The Canadian Journal of Applied Business Economics is a new type of academic journal in economics. It involves a large research community in an open peer review process, the journal aims to provide fast access to top-quality papers. The Canadian Journal of Applied Business Economics takes the form of an e-journal, i.e., submission, evaluation, and publication are electronic.
The Canadian Journal of Applied Business Economics is sponsored by Canmac Economics Limited. The editorial board consists of:
Editor in Chief, Dr. Jim McNiven
James D. McNiven is Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie University and Senior Policy Research Advisor with Canmac Economics Ltd. He was the Fulbright Research Professor at Michigan State University’s Canadian Studies Center in 2010-11.
Until his retirement from Dalhousie, he held the R. A. Jodrey Chair in Commerce in the School of Business Administration and was a Professor of Public Administration. From 1988 to 1994, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Management at Dalhousie. Prior to that, he was the Deputy Minister of Development for the Province of Nova Scotia (1981-88) and the President of the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (1977-81).
He has been the CEO of a small technology company and has been a member of a number of corporate and government boards, including the Blue Cross of Atlantic Canada and the federal government's International Trade Advisory Committee. He was a member of the federal government's Royal Commission on National Passenger Transportation.
Dr. McNiven has a PhD from the University of Michigan. He has written widely on public policy and economic development issues. His most recent research work has been about the relationship of demographic changes to Canadian regional economic development. He also has an interest in American history, with a book, ‘The Yankee Road’, published in 2015. He is the co-author of three other books. He still continues to teach at Dalhousie on a part-time basis and is a columnist with factsandopinions.com. a digital magazine published in Vancouver BC.
His email address is j.mcniven@dal.ca
Associate Editor, Dr. Mike Foster
Mr. Foster has over 40 years of experience in economic analysis, modelling and forecasting. Mr. Foster currently maintains a database of thousands (1000s) of economic variables of the Atlantic Canadian, Provincial and National economies supported by years of experience in data collection including a thorough knowledge of Statistics Canada and other sources of economic data.
Mr. Foster has working knowledge of most of today’s leading econometric and financial software such as EViews, SPSS, @Risk and Profit Planner to mention a few. Recent model building projects include a Self-sufficiency Model of Atlantic Canada BDC, Input/Output Models of the Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island economies, Economic Benefits (investment impact) Models for the Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island economies.
During the past forty years Mr. Foster has conducted numerous program evaluations, economic impacts, strategic plans, market analysis, and general economic studies. Many of these studies were augmented with specifically constructed forecasting and economic simulation models.
The Canadian Journal of Applied Business Economics is a recently founded journal of modern economics. The mission of the journal is to provide a platform for high-quality, imaginative economic research, earning a reputation for excellence as a general interest economics journal.
The Canadian Journal of Applied Business Economics publishes academic papers that advance knowledge. We welcome high-quality submissions in all fields of economics, independent of method and perspective, including applied submissions on policy-relevant questions that make an important contribution.