ICMESS'2013) January 8-9, 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. http://psrcentre.org/images/extraimages/32.%20113597.pdf 

2012

• “Extrinsic Determinants of Economic Growth: Further Evidence”, 18th Biannual Conference, 2012, Bangladesh Economic Association (13-15, September 2012), Dhaka, Bangladesh. http://bea-bd.org/site/images/pdf/18.pdf 

2010

• “Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Import and Domestic Prices: Evidence from a Developing Country”, The 5th PhD Meeting, Royal Economic Society, January 16-17, 2010, City University London, England.

2009

• “Exchange Rate Hysteresis and the UK Imports from the South Asian Countries”, ESRC Corporate Governance, Regulation and Development Seminar Series, Seminar V, 25 September, 2009, University of Birmingham, England.

• “Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Import, Export and Domestic Prices: Evidence from a Developing Country”, The 2009 Scottish Economic Society Annual Conference, April 27-29 2009, Perth, Scotland. 

2008

• “Determinants of Aggregate Import Demand of Bangladesh: Cointegration and Error Correction Modelling”, The 18th International Trade and Finance Association Conference, May 21-24, 2008, Lisbon, Portugal.

• “The Role of Exchange Rate in Trade Balance: Empirics from Bangladesh”, The Small Open Economies in a Globalized World Conference II, June 12 - 15, 2008, Waterloo, Canada.