My name is Mirza Trokić and I was born in Banja Luka, an important city in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the fall of 1991, at the age of 8, escaping the gruesome fate which was about to grip my country, my family and I moved to Toronto, Canada. There, I continued what was left of my childhood and started a new life.

I came to McGill University (Montreal, Canada) in August 2002 to pursue an undergraduate degree in Economics. However, upon my arrival, I decided to support my understanding of Economics with a degree in Mathematics. I thought the two would be excellent complements as I have always had a strong inclination toward understanding Economics from a strong theoretical foundation. I graduated with a joint honours BA degree in Economics and Mathematics in April 2006.

Having fallen under the spell of Montreal's charms, I decided to stay in this gorgeous city and continue my education there. In September 2006, I enrolled at McGill to pursue an M.A. degree in Economics. By this time, I had come to realize that I had strong interests to study Econometrics.

In September 2007, I enrolled at McGill University, again, to pursue a Ph.D. degree in Economics, specializing in Econometrics. Also, by this time, I had the pleasure of working as a research assistant to Prof. Russell Davidson, a brilliant professor and a wonderful man – someone whom I admire very much and who has always been a source of inspiration for me. It is through him that I was introduced to the theory of iterative bootstrapping techniques and “coincidentally” found a topic for my doctoral thesis.

I am currently working under the supervision of Prof. Davidson on formalizing convergence results for iterative bootstrapping methods, particularly those concerning the Fast Double Boostrap, first proposed by Davidson and MacKinnon (2006). In addition, I am also researching regulated time series proposed by Cavaliere (2005), particularly focusing on the unit root testing literature.

Apart from Econometrics, my research interests also extend to Macroeconomics and Money and Banking. The latter have, as of late, also given rise to a strong inclination to study financial banking and pricing options.

Above, you will find a link to my C.V. as well as links related to my research and scholastic responsibilities. Also, please help those less fortunate than yourself by visiting the Bosnian Canadian Relief Association website by following the logo to the right. And if you're at all interested in Linux, I strongly recommend you try out Arch Linux. It is not a distribution for novices, but it is well worth it!

Enjoy!