Craig Dunbar, Western University

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Ivey Business School Professor London, Ontario cdunbar@ivey.uwo.ca Office: (519) 661-3716

Bio/Research

Professor Dunbar was the Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research from 2004 to 2008 at the Richard Ivey School of Business. From 2002 to 2004, he was the finance-economics area group coordinator and finance faculty advisor for the Ph.D. program. Professor Dunbar joined the faculty of t...

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Bio/Research

Professor Dunbar was the Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research from 2004 to 2008 at the Richard Ivey School of Business. From 2002 to 2004, he was the finance-economics area group coordinator and finance faculty advisor for the Ph.D. program. Professor Dunbar joined the faculty of the Richard Ivey School of Business in July 1997 to teach and do research in Finance. He previously taught Finance at the Katz Graduate School of Business of the University of Pittsburgh from 1992 to 1997. He received a Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours) in Civil Engineering from the University of Toronto in 1984, a Master of Science in Technology and Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1986. He then worked in consulting in Toronto for two years. Professor Dunbar then studied for his Ph.D. degree in Finance and Applied Statistics at the Simon School of Business of the University of Rochester from 1988 to 1992.

Dr. Dunbar's research focuses on investment banking, corporate finance and financial contract choice. His work has been published in the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Financial Intermediation, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Business, the Journal of Corporate Finance and the Financial Analyst Journal. Dr. Dunbar has reviewed articles for the Journal of Financial Economics, theJournal of Corporate Finance, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Banking and Finance, the Journal of Financial Intermediation and Financial Management. He has also been on the program committee for the Financial Association Meeting and the Eastern Finance Association Meeting.

Professor Dunbar has taught Financial Institutions Management, Investment Management and Introductory Finance and various Ph.D. level seminars at the University of Pittsburgh. At Ivey, he has taught the first year core finance class in the HBA and MBA programs and an elective course on derivatives and risk management. He teaches finance and is the faculty director in the Accelerating Management Talent executive development program. He has also taught extensively in the Ph.D. program at Ivey and has been on Ph.D. dissertation committees at Ivey and Pittsburgh for over a dozen students.


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