Douglas Cumming

Distinguished Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship, Florida Atlantic University

Douglas Cumming is the DeSantis Distinguished Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at the College of Business, Florida Atlantic University as well as a Visiting Professor of Finance at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK.  Previously, he was a Professor and the Ontario Research Chair at the Schulich School of Business, York University. Professor Cumming received his BA in economics and finance from McGill University, his masters from Queen’s University and PhDs in both economics and finance as well as law from the University of Toronto. Professor Cumming is also a Certified Financial Analyst.

He has published over 185 articles in leading refereed academic journals in finance, management, and law and economics, and his work has been cited over 17,000 times according to Google Scholar. His is the Founding Managing Editor-in-Chief of the Review of Corporate Finance (2021-), the Managing Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Management (2020-2022) and the Journal of Corporate Finance (2018-2020). Professor Cumming has written 18 academic books covering a host of financial and regulatory issues.

Recent Research by Douglas Cumming

— Jul 14, 2023
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ESG Disclosures and the Decision to Go Public

ESG Disclosures and the Decision to Go Public is a new essay in the Institute's series on the ESG (environmental, social and governance) movement. It highlights how mandating ESG disclosures could discourage firms from entering public markets, thereby limiting entrepreneurial opportunities by making one of the main channels for accessing capital more expensive.

— Mar 4, 2021
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Achieving the Four-Day Work Week: Essays on Improving Productivity Growth in Canada

Achieving the 4-Day Work Week: Essays on Improving Productivity Growth in Canada is a new essay series, authored by notable economists and analysts from across North America, that identifies and discusses a set of initiatives that promise to improve Canada’s labour productivity growth rate, which is essential to achieve a 4-day work week without sacrificing compensation. In broad terms, the initiatives identified in these essays promote faster productivity growth by encouraging more investment in physical and human capital, and by stimulating innovation and entrepreneurship.

— Aug 2, 2018
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Financial Markets, Laws, and Entrepreneurship

Financial Markets, Laws, and Entrepreneurship and Spurring Entrepreneurship through Capital Gains Tax Reform—chapters in a recent book on demographics and entrepreneurship—find that eliminating, or at least lowering, Canada’s uncompetitive tax rate on capital gains is the best policy for encouraging entrepreneurial financing, which is critical for new business startups.