Pascal Courty, University of Victoria

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Economics of Competition Cultural Economics Sports Economics

Latest papers

Pollution avoidance: Within and across category substitution.
Economics and human biology · 2025 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Faculty salaries is there a trade-off between equal pay and academic excellence
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$60,000

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1 publications.

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Pollution avoidance: Within and across category substitution.

Courty P, Liu D

Economics and human biology2025First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2025.101548 PMID: 41242033

Faculty salaries is there a trade-off between equal pay and academic excellence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Courty, Pascal

Keywords: academia; higher education; university excellence; compensation policies; pay flexibility

$60,000

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: Economics of Competition Dear Professor Courty, 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]. I read your paper "Pollution avoidance: Within and across category substitution." (2025), and it 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]