Brian Wenzel, McGill University

Research

Financial institutions Lending Islam Halal Muslim Taxation conference accounting

Latest funding

Media Partisan Bias and Corporate Tax Planning: Evidence from Sinclair Expansion
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$35,387
Exclusivity in the North American financial system: evidence from the lack of halal lending
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$44,207
2023 McGill Accounting Research Conference: Accounting for Sustainability
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$21,783

All 3 grants and awards

Media Partisan Bias and Corporate Tax Planning: Evidence from Sinclair Expansion

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Zhang, Jingjing

Keywords: Role of the media; Partisan bias; Corporate tax planning; Sinclair

$35,387

Exclusivity in the North American financial system: evidence from the lack of halal lending

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Wenzel, Brian

Keywords: Financial institutions; Lending; Islam; Halal; Muslim; Taxation

$44,207

2023 McGill Accounting Research Conference: Accounting for Sustainability

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Wenzel, Brian S.

Keywords: conference; accounting; management; sustainability; ESG; CSR; climate change; gender equity

$21,783

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: Financial institutions Dear Professor Wenzel, 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 financial institutions 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 "Exclusivity in the North American financial system: evidence from the lack of halal lending" (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]