Xiaowen Lei, University of Guelph

Research

wealth inequality heterogeneous beliefs financial markets

Latest funding

Market Crash Risk: Fact or Artifact?
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$47,500
Heterogeneous beliefs and wealth inequality
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$13,192
Heterogeneous beliefs and wealth inequality
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$30,888

Market Crash Risk: Fact or Artifact?

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Fan, Zhenzhen

Keywords: subjective belief; crash risk; option order imbalance; optimist/pessimist; probability distribution function; macro announcement; extrapolation; expected return; subjective risk premium; investor sentiment

$47,500

Heterogeneous beliefs and wealth inequality

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lei, Xiaowen

Keywords: wealth inequality; heterogeneous beliefs; financial markets

$13,192

Heterogeneous beliefs and wealth inequality

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lei, Xiaowen

Keywords: wealth inequality; heterogeneous beliefs; financial markets

$30,888

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: wealth inequality Dear Professor Lei, 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 wealth inequality 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 "Heterogeneous beliefs and wealth inequality" (2023), 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]