Hongfei Sun, Queen's University

Research

housing mortgages default search central bank digital currency banking monetary policy design and implementation

Latest funding

Central Bank Digital Currency and the Future of Monetary Policy
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$31,412
Human-machine interactions in the over-the-counter market
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$91,979
Human-machine interactions in the over-the-counter market
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$53,604

All 5 grants and awards

Central Bank Digital Currency and the Future of Monetary Policy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sun, Hongfei

Keywords: central bank digital currency; banking; monetary policy design and implementation

$31,412

Human-machine interactions in the over-the-counter market

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dudley, Evan

Keywords: capital markets; over-the-counter market; corporate bonds; fixed-income markets; market microstructure

$91,979

Human-machine interactions in the over-the-counter market

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dudley, Evan

Keywords: capital markets; over-the-counter market; corporate bonds; fixed-income markets; market microstructure

$53,604

Foreclosures, mortgage standards and housing liquidity

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sun, Hongfei

Keywords: housing; mortgages; default; search

$113,845

Monetary theory with distributions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Sun, Hongfei

Keywords: monetary theory; monetary policy

$62,000

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: housing Dear Professor Sun, 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 housing 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 "Central Bank Digital Currency and the Future of Monetary Policy" (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]