DeGroote School of Business
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Finance

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About Finance

DeGroote’s PhD in Finance provides you with the opportunity to work with leading researchers on issues in corporate finance, capital markets, derivatives, and other topics critical to the finance profession. Through mentoring, coursework and a wide variety of research and teaching opportunities, you will learn the craft of academic finance research.  

The finance specialization is designed for  students with a solid master’s level training in finance, economics, mathematics, physics, engineering, or related subjects. It’s suited for students who wish to pursue academic careers or research-related opportunities in the financial industry or the public sector. 

Strong quantitative skills are required. 

Required Courses 

  • B790 – Seminar on Management Theory 
  • Five Finance PhD courses: 
  • F770 – Financial Economics and Quantitative Methods 
  • F771 – Financial Economics I 
  • F772 – Financial Economics II 
  • F773 – Empirical Methods in Finance 
  • F774 – Seminar in Finance 
  • Five courses from the Department of Economics: 
  • 721 – Microeconomic Theory I 
  • 722 – Microeconomic Theory II 
  • 723 – Macroeconomic Theory I 
  • 761 – Econometrics I 
  • 762 – Econometrics II 

Students are also required to take one additional 700-level course in business, economics or mathematics. The specific course will be determined in consultation with your supervisor. 

Headshot of Amir Akbari, smiling.

Dr. Amir Akbari received his Ph.D. in Finance from McGill University. His main research interests include Empirical Asset Pricing, International Finance, Institutional Investing, and Financial Econometrics. His work has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals such as The Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Empirical Finance. 

Amir Akbari

Associate Professor , Finance

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Dr. Yan Wang received her M.A. in Economics and Ph.D. in Finance from McGill University. Her research interests lie in the areas of price fragility, institutional investment, and empirical corporate finance. Her current research focuses on four themes: (i) the effect of price fragility on institutional trading behavior, capital markets, and corporate decisions, (ii) the informational role of informed financial agents in financial markets, (iii) the competitive effects of corporate decisions, and (iv) the interplay between labor market dynamics and corporate decisions

Yan Wang

Associate Professor , Finance

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Dr. Yoontae Jeon received his Ph.D. in Finance from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. His main research interests include Derivatives, Information in Financial Markets, Cryptocurrency, and Financial Econometrics. His current research focuses on extracting information embedded in financial derivatives products. 

Yoontae Jeon

Assistant Professor, Finance

Name

Position

Academic Area

Last Name

Dr. Rui Duan

Assistant Professor

Finance and Business Economics

Duan

Dr. Zohair Alam

Assistant Professor

Finance and Business Economics

Alam

Dr. Qian Yang

Assistant Professor

Finance and Business Economics

Yang

Dr. Yan Wang

Associate Professor

Finance and Business Economics

Wang

Dr. Iris Wang

Assistant Professor

Finance and Business Economics

Wang

Dr. Sudipto Sarkar

Professor

Finance and Business Economics

Sarkar

Dr. Peter Miu

Professor

Finance and Business Economics

Miu

Dr. Katya Malinova

Associate Professor / Mackenzie Investments Chair in Evidence-Based Investment Management / Director, Master of Finance

Finance and Business Economics

Malinova

Dr. John Maheu

Professor / Business Research Chair

Finance and Business Economics

Maheu

Dr. Rosemary Luo

Professor

Finance and Business Economics

Luo

Dr. Yoontae Jeon

Assistant Professor

Finance and Business Economics

Jeon

Dr. Narat Charupat

Professor

Finance and Business Economics

Charupat

Dr. Anna Danielova

Associate Professor

Finance and Business Economics

Danielova

Dr. Amir Akbari

Associate Professor

Finance and Business Economics

Akbari

Dr. Ronald Balvers

Professor / Area Chair, Finance & Business Economics / Michael Lee-Chin & Family Chair in Investment & Portfolio Management

Finance and Business Economics

Balvers

Dr. Trevor William Chamberlain

Professor

Finance and Business Economics

Chamberlain

Fields of study