Vanessa Alviarez, University of British Columbia

Research

(1) Multinational Corporations (2) Offshoring (3) Intra-firm trade (4) Labour Market Impact (5) Wage Distribution

Latest funding

Two-sided Market Power in Firm-to-firm Trade
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$57,100
Multinational oligopoly: new issues and new methods
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$172,500
Multinationals, Off-shoring and the Future of Work: New Evidence from Global Production and Employer-Employee Microdata
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$52,700

All 3 grants and awards

Two-sided Market Power in Firm-to-firm Trade

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Kikkawa, Ayumu

Keywords: International trade; Market power; Markups; Bargaining; Tariff pass-through; Firm-to-firm trade

$57,100

Multinational oligopoly: new issues and new methods

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Head, Keith

Keywords: market concentration; oligopoly; multinational corporations; globalization

$172,500

Multinationals, Off-shoring and the Future of Work: New Evidence from Global Production and Employer-Employee Microdata

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Alviarez, Vanessa

Keywords: (1) Multinational Corporations; (2) Offshoring; (3) Intra-firm trade; (4) Labour Market Impact; (5) Wage Distribution

$52,700

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: (1) Multinational Corporations Dear Professor Alviarez, 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 (1) multinational corporations connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]