Ryan Riordan, Queen's University

Research

sustainability sustainable finance carbon taxes carbon disclosure GHG abatement costs GHG reduction goals market liquidity short-term speculation

Latest funding

Retail options trading: analyzing the impact on price efficiency in the digital brokerage era
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$42,194
Carbon Finance: Can markets help in the fight against climate change?
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$45,704
Carbon Finance: Can markets help in the fight against climate change?
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$88,400

All 5 grants and awards

Retail options trading: analyzing the impact on price efficiency in the digital brokerage era

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Khan, Saad

Keywords: Retail Trading; Price Efficiency; Digital Brokerage Platforms; Options Market Dynamics; Equity Market Dynamics; Market Microstructure

$42,194

Carbon Finance: Can markets help in the fight against climate change?

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Riordan, Ryan

Keywords: sustainability; sustainable finance; carbon taxes; carbon disclosure; GHG abatement costs; GHG reduction goals; market liquidity

$45,704

Carbon Finance: Can markets help in the fight against climate change?

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Riordan, Ryan

Keywords: sustainability; sustainable finance; carbon taxes; carbon disclosure; GHG abatement costs; GHG reduction goals; market liquidity

$88,400

How will automated lenders change the market for lending

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dudley, Evan

Keywords: lending; automated lending; access to credit; technology; banking; entrepreneurial finance

$84,971

Are faster financial markets better

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Riordan, Ryan

Keywords: short-term speculation; investor welfare; high frequency trading; market microstructure; capital markets; price discovery; speed

$79,700

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: sustainability Dear Professor Riordan, 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 sustainability 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 "Carbon Finance: Can markets help in the fight against climate change?" (2022), 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]