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Lawrence Kryzanowski, PhD

Professor, Finance
Senior Concordia University Research Chair, Finance


Lawrence Kryzanowski, PhD
Office: S-MB 12229  
John Molson Building,
1450 Guy
Phone: (514) 848-2424 ext. 2782
Email: Lawrence.Kryzanowski@concordia.ca
ORCID: 0000-0002-3028-5700


Dr. Kryzanowski is Professor and Senior Concordia University Research Chair in Finance (formerly Ned Goodman Chair in Investment Finance), Department of Finance. He has published, consulted or appeared as an expert witness dealing with: impact of alleged financial misrepresentations on market prices; rate of return and capital structure of regulated utilities; management of investments for institutions and individuals; capital market trading; financial services; mergers/acquisitions/reorganizations; new corporate and governmental financings; risk management; agency issues; political corruption and risk; effect of natural disasters. He was the founding chairperson/promoter in1988 of the Northern Finance Association. He continues to be a Governor Emeritus at Concordia University; an Advisory Editor with the European Journal of Finance; Associate Editor with The International Review of Financial Analysis and Frontier of Finance and Economics; and Editorial Board Member with Canadian J. of Administrative Sciences, Managerial Finance, Studies in Economics and Finance, and Finance India. He is a former President of the Multinational Finance Society.

Dr. Kryzanowski is the (co-) author of eight texts, over 340 papers presented at refereed conferences,  and over 170 articles in refereed journals, such as the Bell Journal of Economics, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial & Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Money, Credit & BankingJournal of Banking & Finance, Journal  of Corporate Finance, Journal of Financial MarketsReview of Finance and Journal of Empirical Finance.



Education

PhD (University of British Columbia), Finance. Committee: Drs. Michael J. Brennan (Supervisor), James D. MacBeth, Robert W. White and John D. Boyd (Economics).

Areas of expertise

  • Efficiency and regulation of global capital markets
  • Corporate Finance (e.g. External financing, Governance & diversity, Payout policy)
  • Investment and fund management/governance
  • Pricing of risk
  • Political corruption/risk and natural disasters
  • Agency and behavioral issues 


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