Vivek Astvansh, McGill University

Research

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Business finance language marketing operations politics retail

Latest papers

The dynamic interdependencies among the negativity and the positivity in news and user-generated content about safety in a firm's products and the firm's product recalls.
PloS one · 2024 · first author
Labor unionization and real earnings management: Evidence from labor elections.
PloS one · 2024 · first author
The social cost of investor distraction: Evidence from institutional cross-blockholding.
PloS one · 2023 · first author

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Hidden Signals: Mining Consumer Narratives to Detect Product Safety Risks
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$93,172

All 1 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

The dynamic interdependencies among the negativity and the positivity in news and user-generated content about safety in a firm's products and the firm's product recalls.

Astvansh V, Wang YY

PloS one2024First author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305287 PMID: 39116143

02

Labor unionization and real earnings management: Evidence from labor elections.

Astvansh V, Wang B, Chen T, Qu JC

PloS one2024First author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292889 PMID: 38377129

03

The social cost of investor distraction: Evidence from institutional cross-blockholding.

Astvansh V, Chen T, Qu JC

PloS one2023First author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286336 PMID: 38060507

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Academic business research: Impact on academics versus impact on practice.

Astvansh V, Fridmanski E

PloS one2023First author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289034 PMID: 38055774

Hidden Signals: Mining Consumer Narratives to Detect Product Safety Risks

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Astvansh, Vivek

$93,172

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Business Dear Professor Astvansh, 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]. I read your paper "The dynamic interdependencies among the negativity and the positivity in news and user-generated content about safety in a firm's products and the firm's product recalls." (2024), and it 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 "Hidden Signals: Mining Consumer Narratives to Detect Product Safety Risks" (2025), 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]