Michael Peters, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest funding

Mechanism design in digital markets
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$141,500
Matching in computerized markets
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$62,000
Competition in contracts
SSHRC · 2007 · Principal investigator
$55,000

All 5 grants and awards

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Mechanism design in digital markets

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Peters, Michael

Keywords: digital markets; mechanism design; unobserved commitments; competing mechanisms; communication; matching markets

$141,500

Matching in computerized markets

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Peters, Michael

Keywords: assortative matching; directed search; auction; competing auctions

$62,000

Competition in contracts

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Peters, Michael

Keywords: contracts; competition; mechanism design

$55,000

Participation in mechanisms when the alternative is a default game

Co-investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Celik, Gorkem

Keywords: economics of information; contract theory; participation constraints

$26,500

Competition in contracts

Principal investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Peters, Michael

Keywords: contracts; competition; menu theorems; common agency

$56,000

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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