Ali Lazrak

Ali Lazrak is an Associate Professor at the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, specializing in Finance. He holds the Peter Lusztig Professorship in Finance and teaches courses such as International Financial Markets and Institutions and Theory of Finance (2024-2025). His research bridges Political Economy, Asset Pricing, and Behavioral Finance, with a focus on ESG concerns, Voting Theory, and Time Inconsistency.

• Education: ENSAE (B.Sc.), Sorbonne (M.Sc.), Toulouse (Ph.D.)
• Contact: Henry Angus Building (HA 872), +1 604.822.9481, ali.lazrak@sauder.ubc.ca

His work explores group decision-making in corporate investment, green finance (e.g., the green premium in ESG markets), and time-inconsistent preferences in continuous games. Recent publications highlight how responsible consumption and demand elasticity shape asset prices, and how institutional divestiture impacts harmful asset stranding through informational and economic channels.

Scientific accolades include the Jacob Gold & Associates Best Paper Prize (2019), Best Paper Awards at HEC-McGill, UBC, Luxembourg, and Stanford conferences, and the Peter Lusztig Professorship. His methodological expertise spans stochastic control, recursive utility, and dynamic equilibrium analysis.