Professor / Michael Lee-Chin & Family Chair in Investment & Portfolio Management
Faculty, Finance And Business Economics
Finance and Business Economics, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University Michael Lee-Chin & Family Chair in Investment and Portfolio Management, Area of expertise is Asset Pricing and Financial Markets, Investments. Dr. Ronald Balvers is a Professor of Finance and the Michael Lee-Chin & Family Chair in Investment and Portfolio Management at the DeGroote School of Business. His research focuses on asset pricing, financial markets, and investment strategies, with a particular interest in explaining global market anomalies, risk premia, and the predictability of returns, predominantly from the perspective of advances in firm-level productivity. His work often integrates theoretical modeling with empirical analysis to explore how information, risk, and macroeconomic factors influence asset valuation and investor behaviour.