Ken Klassen, University of Waterloo

Research

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Latest funding

The determinants and impacts of tax certainty in a global economy
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$122,878
The determinants and impacts of tax certainty in a global economy
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$70,863
International tax planning and the link between Canadian corporate tax rates and business investment
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$201,265

All 5 grants and awards

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The determinants and impacts of tax certainty in a global economy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Mescall, Devan

Keywords: tax certainty; tax uncertainty; tax risk; tax avoidance; income shifting; transfer pricing

$122,878

The determinants and impacts of tax certainty in a global economy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Mescall, Devan

Keywords: tax certainty; tax uncertainty; tax risk; tax avoidance; income shifting; transfer pricing

$70,863

International tax planning and the link between Canadian corporate tax rates and business investment

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Klassen, Kenneth J.

Keywords: multinational taxation; corporate taxation; tax planning

$201,265

Will e-commerce decimate the taxation of multinational enterprise?

Principal investigatorSSHRC2001INE Research Grants

Principal investigators: Klassen, Kenneth

Keywords: taxation; international; e-commerce; income shifting

$128,770

Stock market implication of exercise of executive stock options

Co-investigatorSSHRC1999Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Sivakumar, Ranjini

Keywords: employee stock options; management compensation; incentives; agency; stock repurchase

$45,750

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.

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