The
Department of Finance offers a diverse and dynamic research environment. The broad range of faculty research interests ensures that doctoral students have the freedom to explore a wide variety of research topics.
Key Research Areas
Some of our faculty members’ areas of interest include corporate finance, investments, derivatives, risk management, international finance, portfolio management, real-estate finance, banking, and family firms.
Research Chairs
The department enjoys a close relationship with the local investment community and we are pleased to have two endowed chairs: the Ned Goodman Chair in Investment Finance, held by Dr. Lawrence Kryzanowski, and the Van Berkom Endowed Chair in Small-Cap Equities, held by Dr. Lorne Switzer.
Publications
Our faculty members have published in over 20 different journals, including the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Real Estate Economics, the Journal of Banking and Finance, the Review of Economics and Statistics, and the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control.
Associations
Concordia University is a partner in the Institute for Governance in Private and Public Organizations and under its auspices, we host frequent seminars by leading academics in the area of governance.
Resources
Our Formula Growth Investment Room provides our doctoral students with access to a variety of current data resources such as Bloomberg, Datastream, SDC Platinum, Baseline and Ibbotson, in addition to the standard CRSP, Compustat and CFMRC databases.
