Alexander Dyck
Professor of Finance and Economic Analysis and Policy / Manulife Financial Chair in Financial Services at Rotman School of Management
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- Rotman School of Management
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Rotman School of Management
Alexander Dyck is a Professor of Finance and Economic Analysis and Policy at the Rotman School and holds the Manulife Financial Chair in Financial Services. He is also Academic Director of the Director’s Education Program, a board member of the Rotman International Center for Pension Management, and a Fellow at the Michael Lee-Chin Family Institute for Corporate Citizenship at the Rotman School. He teaches PhD and MBA courses in Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity. Previously, he was Associate Professor at the Harvard Business School where he taught in the MBA, doctoral and executive education programs. In 2009-2010, he was a visiting scholar in Finance at INSEAD. His research interests include corporate governance, corporate finance, corporate social responsibility, regulation and privatization, the media and financial markets, and taxation.
Academic Positions
1993-1998 Assistant Professor; Harvard Business School
1998-2004 Associate Professor; Harvard Business School
2004-2009 Associate Professor; Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
2009-2010 Visiting Scholar; INSEAD
2009- present Professor of Finance and Business Economics; Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Honors and Awards
1987 1987 Nisbet Award in Economics; Saint Andrews University (Scotland)
1988 1988 Gold medal for Economics and Political Science; University of Western Ontario
1989-1993 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship
1992 Linde and Harry Bradley Foundation Fellowship, Stanford University Fellowship, Outstanding Teaching Assistant, Economics; Stanford University
2009,2006 Professor of the Year; Rotman School of Management
2013, 2012, 2011, 2009,2008,2006,2005 Excellence in Teaching Award; Rotman School of Management
2007 Jensen Award for Best Paper (second prize); Journal of Financial Economics
2011 Toronto CFA Society and Hillsdale Canadian Investment Research Award; CFA
2015 - Fellow of Michael Lee-Chin Family Institute for Corporate Citizenship; Rotman School of Management
2013 Best Paper Award; Review of Asset Pricing Studies
Research and Teaching Interests
corporate finance, corporate governance, institutional investors, international business, privatization, regulatory reform
Selected Publications - Papers
Investor Scale and Performance in Private Equity Investments Dyck, A., Pomorski, L. Review of Finance 2015
Taxes and Corporate Policies: Evidence from a Quasi Natural Experiment Doidge and Dyck Journal of Finance 2015
Media Versus Special Interests Dyck, Moss and Zingales Journal of Law and Economics 2013
The Value of Active Management: International Evidence Dyck, A., Lins, K., Pomorski, L. Review of Asset Pricing Studies 2013
Who Blows the Whistle on Corporate Fraud Dyck, Morse, Zingales Journal of Finance 2010
Corporate Governance Role of the Media: Evidence from Russia Alexander Dyck, Natalya Volchkova, Luigi Zingales Journal of Finance 2008
Videos
Prof. Dr. Alexander Dyck (University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management): Collective Activism
Outraged By Compensation: Implications for Public Pension Performance - Alexander Dyck
Alumni Finance Updates: Alexander Dyck on Pensions
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Books
The Bubble and the Media,†in, Cornelius, Peter and Bruce Kogut (eds.), Corporate Governance and Capital Flows in a Global Economy; With Luigi Zingales; New York: Oxford University Press; 2003
The Corporate Governance Role of the Media,†in The Right to Tell: The Role of Mass Media in Development; With Luigi Zingales; Washington: The World Bank; 2002
Papers
- The Bubble and the Media,†in, Cornelius, Peter and Bruce Kogut (eds.), Corporate Governance and Capital Flows in a Global Economy; With Luigi Zingales; New York: Oxford University Press; 2003
- The Corporate Governance Role of the Media,†in The Right to Tell: The Role of Mass Media in Development; With Luigi Zingales; Washington: The World Bank; 2002
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