Donald Brean

Bio

Donald Brean is a Professor of Finance and Economic Analysis and Policy at Rotman. Donald teaches courses in International Finance and International Economics. His research interests center on international investment, public finance and economic policy, specifically in economies in transition. He was the former Director of Centre d''Etudes de la France et du Monde Francophone.

Academic Positions

1989-1994  Academic Director; Diploma Programs, Woodsworth College, University of Toronto

1985-Present  Professor; Faculty of Management, University of Toronto

1993-1994  Director, Commerce Programs; Faculty of Management, University of Toronto

1989-1993  Associate Dean; Faculty of Management, University of Toronto

1991-1992  Visiting Professor; Nankai University, Tianjin

1987-1988  Visiting Scholar; University of Cambridge

1987  Visiting Professor; Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Wuhan, China)

1978-1985  Assistant Professor; Faculty of Management, University of Toronto

1978-1980  Visiting CIDA Professor; University of Nairobi

1973-1974  Assistant Professor; Saint Mary''s University

Honors and Awards

2002 - 2010  Teaching Excellence; Rotman

Research and Teaching Interests

Teaches courses in International Finance and International Economics. Research interests center on international investment, public finance and economic policy - especially in economies in transition.

Selected Publications - Papers

A Culture of Corporate Control Governance

Different Roots, Different Routes: A Comparative History of Canadian and American Banking and Bank Performance with G. Roberts and L. Kryzanowski Business History, Special Volume on Financial Sector Development

Middle Kingdom: China’s Newfound Place on the World Stage Chinese Economy

Provincial Taxation in China Local Public Finance in Transition, Joyce Man and Y.H. Hong, eds., Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, Mass., 2011

Risk Adjusted Discount Rates for Public Investments, Discount Rates for the Evaluation of Public Private Partnerships, Glenn P. Jenkins and David F. Burgess, eds. McGill-Queen’s University Press (2010)

Tax and Expenditure Forecasts: Bias, Randomness and Correlations National Tax Journal