Michal Szkup, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest funding

Understanding Self-Fulfilling Debt Crises: The Role of Contagion, Information, and Liquidity Support
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$11,400
Understanding Self-Fulfilling Debt Crises: The Role of Contagion, Information, and Liquidity Support
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$46,918
Social Value of Information: Theory and Experiments
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$73,325

All 4 grants and awards

No publications available.

Understanding Self-Fulfilling Debt Crises: The Role of Contagion, Information, and Liquidity Support

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Szkup, Michal

Keywords: sovereign debt crises; self-fulfilling beliefs; global games; contagion; liquidity support; information acquisition

$11,400

Understanding Self-Fulfilling Debt Crises: The Role of Contagion, Information, and Liquidity Support

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Szkup, Michal

Keywords: sovereign debt crises; self-fulfilling beliefs; global games; contagion; liquidity support; information acquisition

$46,918

Social Value of Information: Theory and Experiments

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Szkup, Michal

Keywords: (1) Transparency; (2) Use of Information; (3) Public Information; (4) Information Acquisition; (5) Welfare; (6) Laboratory Experiment

$73,325

Financial Frictions and Export Dynamics in Large Devaluations

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Leibovici, Fernando

Keywords: (1) international trade; (2) financial frictions; (3) borrowing constraints; (4) large devaluations; (5) exports; (6) firm dynamics; (7) firm-level data; (8) macroeconomics; (9) general equilibrium; (10) quantitative

$70,545

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 Szkup, 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 "Understanding Self-Fulfilling Debt Crises: The Role of Contagion, Information, and Liquidity Support" (2023), 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]