Mario Ghossoub, University of Waterloo

Research

risk sharing pareto optimality ambiguity robustness non-additive measures and capacities peer-to-peer insurance risk sharing rules decentralized insurance

Latest funding

Risk-Sharing Markets: Efficiency, Equilibria, and Allocation Mechanisms
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$34,000
Optimal (Re)Insurance Design: Ambiguity, Belief Heterogeneity, and Loss Aversion
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$108,000

All 2 grants and awards

Risk-Sharing Markets: Efficiency, Equilibria, and Allocation Mechanisms

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Ghossoub, Mario

Keywords: risk sharing; pareto optimality; ambiguity; robustness; non-additive measures and capacities; peer-to-peer insurance; risk sharing rules; decentralized insurance; optimal insurance; risk measures

$34,000

Optimal (Re)Insurance Design: Ambiguity, Belief Heterogeneity, and Loss Aversion

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Ghossoub, Mario

$108,000

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: risk sharing Dear Professor Ghossoub, 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 on risk sharing 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 NSERC-funded project "Risk-Sharing Markets: Efficiency, Equilibria, and Allocation Mechanisms" (2024), 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]