Margaret Insley, University of Waterloo

Research

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Latest funding

Water economics, policy and governance network
SSHRC · 2011 · Co-investigator
$2,311,283
Environmental regulation of the Alberta oil sands
SSHRC · 2008 · Principal investigator
$124,200
Natural resource regulation under uncertainty: a real options approach
SSHRC · 2004 · Principal investigator
$103,500

All 3 grants and awards

No publications available.

Water economics, policy and governance network

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011Partnership Grants

Keywords: water; economics; policy; governance; valuation; social justice

$2,311,283

Environmental regulation of the Alberta oil sands

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Research Grants - Canadian Environmental Issues

Principal investigators: Insley, Margaret C.

Keywords: oil sands; environmental regulation; uncertainty; eco-industry; real options

$124,200

Natural resource regulation under uncertainty: a real options approach

Principal investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Insley, Margaret C.

Keywords: real options; investment decisions under uncertainty; natural resource management; regulation of publicly owned natural resources; risk management; optimal harvesting; contingent claims; market price of risk; mean reverting prices; jump diffusion

$103,500

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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