Matteo Cacciatore, HEC Montréal

Research

Procurement contracts Abnormal stock returns Event study Return decomposition Granular instrumental variables Fiscal multipliers Government Spending Supply Chains

Latest funding

The Stock Market Impact of Government Purchases: Firm-Level Returns and Macroeconomic Effects
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$36,044
The evolution of discriminatory norms: evidence from untouchability in India
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$64,373
Production Networks and the Sectoral Origins of Macroeconomic Uncertainty
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$29,273

All 6 grants and awards

The Stock Market Impact of Government Purchases: Firm-Level Returns and Macroeconomic Effects

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cacciatore, Matteo

Keywords: Procurement contracts; Abnormal stock returns; Event study; Return decomposition; Granular instrumental variables; Fiscal multipliers

$36,044

The evolution of discriminatory norms: evidence from untouchability in India

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lowe, Matthew

Keywords: discrimination; caste; untouchability; social norms; political competition

$64,373

Production Networks and the Sectoral Origins of Macroeconomic Uncertainty

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Candian, Giacomo

Keywords: Uncertainty; Production Networks; Sectoral Transmission; Business Cycles

$29,273

Estimating the Effects of Government Spending Along the Supply Chain

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Cacciatore, Matteo

Keywords: Government Spending; Supply Chains; Local Projections; Fiscal spillovers; Fiscal policy

$24,591

Estimating the Effects of Government Spending Along the Supply Chain

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Cacciatore, Matteo

Keywords: Government Spending; Supply Chains; Local Projections; Fiscal spillovers; Fiscal policy

$36,397

The Impact of Time-Varying Uncertainty on Firms' Decisions and the Business Cycle

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Cacciatore, Matteo

Keywords: Time-Varying Uncertainty; Business Cycle; Slow and Jobeless Recoveries

$73,632

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: Procurement contracts Dear Professor Cacciatore, 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 procurement contracts 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 "The Stock Market Impact of Government Purchases: Firm-Level Returns and Macroeconomic Effects" (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]