Sarath Abeysekera

Position Department Head / Professor Department Accounting & Finance Office 444 Drake Centre Phone (204) 474-8427 Fax (204) 474-7545 Email Sarath_Abeysekera@umanitoba.ca

Website: www.umanitoba.ca/asper/faculty/sarath.abeysekera/

Areas of Research Interest: Corporate finance, international finance, and investments

Areas of Teaching Interest: Corporate and international finance

At the University of Manitoba since January 1, 1985, Dr. Abeysekera teaches in the areas of Corporate and International Finance. His research focuses on tests of asset pricing models and exchange rate parity in international markets. His papers have been published in several Academic journals including Southern Economic Journal, Journal of Financial Research, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting and Journal of Multinational Financial Management. He has presented his work at several international conferences. Currently, he is exploring several issues in the Emerging Stock Markets using the Colombo Stock Exchange (in Sri Lanka) and other emerging stock exchanges in the region that has been a relatively unexplored area in international capital markets. Dr. Abeysekera has received grants from SSHRC, the Centre for International Business Studies and other sources to support his work.