Publications Database

Welcome to the new Schulich Peer-Reviewed Publication Database!

The database is currently in beta-testing and will be updated with more features as time goes on. In the meantime, stakeholders are free to explore our faculty’s numerous works. The left-hand panel affords the ability to search by the following:

  • Faculty Member’s Name;
  • Area of Expertise;
  • Whether the Publication is Open-Access (free for public download);
  • Journal Name; and
  • Date Range.

At present, the database covers publications from 2012 to 2020, but will extend further back in the future. In addition to listing publications, the database includes two types of impact metrics: Altmetrics and Plum. The database will be updated annually with most recent publications from our faculty.

If you have any questions or input, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

 

Search Results

de Lange, D., & Weber, O. (2026). "Fossil Fuel Divestment for the Climate: Will Next Generations Change Institutions?", Academia Green Energy, 3(1), 8181.

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Abstract Our institutions must adapt in the face of a disastrous climate crisis, but who will make this happen? This research extends institutional theory and incorporates pro-environmental behavior literature to consider whether and how the interests and motivations of the next generations might shape existing investment institutions. Alongside theoretical discussion and related contributions, a quantitative study is undertaken to address the question: Would and how might the next generations change financial institutions through their investment preferences, and why? Hypotheses are developed in the context of university students considering how they might influence investment institutions towards mainstreaming ethical investment and divesting from fossil fuels. Survey data from a sample of university students is analyzed using a structural equation model, finding that those wanting a career related to climate change mitigation are likely to engage in institutional change. Also, feeling a responsibility to address an issue, such as climate change, motivates change-oriented behaviors. We find that ethical drivers within a learning environment influence students’ interests in investment decisions toward putting pressure on the investment industry to mainstream responsible investment practices and divest from fossil fuels. Overall, we contribute to a deeper understanding of the intergenerational potential for changing institutions.

Pouyan Foroughi (2025). "Walking Quietly: Fiduciary Waivers and Blockholder Exit", Global Finance Journal, 68, 101196.

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Abstract Corporate opportunity waivers let directors pursue outside ventures, weakening the duty of loyalty that supports investor confidence. Exploiting staggered state adoptions of these statutes from 2000 to 2018, we examine how blockholders, the market’s main bulwark against self-dealing, react. Public governance signals barely change; support for management proposals slips by less than one percentage point, failed director elections fall, and friendly hedge fund activism fades. Once scrutiny shifts toward the potential outcomes of private monitoring, a strikingly different picture emerges, as larger firms experience more frequent departures of independent directors, activists who once cooperated with management adopt confrontational tactics, and long-horizon investors pare their stakes, especially where diversion prospects are very high, analyst coverage is extensive, and boards are larger. Loosening fiduciary standards, therefore, gradually weakens shareholder oversight, eroding a critical governance mechanism and placing long-term firm value at risk, despite initial market optimism.