Baxter Robinson, Western University

Research

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Latest funding

Equity Markets and Aggregate Productivity
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$57,430
Business Tax Competitiveness: Canada vs. the United States
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$47,795
Housing and Financial Markets, Boom-Bust Cycles, and Government Policies
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$40,447

All 3 grants and awards

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Equity Markets and Aggregate Productivity

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Robinson, Baxter

Keywords: Firm Productivity; Macroeconomics; Financial Markets; Firm Dynamics; Growth and Development

$57,430

Business Tax Competitiveness: Canada vs. the United States

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Dyrda, Sebastian

Keywords: Corporate Taxation; Firm Heterogeneity; Business Tax Competitiveness; Firm Dynamics; Canada vs. the United States

$47,795

Housing and Financial Markets, Boom-Bust Cycles, and Government Policies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kuruscu, Burhanettin

Keywords: housing market; mortgages; wealth composition; household and bank balance sheets; leverage; household and bank bailouts; macro-prudential policies; COVID-19

$40,447

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 Robinson, 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 "Equity Markets and Aggregate Productivity" (2023), 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]