Simon Fraser University
Professor Martin A. Andresen - School of Criminology

PhD Dissertation
I defended and completed my PhD Dissertation in August 2006 (Department of Geography, University of British Columbia) under the supervision of Trevor J. Barnes.  A copy of this work is provided below for anyone interested, as well as the publications that have emerged from it, organized by chapter.

Andresen, M.A. (2006).  The Geography of Canada - United States Trade.  Vancouver, BC: Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of British Columbia. (PDF, 3.5 MB)



Entire Dissertation


Andresen, M.A. (2012). The Geography of Canada - United States Trade: Global, National, and Regional Patterns. Saarbrucken, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing.



Chapter 1. Introduction


Andresen, M.A. (2010). Geographies of international trade: theory, borders, and regions.  Geography Compass, 4(2), 94 - 105.



Chapter 2. In search of the global triad: does trade have its own geography?


Andresen, M.A. (2009). Regionalizing global trade patterns, 1981 - 2001: application of a new method. Canadian Geographer, 53(1), 24 - 44.



Chapter 3. A history of Canada - United States trade relations


Andresen, M.A. (2009).  A history of Canada – United States trade relations.  In W.R. Stevens (ed.) Trade and Development: Focus on Free Trade Agreements.  Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 179 - 198.


Additionally, portions of this chapter are used in many of the other published work to provide the context for various trade issues between Canada and the United States.



Chapter 4. A national analysis of Canada - United States international trade, 1979 - 2003


Andresen, M.A. (2006). The effect of North American trade liberalization on the nature of Canadian trade, 1989 - 2002. American Review of Canadian Studies, 36(2), 283 - 311.


Andresen, M.A. (2006). The effects of North American trade on the Canadian economy. In K. Froschauer, N. Fabbi, and S. Pell (eds.) Convergence and Divergence in North America: Canada and the United States. Burnaby, BC: Centre for Canadian Studies, Simon Fraser University, 83 - 110.


Andresen, M.A. (2008). The evolving quality of trade between Canada and the United States. Canadian Geographer, 52(1), 22 - 37.



Chapter 5. Canada - United States integration: the effects of the national border and the NAFTA


Andresen, M.A. (2009). The border puzzle is solved. Applied Economics Letters, 16(16), 1617 - 1620.


Andresen, M.A. (2009). The geographical effects of the NAFTA on Canadian provinces. Annals of Regional Science, 43(1), 251 - 265.


Andresen, M.A. (2010). The geography of the Canada - United States border effect. Regional Studies, 44(5), 579 - 594.


Andresen, M.A. (2013). A robust solution for the Canada – United States border puzzle. International Trade Journal, 27(2), 142 - 155.



Chapter 6. Canada - United States interregional trade flows, 1989 - 2001


Andresen, M.A. (2009). Canada - United States interregional trade flows, 1989 - 2001. Canadian Journal of Regional Science, 32(2), 187 - 202.



Chapter 7. Testing for change in the spatial pattern and identifying trading regions for Canada - United States interregional trade


Andresen, M.A. (2009). Trade specialization and reciprocal trading relationships in Canada and the United States, 1989 and 2001. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 99(1), 163 - 183.


Andresen, M.A. (2009). Testing for similarity in area-based spatial patterns: a nonparametric Monte Carlo approach. Applied Geography, 29(3), 333 - 345.


Andresen, M.A. (2010). Canada - United States interregional trade: quasi-points and spatial change. Canadian Geographer, 54(2), 139 - 157.



Appendix: The measurement of international trade: sensitivity to trade overlap and product quality


Andresen, M.A. (2009). A cross-industry analysis of intra-industry trade measurement thresholds: Canada and the United States, 1988-1999. Empirical Economics, 38(3), 793 - 808.



 

 

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