Michael Densmore
Assistant Professor
PhD (Schulich School of Business, York University)
Singer Hall 362
Fredericton
Michael Densmore is an Assistant Professor of Finance within the Faculty of Management. His research interests include asset management, investments, credit default swaps, asset pricing models and market efficiency.
Dr. Densmore’s research papers have been accepted and presented at top academic conferences in finance such as the Finance Management Association Annual Meetings (American and European), Midwestern Finance Association Annual Meetings and World Finance Association Annual Meetings.
He has also presented his research at industry conferences such as the Chicago Quantitative Alliance and is a recipient of the CFA Society and Hillsdale Canadian Investment Research Award (2019).
Dr. Densmore has taught a variety of courses, including Theory of Finance (BBA), Investments (BBA/MBA), Financial Management (MBA), Corporate Finance (BBA) and Personal Finance (BBA). He received his PhD in Finance from Schulich School of Business, York University in 2021.
Accepted papers
The Geography of Subadvisors, Managerial Structure, and the Performance of International Equity Mutual Funds (with Markus Broman and Pauline Shum Nolan). Forthcoming in the Review of Asset Pricing.
Working papers
The Growth of Passive Indexing and Smart-beta: Competitive Effects on Actively Managed Funds.
Precautionary Savings or Predation? Corporate Liquidity Management in Response to Peer CDS Initiation.
The Informative Quality of Corporate Credit Ratings (with Mohamed Ayadi, Skander Lazrak and Robert Welch).
