Electronic peer-to-peer banking & lending could expand access to finance for world’s poor: UBC study
UBC economists are experimenting with an idea that they believe could bring more financial opportunity to poor people in developing countries.
VSE grad develops app to help ethically-minded consumers shop online
A UBC student has created a Chrome extension to help consumers be more ethical with their online purchases.
VSE student creates app to help students navigate PhD decisions
Amedeus D’Souza, a fourth-year Honours student at the Vancouver School of Economics, has developed a Chrome extension to help students decide where to apply for graduate studies.
CIDER awards 21 projects small grants funding
The Centre for Innovative Data in Economics Research has announced the recipients of their Small Grants competition.
VSE PhD student’s paper wins top prize from Bank of Canada
Jasmine Hao’s award-winning research focused on collusion over price fixing in the Chilean pharmaceutical industry.
UBC economist receives $75,000 in SSHRC funding to study lasting costs of war
VSE researchers will study the long-term legacies of conflict, including economic analysis of the bombings in Laos.