Rene Kirkegaard, University of Guelph

Research

moral hazard contests information economics contract theory multitasking auction theory, mechanism design, contract theory

Latest funding

Contests with stochastic performance
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$14,913
Contests with stochastic performance
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$32,976
Endogenous criteria for success and multitasking in moral hazard problems
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$68,600

All 7 grants and awards

Contests with stochastic performance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kirkegaard, Rene

Keywords: contests; moral hazard; information economics

$14,913

Contests with stochastic performance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kirkegaard, Rene

Keywords: contests; moral hazard; information economics

$32,976

Endogenous criteria for success and multitasking in moral hazard problems

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kirkegaard, Rene

Keywords: contract theory; moral hazard; multitasking

$68,600

Risk Management and Regulation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Kirkegaard, Rene

Keywords: auction theory, mechanism design, contract theory

$487,500

Moral hazard: beyond local incentive compatibility

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kirkegaard, Rene

Keywords: moral hazard; economics of information; regulation

$70,000

Risk Management and Regulation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009

Principal investigators: Kirkegaard, Rene

Keywords: contests, auctions, regulation, private information

$500,000

Manipulating auctions with many heterogeneous bidders

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Kirkegaard, Rene

Keywords: auctions; contests; heterogeneous bidders; many bidders

$30,057

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: moral hazard Dear Professor Kirkegaard, 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 moral hazard 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 "Contests with stochastic performance" (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]