Jeffrey Callen, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Competition, disclosure quality and the cost of equity capital: the case of the Canada-US free trade agreement
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$98,866
Mutual fund fees, performance, and governance structure: a cross-country analysis
SSHRC · 2010 · Co-investigator
$63,000
International financial reporting standards quality: the earnings-credit default swap relation
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$62,500

All 7 grants and awards

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Competition, disclosure quality and the cost of equity capital: the case of the Canada-US free trade agreement

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Callen, Jeffrey L.

Keywords: competition; disclosure quality; costs of equity capital; tariffs; free trade agreement

$98,866

Mutual fund fees, performance, and governance structure: a cross-country analysis

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: He, Zhongzhi

Keywords: mutual fund fees; mutual fund performance; governance structure; agency theory; stewardship theory; investor protection and law enforcement

$63,000

International financial reporting standards quality: the earnings-credit default swap relation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Callen, Jeffrey L.

Keywords: IFRS; accounting quality; earnings; credit default swaps

$62,500

Accounting information and debt contracting: theory and evidence

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Xin, Baohua

Keywords: debt covenants; debt pricing; accounting conservatism; operating leverage; product market competition; information asymmetry

$65,500

Mutual fund disclosures and governance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Callen, Jeffrey L.

Keywords: mutual funds; voluntary disclosure; active trading

$96,539

The joint value relevance of financial and non-financial information in the biotechnology industry

Principal investigatorSSHRC2002Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Callen, Jeffrey L.

Keywords: patents; non-financial information; r&d; value relevance; efficiency

$64,882

The long-term effects of earnings restatement

Co-investigatorSSHRC2001Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Segal, Dan

Keywords: restatement; accounting errors; SEC; accounting policy; signaling; market reaction; accounting information; reliability; integrity; valuation; stock returns

$80,530

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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