Scott Orr, University of British Columbia

Research

Market Power Productivity Efficiency Markups Cost Economies of Scope Concentration Production Function

Latest funding

Efficiencies Revisited: The Role of Conduct, Synergies, Selection, and Vertical Integration on Pricing
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$41,369
Subsidy Battles and Trade Warfare
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$83,605
Scale, Scope and Market Power
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$10,300

All 5 grants and awards

Efficiencies Revisited: The Role of Conduct, Synergies, Selection, and Vertical Integration on Pricing

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Orr, Scott

Keywords: productivity; efficiency; mergers; market power; industrial organization

$41,369

Subsidy Battles and Trade Warfare

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Head, Keith C.

Keywords: trade policy; environment; national security

$83,605

Scale, Scope and Market Power

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Orr, Scott

Keywords: Market Power; Markups; Productivity; Efficiency; Cost; Economies of Scope; Concentration; Production Function; Technology

$10,300

Scale, Scope and Market Power

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Orr, Scott

Keywords: Market Power; Markups; Productivity; Efficiency; Cost; Economies of Scope; Concentration; Production Function; Technology

$14,450

Multinational oligopoly: new issues and new methods

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Head, Keith

Keywords: market concentration; oligopoly; multinational corporations; globalization

$172,500

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: Market Power Dear Professor Orr, 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 market power 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 "Efficiencies Revisited: The Role of Conduct, Synergies, Selection, and Vertical Integration on Pricing" (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]