Saurin Patel, Western University

Research

Market Fragility Bond Mutual Funds Liquidity Strategic Complementarity Flow-performance relation

Latest funding

ARE BOND FUND FLOWS (REALLY) CONCAVE? EVIDENCE FROM CHINA
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$52,275
Outsourced Funds and Risk-shifting: A tale of two contracts
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$25,300
Outsourced Funds and Risk-shifting: A tale of two contracts
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$73,388

All 4 grants and awards

ARE BOND FUND FLOWS (REALLY) CONCAVE? EVIDENCE FROM CHINA

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Patel, Saurin

Keywords: Market Fragility; Bond Mutual Funds; Liquidity; Strategic Complementarity; Flow-performance relation

$52,275

Outsourced Funds and Risk-shifting: A tale of two contracts

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Venkatesan, Shyam

Keywords: mutual fund; contracting; outsourcing; risk-shifting

$25,300

Outsourced Funds and Risk-shifting: A tale of two contracts

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Venkatesan, Shyam

Keywords: mutual fund; contracting; outsourcing; risk-shifting

$73,388

The impact of organizational structure on fund performance and behavior

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sarkissian, Sergei

Keywords: deception level; hedge funds; knowledge spillover; labor productivity; mutual funds; managerial structure; organizational performance; portfolio management; team behavior

$280,000

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: Market Fragility Dear Professor Patel, 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 market fragility 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 "ARE BOND FUND FLOWS (REALLY) CONCAVE? EVIDENCE FROM CHINA" (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]