Ting Xu, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Venture Fraud
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$75,126
Regulating Biases: The Impact of Anti-Discrimination Policies on Firms
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$70,900

All 2 grants and awards

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Venture Fraud

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Xu, Ting

Keywords: Venture Capital; Startup; Fraud; Corporate Governance; Law and Finance; Corporate Misconduct; Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurship; Startup Founders; Litigation

$75,126

Regulating Biases: The Impact of Anti-Discrimination Policies on Firms

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Xu, Ting

Keywords: Anti-discriminations policies; Labor market disparities; Gender; Race; Discrimination; Firm productivity; Regression discontinuity design; Administrative data

$70,900

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 Xu, 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 "Venture Fraud" (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]