Master of Business Administration (Financial Services)

Canada Council, Dalhousie University Research Development Funds "Preferred Shareholders andDividend Announcements," Awarded September 1985 ($1,550).Canada Council, Dalhousie University Research Development Funds, "On Modern Portfolio Theory withCall Writing as a Substitute for Short Selling," Awarded 1984 ($750).Forestry Department of Oregon, "Prediction Models of U.S. Timber Product Imports," (with RonaldRipple, $5,000).Agricultural Development Bank of Iran, a grant for joining a workshop on "Small Scale IndustryFinancing," S.I.E.T. Institute, India (about $12,000).D. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES:Editorial ActivitiesCo-editor, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, Jan. 2000 – Dec. 2005.Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Finance, 2002 - presentAssociate Editor, Studies in Economics and Finance, 2000 - presentEditorial Board member, Workplace Review, 2006 - presentGuest Editor, a special issue on “Fixed Income Securities and Term Structure of Interest Rate”,Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, June 2000.Refereeing, on ad-hoc basis, for:The American Economic ReviewJournal of Banking and FinanceJournal of Financial and Quantitative AnalysisJournal of Financial ResearchFinancial ManagementFinancial Practice and EducationFinancial ReviewJournal of Applied FinanceJournal of Business Finance and AccountingCanadian Journal of Administrative SciencesSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of CanadaNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaAdministrative Sciences Association of CanadaAtlantic Schools of Business Conference ProceedingsProfessional Associations:American Finance AssociationFinancial Management AssociationEuropean Finance AssociationEuropean Financial Management Association216