Alfred Lehar, University of Calgary

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Calgary profile.

Latest funding

Transaction cost economics in payment systems
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$87,000
Passive liquidity supply: Retail traders as financial intermediaries on decentralized exchanges
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$63,815
The Decentralized Token Economy
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$288,384

All 11 grants and awards

No publications available.

Transaction cost economics in payment systems

Principal investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Lehar, Alfred

$87,000

Passive liquidity supply: Retail traders as financial intermediaries on decentralized exchanges

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Zoican, Marius-Andrei

Keywords: decentralized exchanges; market structure; retail traders; financial intermediation

$63,815

The Decentralized Token Economy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lehar, Alfred

$288,384

Flash Loans for economic efficiency

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Lehar, Alfred

Keywords: Fintech; Decentralized Finance; Blockchain; Banking; Payments

$24,376

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations: A Community-Driven Digital Governance System on the Blockchain

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Knowledge Synthesis Grants - Envisioning Governance Systems that Work

Principal investigators: Lehar, Alfred

Keywords: Blockchain-based Governance; E-Governance Systems; Digital Democracy; Community-Led Governance; Automated Voting Mechanisms; Smart Contracts; Distributed Ledger Technology; Tokenomics; Economic Inclusion; Decentralized Future

$12,100

Decentralized Financial Markets

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lehar, Alfred

Keywords: decentralized finance; blockchain; ethereum; market microstructure

$136,760

Decentralized Financial Markets

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lehar, Alfred

Keywords: decentralized finance; blockchain; ethereum; market microstructure

$109,729

Strategic timing of earnings announcement

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Rzeznik, Aleksandra

Keywords: earnings announcement; strategic behavior; spillovers; limited attention; post earnings announcement drift

$62,066

Debt renegotiations and bargaining failure

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lehar, Alfred

Keywords: bankruptcy; renegotiation; bargaining breakdown; capital structure; sovereign debt

$106,860

Financial regulation and systemic risk

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Lehar, Alfred

Keywords: banking; systemic risk; regulation; financial crises

$67,604

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Lehar, 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 "Transaction cost economics in payment systems" (2026), 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]