Sebastian Dyrda, University of Toronto

Research

Corporate Taxation Firm Heterogeneity Business Tax Competitiveness Firm Dynamics Canada vs. the United States (1) Young adults (2) Living arrangements (3) Labor supply

Latest funding

Culture, Empire, and Development at Midcentury
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$32,406
The Effects of Multinational Profit Shifting on Economic Growth
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$32,773
Business Tax Competitiveness: Canada vs. the United States
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$47,795

All 4 grants and awards

Culture, Empire, and Development at Midcentury

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ho, Janice

Keywords: modernist literature and culture; postcolonial and global anglophone literature and culture; critical development studies; infrastructure studies

$32,406

The Effects of Multinational Profit Shifting on Economic Growth

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Steinberg, Joseph B.

Keywords: multinational enterprise; profit shifting; economic growth; innovation; transfer pricing; corporate taxation; intangible capital

$32,773

Business Tax Competitiveness: Canada vs. the United States

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Dyrda, Sebastian

Keywords: Corporate Taxation; Firm Heterogeneity; Business Tax Competitiveness; Firm Dynamics; Canada vs. the United States

$47,795

Home Base: A comprehensive macroeconomic perspective of living arrangements of young adults around the world.

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Dyrda, Sebastian

Keywords: (1) Young adults; (2) Living arrangements; (3) Labor supply; (4) Household formation; (5) Business cycle; (6) Parental co-residence; (7) Macroeconomics; (8) Business cycles

$30,977

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: Corporate Taxation Dear Professor Dyrda, 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 on corporate taxation 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 "Business Tax Competitiveness: Canada vs. the United States" (2021), 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]