Oumar Sy
Professor
            
Email: Oumar.Sy@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-3849
Fax: 902-494-1503
Mailing Address:
Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building 
6100 University Ave, PO Box 15000 
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2 
 
            
        Research Topics:- International diversification
 - Political economy
 - Financial econometrics
 - Market efficiency
 - Asset pricing
 - Portfolio management
 - Corporate finance
 - Corporate governance
 
Education
- PhD (McGill)
 - MSc (HEC-Montreal)
 - BA (HEC)
 
Current Teaching
- International Finance
 - Financial Econometrics
 - Seminar in Investment
 
Selected Awards and Honours
- 2024 Hillsdale Investment Management – CFA Society Toronto Research Award
 - 2023 Graham and Dodd Scroll Award for Financial Analysts Journal paper “Diversification during hard times” (with Najah Attig)
 - 2022 SSHRC IDG Grant for “The #Metoo movement, gender diversity washing and corporate performance: A machine learning approach” with Najah Attig and Sadok El Ghoul
 - 2007–2009 Institute of Mathematical Finance (IFM2) Research Grant for “Size and value investing and international diversification”
 - 2006 Dean’s Honour List for excellence in the PhD program, McGill University
 
Selected Publications
- Herding behavior in African stock Markets: A State-Space Assessment During Times of Crisis. Assoe, K., Mbengue, M.L., Sene, B., & Sy, O. Forthcoming Finance Research Letters, (ABDC Rank: A, IF: 10.4, CiteScore: 10.8)
 - The battle of factors. Assoe, K., Attig, N., & Sy, O. Global Finance Journal, 101004 (2024) (ABDC Rank: A, IF: 5.5, CiteScore: 7.3)
 - Corporate headquarters relocation and CSR performance. Fatemi, A., Fooladi, I., Sy, O., & Zaman, A.A. International Review of Economics & Finance, 89(Part B), 622-637 (2024) (ABDC Rank: A, IF: 4.5, CiteScore: 5.7)
 - Event studies in international finance research. El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Mansi, S.A., & Sy, O. Journal of International Business Studies, 54, 344-364 (2023) (ABDC Rank: A*, IF: 11.6, CiteScore: 14.2, FT50)
 - Diversification during hard times. Attig, N., & Sy, O. Financial Analysts Journal, 79, 45-64 (2023) (ABDC Rank: A, IF: 4.0, CiteScore: 4.7)