Ruqu Wang, Queen's University

Research

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Latest funding

Auctions with refund and the theory of dynamic contests
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$57,375
Dynamic coalition formation amidst conflicts of interest
SSHRC · 2005 · Principal investigator
$65,260
Sunk costs effect and its applications in auctions
SSHRC · 2002 · Principal investigator
$45,735

All 5 grants and awards

No publications available.

Auctions with refund and the theory of dynamic contests

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Wang, Ruqu

Keywords: auctions; refund policy; dynamic contests

$57,375

Dynamic coalition formation amidst conflicts of interest

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Wang, Ruqu

Keywords: coalition formation; alliance; endogenous formation; conflicts of interest

$65,260

Sunk costs effect and its applications in auctions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2002Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Wang, Ruqu

Keywords: sunk costs; license; bankruptcy; auctions; externality; revenue comparison

$45,735

Switching costs in finitely and infinitely repeated games

Principal investigatorSSHRC1999Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Wang, Ruqu

Keywords: switching costs; repeated games; folk theorem

$37,009

Contingent procurement auctions

Principal investigatorSSHRC1996Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Wang, Ruqu

Keywords: Auctions; procurement; contingent contract; best-offer; affiliated value

$11,476

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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