Susan Christoffersen

Professor of Finance
Vice-Dean, Undergraduate & Specialized Programs
William A. Downe BMO Chair in Finance

Co-Academic Director, TD Management Data & Analytics Lab

Degrees:

PhD, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
MA in Economics,University of British Columbia
BA (Hons.) in Economics, Queen's University

Email:

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Phone:

416-946-5647

Personal Website:

http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/schristoffersen/

Bio

Susan Christoffersen is Vice-Dean, Undergraduate & Specialized Programs and a Professor of Finance, and Co-Academic Director, TD Management Data & Analytics Lab. Her research focuses on mutual funds and the role of financial institutions in capital markets. She has published in top finance journals and cited inThe New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Bloomberg News Service, and The Wall Street Journal. Susan has received grants from SSHRC, IFM2, and FQRSC and research awards from Q-Group, Bank of Canada, BSI Gamma Foundation, INQUIRE, and the Swiss Finance Institute. Susan was awarded the Limited Term Professorship by the Canadian Securities Institute Research Foundation in 2005.

Academic Positions

2016-current

Professor, University of Toronto
2010-2016

Associate Professor, University of Toronto
2009-current

Visiting Scholar, Copenhagen Business School
2007-2010

Associate Professor, McGill University
1998-2007

Assistant Professor, McGill University

Selected Publications - Papers

Investor Attrition and Fund Flows in Mutual Funds

Susan Christoffersen and Haoyu Xu

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

2016

Pages: Forthcoming
Investor Flows to Asset Managers

Susan Christoffersen, David K. Musto, and Russ Wermers

Annual Review of Finance and Economics

Issue:6

2014

Pages: 289-310
What do consumers' fund flows maximize? Evidence from their brokers' incentives

Susan Christoffersen, Richard Evans, and David Musto

Journal of Finance

Issue:68

2013

Pages: 201-235
City Size and Fund Performance

Susan Christoffersen and Sergei Sarkissian

Journal of Financial Economics

Issue:92

2009

Pages: 252-275
Vote Trading and Information Aggregation

Susan Christoffersen, Christopher Geczy, David Musto, and Adam Reed

Journal of Finance

Issue:62

2007

Pages: 2897-2929
Cross-border dividend taxation and the preferences of taxable and non-taxable investors: Evidence from Canada

Susan Christoffersen, Christopher Geczy, David Musto, and Adam Reed

Journal of Financial Economics

Issue:78

2005

Pages: 121-144
Demand Curves and the Pricing of Money Management

Susan Christoffersen and David Musto

Review of Financial Studies

Issue:15

2002

Pages: 1499-1524
Why do money fund managers voluntarily waive their fees?

Susan Christoffersen

Journal of Finance

Issue:56

2001

Pages: 1117-1140

Research and Teaching Interests

Mutual Funds, Hedge Funds, Capital Markets, Financial Institutions

Honors and Awards

2007

Outstanding Paper Award, Swiss Finance Institute
2006

Graduate Teaching Award, Desautels Faculty of Management
2005-2008

Limited Term Professorship, Canadian Securities Institute
2004

Selected Paper, INQUIRE
2003

Best Paper Award at NFAs, Bank of Canada
2002

Research Award, Q-Group
2001

Paper Award, BSI Gamma Foundation

Academic / Professional Service

2010-current

Board Member, WU Gutmann Center, WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
2007-current

Associate Editor, Journal of Financial Services Research
2006-current

Program Committee, WFA, AFA, NFA, FMA, EFA Meetings
2002-current

Board Member, Terry Fox Humanitarian Award Program