Pouyan Foroughi
I am an Assistant Professor of Finance at Schulich School of Business, York University. I received my Ph.D. in Finance from Boston College. Prior to joining the Schulich School of Business, I was an Assistant Professor of Finance at UNSW Business School. My main research interests are in the areas of empirical corporate finance, corporate governance, and the role of financial institutions in capital markets, and my research has won best paper awards at the WFA-CFAR conference, Western Finance Association (WFA), and Midwest Finance Association (MFA). I have taught courses in corporate governance and corporate finance at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Education:
Ph.D. in Finance, 2012 - 2017 (September)
Boston College, Carroll School of Management, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
MBA, major Finance, 2009 - 2012
Sharif University of Technology, Graduate School of Management and Economics, Tehran, Iran
B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, 2004 - 2009
Sharif University of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tehran, Iran
Honors and Awards:
Semi-finalist for the Best Paper Award in Corporate Finance, FMA Annual Meeting, 2024
Asia-Pacific Financial Markets (CAFM) Best Paper Award, CAFM annual meeting, 2022
Midwest Finance Association Outstanding Paper Award, MFA annual meeting, 2019
WFA Cubist Systematic Strategies Ph.D. Candidate Award for Outstanding Research, WFA annual meeting, 2017
Best Paper Award in Honor of Stuart I. Greenbaum, Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis, 2016
Semi-finalist for the Best Paper Award in Corporate Finance, FMA Annual Meeting, 2016
Doctoral Student Consortium, FMA Annual Meeting, 2016
Doctoral Student Travel Grant, AFA Annual Meeting, 2016
Doctoral Fellowship, Boston College, Carroll School of Management, 2012