Current Position
Senior Lecturer
Queensland University of Technology
Research Interest
Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Intermediation, Investment Banking; Firm innovation.
Referred Journal Articles
Extraordinary Acquirers (with Golubov, A. Yawson, A.), Journal of Financial Economics, 2015, pp.314-330.
The Value-added Role of Industry Specialist Advisors in M&As (with Graham, M., Walter, T., Yawson, A.), Journal of Banking and Finance, 2017, pp.81-104.
Central Hub M&A Advisor (with Yawson, A.), Review of Finance, 2021, pp.1817-1857
The Burden of the National Debt: Evidence from Mergers and Acquisitions, The Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 2022, forthcoming
Working Papers
Cross-border M&A and Currency Returns (with Steven J. Riddiough)
Government Spending Shocks and Firm Innovation (with Wu, S. and Dissanayake, R.)
Are Two Heads Better than One? Evidence on the Role of Investment Banking Syndicates in M&As (with Richardson, G., Yawson, A.)
Does Financing Depress Takeovers?