Claire Celerier, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Banks and the State: Lessons from History
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$218,650
Founding a Fiduciary Empire: The Origins and Development of the Indian Fund, 1796-1867
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$33,242
Multidimensional simulation-based inference with applications to asset pricing
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$42,960

All 6 grants and awards

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Banks and the State: Lessons from History

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Celerier, Claire

$218,650

Founding a Fiduciary Empire: The Origins and Development of the Indian Fund, 1796-1867

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gettler, Brian

Keywords: colonialism; trust funds; Canada; First Nations; public finance; investment; Indian department; infrastructure; institutions; state formation

$33,242

Multidimensional simulation-based inference with applications to asset pricing

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Khalaf, Lynda

Keywords: multivariate models; simulation-based inference; finite sample inference; regularization; asset pricing

$42,960

Household Finance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Celerier, Claire

Keywords: Household finance Security design Financial innovation History Discrimination Investment Decisions Behavioral biases

$45,000

Household Finance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Celerier, Claire

$240,000

The Design of Financial Products, Behavioral Biases and Household Financial Decisions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Celerier, Claire

Keywords: (1) Financial Innovation; (2) Behavioral biases; (3) Household Finance; (4) Stock market participation; (5) Risk taking

$54,500

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 Celerier, 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 "Banks and the State: Lessons from History" (2025), 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]