Dbouk,Wassim, Ph.D.
  
   Assistant Professor
   AUB Start Date: September, 2007

 
Contact Information  
AUB Email: wd08@aub.edu.lb
Other Email: wd08@aub.edu.lb
Office Location: 304
Office Extension: 3762
   
   
   
  

 Research Interests

Fixed income, Mergers and acquisitions, Venture Capital, Asset pricing

 Teaching Interests

Corporate Finance, Investments , Capital Markets , Investment Banking

 Office Hours

Monday : 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Wednesday : 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

 Education

June  2007
Concordia
Montreal,  Canada.
Ph.D. in Finance

June  1999
Mcgill
Montreal,  Canada.
MBA in Finance

June  1991
American University of Beirut
Beirut,  Lebanon.
BBA in Business Administration

 Experience

September  2004  -   May   2005
Concordia University
Montreal, Canada
Full time Lecturer
Taught Corporate Finance and Investment Analysis courses

January  2002  -   December   2002
Concordia university
Montreal, Canada
Research assistant
Analyzed and collected data for a paper titled “Investment
management implications of structural change in the
Canadian fixed income market” by Professor Kryzanowski.

January  2002  -   August   2004
Concordia University
Montreal, Canada
part time lecturer
Taught Corporate finance and Capital market courses

May  1998  -   July   1998
Central Bank of Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon
Internship
Worked in the following departments:
Statistics, Treasury Bills, Financial Markets, Financial
Assets.

August  1991  -   June   1997
Banque du liban et d’outre mer
Beirut, Lebanon
Assistant section head
worked in the following departments: operations, LCs, LGs, credit, and risk management

 Teaching Activities at AUB

 
Teaching Preparation
Semester Course No Title
Summer-2009-2010  Fina 210   
Spring-2008-2009  Fina222  This course covers techniques used to compute the value of a firm 
  Fina210   
Fall-2008-2009  Fina306   
  Fina210   
Summer-2007-2008  Fina210   
  Fina306   
Spring-2007-2008  Fina210   
  Fina306  The course is an MBA corporate finance course 
Fall-2007-2008  Fina210  This course is the core finance course for undergraduate students 
Summer-2006-2007  Fina320  MBA course about investment banks 

 Recent Research/Intellectual Contributions
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Published Articles in Refereed Journals

1. Dbouk,W. and Kryzanowski,L.  (2009)  'Impact of bond index revisions',  Applied Financial Economics , 19:9, 693 – 702

2. Dbouk,W. and Kryzanowski,L.  (2009)  'Diversification benefits for bond portfolios',  European Journal of Finance, The , 15:5, 533


Research in Progress
Work in Progress

1.  Dbouk,W., Haddad,R. and Kryzanowski,L.  (2009)  'The January effecy: Evidence from the corporate bond market', 

2.  Dbouk,W., Ezzat, A and Soufani, K  (2009)  'Market timing using technical indicators: Evidence from the Dow Jones industrial average members', 

3.  Dbouk,W. and Soufani,K.  (2009)  'Bondholder wealth effects in mergers and acquisitions: a cross country analysis', 

4.  Dbouk,W and Kryzanowski, L  (2009)  'A reexamination of credit spread components', 

5.  Dbouk,Wa and Kryzanowski,L.  (2009)  'Determinants of credit spread changes',