Alexander Dyck, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Venture Fraud
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$75,126
Corporate control and debt security design as drivers of corporate sustainability: A global perspective on carbon emissions
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$47,020
Institutional investors and firms' corporate social responsibility: a cross-country analysis
SSHRC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$125,351

All 3 grants and awards

No publications available.

Venture Fraud

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Xu, Ting

Keywords: Venture Capital; Startup; Fraud; Corporate Governance; Law and Finance; Corporate Misconduct; Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurship; Startup Founders; Litigation

$75,126

Corporate control and debt security design as drivers of corporate sustainability: A global perspective on carbon emissions

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Roth, Lukas

Keywords: Corporate Sustainability; Environmental Performance; Climate Risks; Carbon Emissions; Carbon Pricing; ESG; Concentrated Ownership; Controlled Firms; Shareholder Preferences; Investors; Security Design; Sustainability-linked Bonds; Financial Institutions

$47,020

Institutional investors and firms' corporate social responsibility: a cross-country analysis

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Roth, Lukas

Keywords: CSR; environmental and social performance; corporate governance; investors

$125,351

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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