Akiko Watanabe

About

Associate professor of finance at the Alberta School of Business with research specializations in international financial market anomalies and liquidity. Previously served as the co-president, the conference co-chair, and the director at large of the Northern Finance Association, as well as the board member of the Nippon/Japan Finance Association.

Education 

• Yale University, Economics with Finance Thesis: Ph.D. 2004, M. Phil. 2001, M.A. 2001
• Queen's University, Economics: B.A. Honours 1998 with Medal in Economics, B.A. General 1996 with Medal in General B.A. Program

Research

Teaching

• Investments (MBA)
• Advanced Portfolio Management (Undergraduate)
• Investment Principles (Undergraduate)

FIN 312 - Investment Principles

This course examines securities and securities markets with emphasis on stocks and bonds. Topics include information, interest rates, risk-return relationships, efficient markets, diversification, portfolio performance measurement, and the application of financial theory to investment decisions. Prerequisite: FIN 201 or 301 and MGTSC 212 or 312. Students may not receive credit for both FIN 312 and ECON 442. Students may not receive credit for both FIN 312 and FIN 412.

FIN 416 - Advanced Portfolio Management

Recent theoretical and empirical developments in portfolio management are covered with an emphasis on investment strategy and the evaluation of investment performance. A student project makes extensive use of microcomputing, spreadsheets and financial market data. Prerequisite: FIN 301, 412.

Browse more courses taught by Akiko Watanabe

"Time-Varying Liquidity Risk and the Cross Section of Stock Returns" with Masahiro Watanabe, Review of Financial Studies, 2008, 21(6), 2449-2486. First Prize, Call for Paper Competition on Liquidity and Corporate Renewal, Turnaround Management Association 2006 Global Education Symposium.

"Share Issuance and Cross-Sectional Returns: International Evidence" with R. David McLean and Jeffrey Pontiff, Lead Article, Journal of Financial Economics, 2009, 94(1), 1-17. First Prize, 2009 Jensen Prize for Corporate Finance and Organizations, Journal of Financial Economics. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal Research Excellence Award on Investment, Asian Finance Association/Nippon (Japan) Finance Association 2008 International Conference.

"Restructuring and Performance among Japanese Firms after Prudential Policy Reform" with Dick Beason, Ken Gordon, and Vikas Mehrotra, Asia-Pacific Journal of Business, 2010, 1(1), 41-60.

"Restructuring and Returns in Japan, 2000-2001" with Dick Beason, Ken Gordon, and Vikas Mehrotra, Japan in the Age of Globalization, 2011, ed., Carin Holroyd and Ken Coates, Routledge Contemporary, Japan Series, ISBN 978-0-415-66584-1.

"The Asset Growth Effect: Insights from International Equity Markets" with Yan Xu, Tong Yao, and Tong Yu, Journal of Financial Economics, 2013, 108(2), 529-563. Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Professor Junko Maru Research Prize, Nippon (Japan) Finance Association 2014 Meetings.

"Does Restructuring Pay in Japan?: Evidence Following the Lost Decade" with Dick Beason, Ken Gordon, and Vikas Mehrotra (Japanese Translation), Japanese Economy: Finance and Corporate Behavior in Restructuring Period, 2014, ed., Akiyoshi Horiuchi, Masaharu Hanazaki, and Junichi Nakamura, University of Tokyo Press, ISBN978-4-13-040266-8.

"Corporate R&D and Stock Returns: International Evidence" with Kewei Hou, Po-Hsuan Hsu, Shiheng Wang, and Yan Xu, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2022, 57(4), 1377-1408. Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.