William Strange, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Agglomeration, Anchors, and Agents: Spatial Spillovers and Productivity
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$28,648
Agglomeration, Anchors, and Agents: Spatial Spillovers and Productivity
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$99,861
Microfoundations and microstructure: the theory and empirics of agglomeration economies and housing markets
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$148,353

All 6 grants and awards

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Agglomeration, Anchors, and Agents: Spatial Spillovers and Productivity

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Strange, William C.

Keywords: urban economics; real estate economics; agglomeration economies; anchor tenants; real estate agents; cities; learning

$28,648

Agglomeration, Anchors, and Agents: Spatial Spillovers and Productivity

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Strange, William C.

Keywords: urban economics; real estate economics; agglomeration economies; anchor tenants; real estate agents; cities; learning

$99,861

Microfoundations and microstructure: the theory and empirics of agglomeration economies and housing markets

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Strange, William C.

Keywords: agglomeration; entrepreneurship; real estate; housing

$148,353

House price dynamics, real estate market microstructure and entrepreneurship

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Han, Lu

Keywords: house price dynamics; housing demand; hedging; price risk; portfolio choice; asset-pricing; risk-return; entrepreneurship; search and matching; time on the market; structural estimation; real estate brokerage; entry and efficiency

$45,831

Agglomeration, skills, and entrepreneurship

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Strange, William C.

Keywords: agglomeration; cities; industry clusters; skills; entrepreneurship

$60,000

Agglomeration, opportunism, and the rat race

Principal investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Strange, William C.

Keywords: urban economics; agglomeration economies; opportunism; rat race; transactions costs

$72,493

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 Strange, 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 "Agglomeration, Anchors, and Agents: Spatial Spillovers and Productivity" (2020), 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]