Professor Shantanu Banerjee joined as a Lancaster University in 2005 after finishing his doctoral studies at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He specialises in empirical research in Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance topics including the investment decisions of firms, financing choice, product market strategy, IPO, bankruptcy, impact of financial misconduct, executive compensation and corporate social responsibility. His work has been published in journals such as the Journal of Finance, Journal of Accounting Research, Review of Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, European Journal of Operational Research and Journal of Business Ethics. He organises several annual workshops and research events on Corporate Finance and is an editor of Journal of Business Finance and Accounting. Before starting the doctoral programme in Finance in HKUST, he studied in Economics in India and has an MPhil degree in Economics from Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India. A brief summary of his current and published work can be found in the list below:
