Peter Slade, University of Saskatchewan

Research

(1) Nonlinear Pricing (2) Experimental Economics (3) Industrial Organization (4) Mechanism Design (5) Bundling (6) Price Discrimination

Latest papers

If you build it, will they eat it? Consumer preferences for plant-based and cultured meat burgers.
Appetite · 2018 · first author
Body mass and wages: New evidence from quantile estimation.
Economics and human biology · 2017 · first author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

The Canadian Soil Data Portal - Transforming Canada's Soil Data Infrastructure to Facilitate GHG Reductions and Climate Change Mitigation
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$2,000,000
Approximation in Complex Pricing Mechanisms
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$72,698

All 2 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

If you build it, will they eat it? Consumer preferences for plant-based and cultured meat burgers.

Slade P

Appetite2018First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2018.02.030 PMID: 29501683

02

Body mass and wages: New evidence from quantile estimation.

Slade P

Economics and human biology2017First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2017.07.001 PMID: 28787653

The Canadian Soil Data Portal - Transforming Canada's Soil Data Infrastructure to Facilitate GHG Reductions and Climate Change Mitigation

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Heung, Brandon BL

Keywords: applied behaviour analysis; chemometrics; cost-benefit analysis; data mining; data sharing & privacy; digital soil data management; machine learning; pedometrics; predictive digital soil mapping; soil spectroscopy

$2,000,000

Approximation in Complex Pricing Mechanisms

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Slade, Peter

Keywords: (1) Nonlinear Pricing; (2) Experimental Economics; (3) Industrial Organization; (4) Mechanism Design; (5) Bundling; (6) Price Discrimination

$72,698

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: (1) Nonlinear Pricing Dear Professor Slade, 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 "If you build it, will they eat it? Consumer preferences for plant-based and cultured meat burgers." (2018), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]