Guidon Fenig Braverman, University of Ottawa

Research

(1) Financial literacy (2) Consumption and Savings Choices (3) Dynamic Optimization (4) Non-choice Data (5) Life-cycle Model (6) Laboratory Experiment

Latest funding

Identifying Rules of Thumb in Consumption and Saving Decisions
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$74,162

All 1 grants and awards

Identifying Rules of Thumb in Consumption and Saving Decisions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Fenig Braverman, Guidon

Keywords: (1) Financial literacy; (2) Consumption and Savings Choices; (3) Dynamic Optimization; (4) Non-choice Data; (5) Life-cycle Model; (6) Laboratory Experiment

$74,162

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: (1) Financial literacy Dear Professor Fenig Braverman, 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 (1) financial literacy 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 "Identifying Rules of Thumb in Consumption and Saving Decisions" (2019), 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]