Avni Shah, University of Toronto

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Latest funding

A Theory of Payment Frictions: Using Financial Technology To Improve Financial Well-Being and Social Welfare
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$16,426
A Theory of Payment Frictions: Using Financial Technology To Improve Financial Well-Being and Social Welfare
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$87,229

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A Theory of Payment Frictions: Using Financial Technology To Improve Financial Well-Being and Social Welfare

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Shah, Avni M.

Keywords: psychology of money; financial decision making; behavioural economics; judgement and decision making; intertemporal choice; machine learning; field experiments

$16,426

A Theory of Payment Frictions: Using Financial Technology To Improve Financial Well-Being and Social Welfare

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Shah, Avni M.

Keywords: psychology of money; financial decision making; behavioural economics; judgement and decision making; intertemporal choice; machine learning; field experiments

$87,229

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 Dear Professor Shah, 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 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 "A Theory of Payment Frictions: Using Financial Technology To Improve Financial Well-Being and Social Welfare" (2020), 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]