Matthew Boland, Saint Mary's University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Saint Mary's University profile.

Latest funding

Are Firms Ideologically Fickle?
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$26,600
Reconstitution des paysages socio-environnementaux et des dynamiques néandertaliennes de la fin du Paléolithique moyen dans l'arc liguro-provençal
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$56,583
Taxes, Incentives, and Political Ideology
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$19,600

All 7 grants and awards

No publications available.

Are Firms Ideologically Fickle?

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Boland, Matthew

Keywords: Political Donations; Political Connections; Elections; Regression Discontinuity Design

$26,600

Reconstitution des paysages socio-environnementaux et des dynamiques néandertaliennes de la fin du Paléolithique moyen dans l'arc liguro-provençal

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Vallerand, Amélie

Keywords: analyse spatiale; modèle à base d'agents (ABM); néandertalien; paléolithique moyen; mobilité; comportement; exploitation du territoire

$56,583

Taxes, Incentives, and Political Ideology

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Boland, Matthew

Keywords: Taxation; Politics; Political Ideology; Policy; Corporate taxes

$19,600

Taxes, Incentives, and Political Ideology

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Boland, Matthew

Keywords: Taxation; Politics; Political Ideology; Policy; Corporate taxes

$19,600

The Effect of Taxes on Executive Compensation Structure: Evidence from the Canadian Tax Policy Change known as the "Halloween Massacre" of 2006

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Hlaing, Khin Phyo

Keywords: corporate tax planning; differential tax policy; executive equity compensation structure; difference-in-difference; Tax Fairness Plan

$31,482

Consequences and motivations behind estimates in capital budgeting. Evidence from government procurement

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Boland, Matthew K.

Keywords: capital budgeting; contract incentives; information environment; procurement

$55,825

Environmental Violators Beware! Using Machine Learning to Predict EPA Infractions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Boland, Matthew

Keywords: (1) Financial reporting; (2) Management Discussion and Analysis; (3) Environmental violations; (4) Machine Learning; (5) Textual Analysis

$26,215

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 Boland, 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 "Are Firms Ideologically Fickle?" (2024), 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]