Dr Carline is an Assistant Professor in Finance at Birmingham Business School. He was previously a Lecturer in Finance at Lancaster University Management School. His ongoing research interests are primarily focused on the efficiency of the takeover market and the interplay with corporate governance, as well as on causal inference in this and other areas of corporate finance. He is also specifically interested in issues concerning managerial risk-taking, share repurchases, accounting quality, and private firms.
Dr Carline’s research has been published in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Financial Management, the Journal of Corporate Finance, and the Journal of Banking and Finance, as well as other outlets. In addition, his research has been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and presented at annual meetings of the American Finance Association and the European Finance Association.
Dr Carline teaches corporate finance to undergraduate and postgraduate students.