A project incubator provides start-up funding for research projects at HEC Montréal, projects that will lead to scientific publications, the organization of events or the obtaining of grants.
Here are the start-up projects funded to date by the Retirement and Savings Institute:
- Are mutual funds getting greener?
Iwan Meier (Finance)
Outcomes:- SSRHC grant of $71,521 for the project “Environmental Footprint of Mutual Funds and Pension Plans”
Medicaid and housing wealth
Bertrand Achou (Retirement and Savings Institute)
Outcomes:- Working Paper
- Achou, B (forthcoming)
“Housing in Medicaid: Should it Really Change?”
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
Causal effect of education on households’ financial situation
Philippe d’Astous (Finance) et al.Financial products and decumulation in retirement
Pierre-Carl Michaud (Applied Economics) and Pascal St-Amour (Université de Lausanne)Mortgage structure and retirement in Denmark
Philippe d’Astous (Finance) et al.
Outcomes:- Working Paper
- Andersen, S., P. d’Astous, J. Martinez-Correa and S. Shore (forthcoming)
“Responses to Eliminating Savings Commitments: Evidence from Mortgage Run-offs”
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking