Liyan Yang, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

On the Validity and Informational Content of Price Informativeness Measures
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$159,040
Government intervention in an uncertain world: Theory and evidence
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$84,900
Government intervention in an uncertain world: Theory and evidence
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$62,200

All 8 grants and awards

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On the Validity and Informational Content of Price Informativeness Measures

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Yang, Liyan

$159,040

Government intervention in an uncertain world: Theory and evidence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Yang, Liyan

Keywords: government intervention; financial market; real economy; information; uncertainty; COVID-19

$84,900

Government intervention in an uncertain world: Theory and evidence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Yang, Liyan

Keywords: government intervention; financial market; real economy; information; uncertainty; COVID-19

$62,200

The Real Effects of Central Bank Projections: Theory and Evidence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Yang, Liyan

Keywords: (1) central bank projections; (2) real investment; (3) real efficiency; (4) learning from prices; (5) trading and price formation; (6) noise trading

$51,110

Order-flow informed trading of machines in financial markets: theory and evidence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Yang, Liyan

Keywords: financial markets; order-flow information; high-frequency trading; price discovery

$106,030

A united theory and empirical analysis of mandatory disclosure, information production and the cost of capital

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Yang, Liyan

Keywords: disclosure; cost of capital; information production; regulation; crisis

$69,548

Information leakage and network

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Lu, Hai

Keywords: information leakage; expert network; insider trading; securities regulation

$96,894

Hedge funds and financial regulation: theory and evidence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Yang, Liyan

Keywords: hedge funds; opaque trading; cost of capital; regulation; market efficiency

$21,427

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 Yang, 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 "On the Validity and Informational Content of Price Informativeness Measures" (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]