Ken Vetzal, University of Waterloo

Research

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Latest funding

Mergers and acquisitions activity and options markets
SSHRC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$71,500
Earnings volatility and expected returns
SSHRC · 2006 · Co-investigator
$76,017
Technology Stocks - valuation and investor behaviour
SSHRC · 2000 · Co-investigator
$52,500

All 4 grants and awards

No publications available.

Mergers and acquisitions activity and options markets

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Vetzal, Kenneth R.

Keywords: mergers and acquisitions; market efficiency; option trading; option valuation; trading volume

$71,500

Earnings volatility and expected returns

Co-investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Huang, Alan G.

Keywords: earnings volatility; expected stock returns; expected bond returns; earnings management

$76,017

Technology Stocks - valuation and investor behaviour

Co-investigatorSSHRC2000Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Kennedy, Duane

Keywords: valuation; capital markets; option pricing

$52,500

Asset allocation in continuous time: theory and empirical tests

Co-investigatorSSHRC1998Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Boyle, Phelim

Keywords: Asset allocation; investment strategy; numerical solutions; transaction costs

$54,300

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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