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  Alexander  Dyck

Associate Professor  

Degrees
 
B.A., honors, Economics and Political Science, University of Western Ontario
Ph.D., Economics, Stanford University
Email  
Phone   (416) 946-0819
Personal Web Site   http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/dyck/

Positions Held

Academic Positions
2004-present   Associate Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
1998-2004   Associate Professor, Harvard Business School
1993-1998   Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School


Non-Academic Positions
1999-2002   Consultant, World Bank
1998 - present   Executive Education: International Managerial Finance, E.ON Executive Program: Leading Corporate Transformation , Harvard Business School
1998 - present   The Director’s College , Conference Board of Canada
1998 - present   International Workshop on Privatization, Regulatory Reform and Corporate Governance , Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
1998 - present   International Program on Privatization and Regulatory Reform, Harvard Institute for International Development
1998-present   Program on Infrastru, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
1998-present   Program on Global Reform and Privatization of Public Enterprises, World Bank
Summer 91-92   Research Associate, German Institute for Economic Research, Berlin
Summer 91-92   Research Associate, German Institute for Economic Research, Berlin
Summer 1990   Research Associate, , C.D. Howe Institute, Toronto

 


Selected Articles and Papers
  • "Corporate Governance Role of the Media: Evidence from Russia" Alexander Dyck, Natalya Volchkova, Luigi Zingales, Journal of Finance (forthcoming)
  • "Theft and Taxes" Mihir Desai, Alexander Dyck, Luigi Zingales, Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 84, Issue 3, 2007, 591-623
  • "Private Benefits of Control: An International Comparison" With Luigi Zingales, Journal of Finance, Vol. LIX, No. 2 , 2004, 533-596
  • "Control premiums and the effectiveness of corporate governance systems," With Luigi Zingales, FinanceThe Bank of America Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 16, Iss. 2-3, Spring/Summer , 2004, 51-73
  • "Privatization, Compensation and Management Incentives: Evidence from the United Kingdom," With Michael Cragg, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Vol. 19, No. 1 , 2003, 176-217
  • "Management Control and Privatization in the United Kingdom," With Michael Cragg, Rand Journal of Economics, Vol. 30, No. 3 , 1999, 475-497
  • "Privatization in Eastern Germany: Management Selection and Economic Transition," I. J. Alexander Dyck, American Economic Review, Vol. 87, No. 4 , 1997, 565-597
Books/Chapters
  • The Bubble and the Media,” in, Cornelius, Peter and Bruce Kogut (eds.), Corporate Governance and Capital Flows in a Global Economy , With Luigi Zingales, New York: Oxford University Press, 2003
  • The Corporate Governance Role of the Media,” in The Right to Tell: The Role of Mass Media in Development, With Luigi Zingales, Washington: The World Bank, 2002

Academic/Professional Service

2002-2004 Academic Performance committee, Harvard Business School
2005 - 2008 Academic Director, Director's education Program, University of Toronto
2002-2004 Faculty Search Committee, BGIE area, Harvard Business School
2005 - 2008 Finance Area PhD Coordinator, University of Toronto
2002-2004 Co-organizer, Institutional Foundations of Capitalism Research Seminar, Harvard Business School

Honors/Awards

1992 Linde and Harry Bradley Foundation Fellowship, Stanford University Fellowship, Outstanding Teaching Assistant, Economics, Stanford University
1989-1993 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship
1988 1988 Gold medal for Economics and Political Science, University of Western Ontario
1987 1987 Nisbet Award in Economics, Saint Andrews University (Scotland)
1984-1988 Four Year Open Admission Scholarship, University of Western Ontario

Research and Teaching Interests

corporate finance, corporate governance, international business, privatization, regulatory reform, economics of organization