Finance
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
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 Corporate Finance
Two courses from the Department of Economics:
- ECON 721 – Microeconomic Theory I
- ECON 761 – Econometrics I
One course from the following list:
- BUSINESS A772 – Seminar in Financial Accounting Research
- ECON 722 – Microeconomic Theory II
- ECON 723 – Macroeconomic Theory I
- STATS 780 – Data Science
- STATS 790 – Statistical Learning
- ECON 784 – Industrial Organization
- BUSINESS Q782 – Dynamic Programming and Optimal Control
- BUSINESS Q783 – Game Theory and Decision Analysis
- BUSINESS Q774 – Optimization and Machine Learning with Big Data
Students can choose (but are not required) to take two additional 700-level course in Business, Economics or Mathematics, to be determined in consultation with their supervisor.
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
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
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
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Position |
Academic Area |
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Associate Professor / Area Chair, Finance & Business Economics |
Finance and Business Economics |
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Assistant Professor |
Finance and Business Economics |
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Professor / Michael Lee-Chin & Family Chair in Investment & Portfolio Management |
Finance and Business Economics |
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Professor |
Finance and Business Economics |
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Associate Professor |
Finance and Business Economics |
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Assistant Professor |
Finance and Business Economics |
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Professor |
Finance and Business Economics |
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Professor / Business Research Chair |
Finance and Business Economics |
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Associate Professor / Mackenzie Investments Chair in Evidence-Based Investment Management |
Finance and Business Economics |
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Professor |
Finance and Business Economics |
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Assistant Professor |
Finance and Business Economics |
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Associate Professor / Director, Master of Finance Program |
Finance and Business Economics |
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Assistant Professor |
Finance and Business Economics |