David Rivers, Western University

Research

economics crime choice models deterrence substitution

Latest funding

Empirical Methods and Analysis of Multidimensional Criminal Activity
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$59,131
Empirical Methods and Analysis of Multidimensional Criminal Activity
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$40,768
Empirical methods for studying technical efficiency, productivity, and competition
SSHRC · 2017 · Co-investigator
$137,374

All 7 grants and awards

Empirical Methods and Analysis of Multidimensional Criminal Activity

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rivers, David A.

Keywords: economics; crime; choice models; deterrence; substitution

$59,131

Empirical Methods and Analysis of Multidimensional Criminal Activity

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rivers, David A.

Keywords: economics; crime; choice models; deterrence; substitution

$40,768

Empirical methods for studying technical efficiency, productivity, and competition

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Navarro, Salvador

Keywords: productivity; innovation; technological change; identification; production; international trade

$137,374

Productivity, firms and incomes

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Grants

Keywords: productivity; analysis at industry; firm; workplace and individual level; geographic mobility; impact on incomes; income equality; labour markets; international trade; employer-sponsored training; firm/workplace data access

$2,495,830

Productivity, firms and incomes

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Grants

Keywords: productivity; analysis at industry; firm; workplace and individual level; geographic mobility; impact on incomes; income equality; labour markets; international trade; employer-sponsored training; firm/workplace data access

$20,000

Patterns of substitution and complementarity in crime

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Rivers, David

Keywords: crime; complementarity; deterrence; crime policy

$27,651

Empirical methods for the analysis of production functions and productivity

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Navarro, Salvador

Keywords: identification; heterogeneity; productivity; technical change

$262,827

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: economics Dear Professor Rivers, 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 economics 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 "Empirical Methods and Analysis of Multidimensional Criminal Activity" (2020), 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]