Mark Huson, University of Alberta

Research

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Latest funding

Liquidity Dynamics Surrounding ETF Births and Deaths
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$77,076
Inter-temporal variation in the value of corporate cash holdings
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$122,076
Who stopped using options
SSHRC · 2011 · Co-investigator
$57,005

All 5 grants and awards

No publications available.

Liquidity Dynamics Surrounding ETF Births and Deaths

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Huson, Mark R.

$77,076

Inter-temporal variation in the value of corporate cash holdings

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Huson, Mark R.

Keywords: value of cash; riskiness of cash; capital raising

$122,076

Who stopped using options

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Wier, Heather A.

Keywords: compensation; employee stock options; governance

$57,005

Debt, taxes and employee options: evidence from empirical tests and simulations

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Huson, Mark R.

Keywords: capital structure; executive compensation; Monte Carlo

$97,649

Opportunities and incentives to manipulate earnings: Studies of CEO's in their terminal year

Co-investigatorSSHRC2001Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Wiedman, Christine

Keywords: executive turnover; earnings management; executive compensation; corporate governance

$69,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Huson, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Liquidity Dynamics Surrounding ETF Births and Deaths" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]