Bela Georgiev
Economics PhD Candidate
Toronto Metropolitan University (previously Ryerson University)
Bela Georgiev
Economics PhD Candidate
Toronto Metropolitan University (previously Ryerson University)
I'm an applied microeconometrician specializing in development and Indigenous economics. My research focuses on food subsidy programs and their impacts on traditional harvesting activities in remote northern communities in Canada. I also explore the integration of machine learning with econometric methods to better understand complex social and economic issues.
Research
Publications
"Traditional Indigenous foodways and retail subsidies: Evidence from the Northwest Territories Community Survey and Nutrition North Canada," with Nicholas Li. 2025. Accepted at Canadian Journal of Economics. [Recent Version] [Replication Package]
Work in Progress
"Heterogeneous Treatment Effects of Nutrition North Subsidies: A Subgroup Analysis of Canadian Traditional Food Production."
"Exploring Heterogeneous Treatment Effects Using Machine Learning: Insights from Nutrition North Canada and Traditional Indigenous Harvesting."
Presentations
51st Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Canada Economics Association, 2025
59th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economics Association, 2025
50th Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Canada Economics Association, 2024
Select Awards
Best Student Presentation (Senior Prize), 50th Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Canada Economics Association, 2024
Graduate Assistant Recognition Award, 2022-2023
Select Department Service
Graduate Program Support, 2025-Present
President (Two terms), Economics Graduate Students Association, 2024-2025
Volunteer Coordinator, 58th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economics Association, 2024
PhD Representative (Two terms), Economics Graduate Council, 2023-2025
Teaching
Teaching Assistant
Econometrics I
Intermediate Microeconomics I
Intermediate Microeconomics II
Public Sector Economics
The Economy and Society
Industrial Organization
Introduction to Macroeconomics
Principles of Macroeconomics
Intermediate Macroeconomics I
Basic Mathematics for Economics