Varouj Aivazian, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

Political Uncertainty and the Timing of Mass Layoffs.
Production and operations management · 2025 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Government activism, financial fragility, and private sector liquidity
SSHRC · 2012 · Co-investigator
$112,940
Project 1: the effect of leverage on corporate investment; project 2: how do creditors value corporate diversification
SSHRC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$31,780
Investment, debt maturity, collateral and debt covenants
SSHRC · 2005 · Principal investigator
$65,485

All 4 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Political Uncertainty and the Timing of Mass Layoffs.

Aivazian V, Chiu TT, Minutti-Meza M, Vyas D

Production and operations management20251 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/10591478251331149 PMID: 41938824

Government activism, financial fragility, and private sector liquidity

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Rahaman, Mohammad M.

Keywords: sovereign creditworthiness; public debt financing; private debt financing; financial fragility; recession; financial regulation; lending standard; liquidity transmission channel; bank lending channel; balance sheet channel

$112,940

Project 1: the effect of leverage on corporate investment; project 2: how do creditors value corporate diversification

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Aivazian, Varouj A.

Keywords: corporate investment and leverage; corporate diversification

$31,780

Investment, debt maturity, collateral and debt covenants

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Aivazian, Varouj A.

Keywords: investment; debt maturity; collateral; loan rate

$65,485

The impact of economic and financial structure on corporate investing, financing and dividend policies: a global perspective

Co-investigatorSSHRC1999Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Cleary, William

Keywords: empirical evidence; capital markets; global; investements; financing patterns; dividend policy

$61,530

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Department of Economics
Department of Management
Not specified

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Dushyant Vyas

Department of Management

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Dushyantkumar Vyas

Not specified

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Aivazian, 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]. I read your paper "Political Uncertainty and the Timing of Mass Layoffs." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]