Master of Business Administration (Financial Services)

1991 "Entry into Competitive Industries: More Evidence in Support of Heiner's Model," with N.Kayhani, 31 st International Atlantic Economic Conference, Rome.1989 "Designing an Immunized Portfolio: Is M-squared The Key?" with G.O. Bierwag and G.S.Roberts, 19th Annual Meeting of the FMA, Boston. Best Paper Award Winner.1987 "Bond Portfolio Immunization: Canadian Tests," with Gordon Roberts, 1987 Annual Meeting ofthe Eastern Finance Association, Baltimore."An Investigation into what Causes a Greater Rate of Bankruptcies in Canada over the UnitedStates," with C. Dipchand and J.S. Osteryoung, 17th Annual Meeting of the FMA, Las Vegas."Preferred Shares and Common Stock Dividends" 1987 NAEFA Annual Meeting, Chicago.1986 "The Response of Preferred Shareholders to Unexpected Changes in Common Stock Dividends"16th Annual Meeting of Financial Management Association, New York."Bond Portfolio Immunization: Canadian Tests" with G.S. Roberts, 16th Annual Meeting ofFinancial Management Association, New York."On Preferred Stocks issued by Unregulated Firms in Different Countries," 1986 NAEFA AnnualMeeting, New Orleans.1985 "Application of the Properties of the Covariance of the Monotone Functions to the Firm'sBehaviour Under Uncertainty," 1985 Annual Meeting of Canadian Applied Mathematics Society,May 23-24, Halifax (National)."On Preferred Stocks Issued by Unregulated Firms" Annual Meeting of Financial ManagementAssociation, Denver. Also at 25th Annual Conference of the WFA, 1986 (both International).1984 "Entry Into Competitive Industries as Affected by Risk Aversion." 54th Annual WEA, Las Vegas(International)."The Impact of U.S. FDI on U.S Share of Exports to the LDC Market," with N. Kayhani, 54thAnnual WEA, Las Vegas (International).1983 "Increasing Risk: Another Consideration," 1983 presented at 58th Annual WEA Conference,Seattle (International).1981 "Competitive Firm and the Optimal Output Level and Input Choices when Output and Input Pricesare Uncertain," 1981 best graduate student paper awarded by Western Economic Association,San Francisco (International).Other Communications at Refereed ConferencesFinancial Management Association European Meetings; Discussant, The 2007 Meltdown in StructuredSecuritization: Searching for Lessons not Scapegoats, Turin, Italy, June 2009.Financial Management Association European Meetings; Chairperson, Session [033] – Structured Lending,Prague, Turin, Italy, June 2009.Financial Management Association European Meetings; Discussant, The Pricing of Socially ResponsibleInvestment, Prague, Czech Republic, June 2008.229