Anthony J. Ward

Department of Economics




Anthony J. Ward

Associate Professor of Economics and Tourism and Environment

Office Location on Campus: Plaza Building Room 439

Email: award@brocku.ca

Phone: 905-688-5550 ext., 3117

Education

B.A.Honours, Open University, UK, 1981
M.A. Economics, University of British Columbia, 1984
Ph.D. Economics, University of British Columbia, 1990.

 

Areas of Interest

Economic history - Canadian extensive development Economic history - Analysis of technical change in agriculture Economic history - 19th century English agriculture Natural resources Environmental Economics Climate Change Economics of Developing Countries

 
Full CV

Selected Research

  • "The Origins of the Wheat Boom: 1880 to 1910", Canadian Journal of Economics, XXVII, November 1994, pp 865-883.
  • “The Corn Laws and English Wheat Prices, 1815 to 1846.” Atlantic Economic Journal Volume 32, Number 3, September 2004, pp 244-254.
  • "Using Tourism as a Vehicle for Sustainable Development: A Case Study: The Garifuna People of the Honduras Coast.” Jorgensen, L. and Ward, T. The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 5 5 pp. 29-44. 2009.
  • "Market Integration: Early Development on the Canadian Prairies” Prairie Forum 35, no. 1 (Spring 2010): 53–74
  • “Indigenous Economic Development” in Lloyd, Christopher, Jacob Metzer and Richard Sutch (eds.) Settler Economies in World History, Leiden: Brill, forthcoming 2011.   
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