Ali Lazrak, University of British Columbia

Research

Responsible consumption luxury good asset returns risk premia green innovation demand elasticity group decision making corporate finance

Latest funding

Responsible consumption, asset prices, and green innovation
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$51,900
Dynamic Voting and Group Decisions in Corporate Finance
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$165,060
Ambiguity and group decision making in corporate finance
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$143,240

All 6 grants and awards

Responsible consumption, asset prices, and green innovation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lazrak, Ali

Keywords: Responsible consumption; luxury good; asset returns; risk premia; green innovation; demand elasticity

$51,900

Dynamic Voting and Group Decisions in Corporate Finance

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Garlappi, Lorenzo

Keywords: voting; group decisions; capital structure

$165,060

Ambiguity and group decision making in corporate finance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lazrak, Ali

Keywords: group decision making; corporate finance; multiple priors; real investment; contracting; time inconsistency; behavioral finance

$143,240

Compensation, leverage, and the going public decision

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Carlson, Murray D.

Keywords: capital structure; executive compensation; hedging; asset substitution; stock-based pay

$82,738

Leverage choice, credit spread and managerial compensation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Lazrak, Ali

Keywords: leverage choice; credit spreads; managerial compensation; capital structure

$141,657

Portfolio decision and backward stochastic differential equations

Principal investigatorNSERC2004Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Lazrak, Ali

$65,000

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: Responsible consumption Dear Professor Lazrak, 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 on responsible consumption 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 "Responsible consumption, asset prices, and green innovation" (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]