Varouj Aivazian

Bio

Varouj Aivazian is a Professor and Chair of the Economics Department at University of Toronto Mississauga, with a cross-appointment to the Business Economics area at Rotman.  He has published many scholarly articles in Finance, Law & Economics, and Economic Theory in leading international academic journals. He served on the Governing Council of the University of Toronto (2006-2011), was a member and Chair of the Social Sciences Review Panel of The Connaught Committee (1992-1995), and served as Director of the Master of Financial Economics program (2002-2011).

Academic Positions

1981-Present  Univeristy of Toronto

1975-1981  McMaster University

Honors and Awards

1991  Best Paper in Corporate Finance award (for a paper with M. Berkowitz); Northern Finance Association Meetings in Montreal

1998  Citation of Excellence from ANBAR,for paper with M. Berkowitz; Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance

1999  Best Paper in Corporate Finance for paper with L. Booth, V. Maksimovic and A. Demirguc-Kunt; Southern Finance Association Meetings

2011  Best paper in Corporate Finance Prize for paper with M. Rahaman and L. Sun; Financial Management Association Annual Meeting