Banking and corporate finance

In recent years the Department of Accounting and Finance has made a significant investment in both banking and corporate finance, with the recruitment of new faculty at both the senior and junior level, and will continue to do so with the goal of achieving excellence at the highest international standards.

The research undertaken by faculty members in these areas covers a wide spectrum of topics including capital structure, corporate governance, financial constraints and cash flow allocation, investment decisions under uncertainty, corporate payout policy, asymmetric information and contract design, relationship banking and SME financing, credit guarantee programmes, foreign bank entry and financial development, micro and macro-prudential banking supervision, deposit insurance and market discipline, and bank resolution mechanisms.

Faculty members in this area have published in leading finance journals such as the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Financial Studies, Management Science and many other high quality finance journals such as the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Review of Finance, Journal Money Credit and Banking, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Corporate Finance, and many other reputable finance journals.

Our faculty members maintain close links to several research networks, international organisations, and central banks such as the CEPR, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the European Central Bank, the Bank of England, the Deutsche Bundesbank and many others.