Igor Oliveira dos Santos - Academy of International Business

Note: Available for the new position as from June 2013;
Note: I will present a paper at the AIB 2012 Annual Meeting.
Igor Oliveira dos Santos
5545 Boulevard Marie-Victorin #3
Brossard, QC J4W 1A1 CANADA
Citizenship: Canadian and Brazilian
Phone: (450) 672 1958
E-mail: [email protected]
Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
US Immigration Status: H-1B Visa or TN-1 Status necessary
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Business Administration, HEC Montréal, expected 2012
Thesis: “Essays on Privatization, Economic Geography, Investment Efficiency, and Ethnic Diversity”; Cumulative GPA: 3.76 out of 4.3
M.Sc. in Administration, HEC Montréal, 2006
Thesis: “The impact of trade liberalization on employment and regional growth in Brazil” (in French) – Grade: A; Cumulative GPA: 3.69 out of 4.3
B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil), 1999
Concordia University & McGill University (1998-1999), CREPUQ International Exchange Program
Environmental Engineering program (4th year) – no degree conferred; Cumulative GPA: 3.74 out of 4.3 on 27.5 credits
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Corporate Finance, Privatization, Economic Geography, Natural Resource Economics, Political Economy, Ethnic Fractionalization
PAPERS
Privatization and Natural Advantage, Job Market Paper (co-authored with Jean-Claude Cosset and Art Durnev)
Keywords: privatization, natural advantage, too-big-to-relinquish firms, resource cause, resource curse, accessibility to sea, institutions.
The Iron Law of Privatization, Investment Efficiency, and Ethnic Diversity Blessing, Work in Progress
Keywords: investment efficiency, privatization, natural advantage, natural resources, ethnic diversity, education.
TEACHING, RESEARCH, AND INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Faculty Lecturer, HEC Montréal
Quantitative Methods in International Business Research (Fall 2011 in French; Win. 2012 in English), M.Sc. Methodology Course taught with David
Pastoriza Rivas and Jean-François Plante
Evaluations: 3.94 out of 4 (Fall 2011 – 6 students), 3.55 out of 4 (Win. 2012 – 12 students)
Note: Scheduled for teaching this course in Fall 2012 (in French) and Win. 2013 (in English) with David Pastoriza Rivas and Jean-François Plante
Teaching Assistant, McGill University
International Corporate Governance (Win. 2011 in English), Ph.D. Seminar taught by Art Durnev
Evaluation: 4.48 out of 5 (14 students)
Research Assistant, UQÀM
Chaire Desjardins de gestion des produits dérivés (Jan. 2007 to Dec. 2007)
Project involving database construction and statistical analysis of option cross-listing traded at the Montréal Exchange
Research Assistant, HEC Montréal
Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la mondialisation et le travail (CRIMT) (Jan. 2006 to June 2006)
Project involving database construction of union-related papers
Chaire de gouvernance et juricomptabilité (Sept. 2003 to Dec. 2005)
Participation in several projects related to profit warning, earnings management, and corporate governance
Engineer, CH2M Hill
São Paulo, Brazil (June 2000 to Dec. 2002)
CONFERENCES
The Wharton-FIRS-JFI Financial Crisis Workshop, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 2009; Conference on Financial Market Stability, Bank of Canada and
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, July 2009 (presented by co-author); 30ème congrès de l’Association Francophone de Comptabilité, École
de Management Strasbourg and Association Francophone de Comptabilité, Strasbourg, France, May 2009 (presented by co-author)
ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS
Doctoral Research Scholarship (FQRSC, May 2010 to Dec. 2012); Thesis Proposal Defense Scholarship (HEC Montréal, Mar. 2011); Excellence
Scholarship (CIRPÉE, Sept. 2009); Comprehensive Exam Completion Scholarship (HEC Montréal, May 2009); Ph.D. Program Admission
Scholarship (HEC Montréal, Jan. 2008); Great Distinction Citations (M.Sc. program, Win. 2004 and Sum. 2004); Undergraduate Research
Scholarship (Coastal Engineering – FAPESP, July 1997 to July 1998)
REFERRING ACTIVITY
Anonymous Referee – Finance Division, ASAC 2010 Annual Conference, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Mar. 2010
COMPUTER SOFTWARE SKILLS
Matlab, SAS, Stata, R, AutoCad, RATS, Microsoft Office