Dr Santosh Koirala

Dr Santosh Koirala

The Department of Finance
Associate Professor of Finance

Contact details

Address
Birmingham Business School
Room G34, University House
116 Edgbaston Park Road
Birmingham
B15 2TY
United Kingdom

Santosh Koirala is an Associate Professor of Finance. He holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Strathclyde. His research interest lies in corporate risk-taking, investment decisions and M&As with a focus on law and regulatory interventions. Santosh was a commercial banker (3 years) and later worked in the public sector (6 years) before joining academia. He also specializes on Emerging Market Finance.

His current research interests include issues in Fintech, Financial Intermediation and Climate Finance.

He welcomes enquiries on research consulting, policy moderation, or PhD supervision.

Qualifications

  • PhD (Finance)
  • MPhil (Finance)
  • MBA (Finance)

Teaching

  • Financial Markets Regulation
  • Market Microstructure

Research

Research interests: Fintech, financial intermediation, climate finance

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Farag, H, Koirala, S, Luo, D & Roa, S 2024, 'Do Titans Deliver the ESG Promise? Societal Recognition and Responsible Corporate Decisions', British Journal of Management. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12876

Koirala, S, Rao, SK, Farag, H & Marshall, A 2022, 'The market for corporate control and risk-taking: evidence from global M&A laws', British Journal of Management. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12625

Paudyal, K, Thapa, C, Koirala, S & Aldhawyan, S 2021, 'Economic policy uncertainty and cross-border mergers and acquisitions', Journal of Financial Stability, vol. 56, 100926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfs.2021.100926

Rao, SK, Koirala, S, Chandra, T & Suman, N 2021, 'When rain matters! Investments and value relevance', Journal of Corporate Finance. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2020.101827

Thapa, C, Rao, SK, Farag, H & Koirala, S 2020, 'Access to internal capital, creditor rights and corporate borrowing: does group affiliation matter?', Journal of Corporate Finance, vol. 62, 101585, pp. 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2020.101585

Koirala, S, Neupane, S, Thapa, C & Marshall, A 2020, 'Corporate governance reform and risk-taking: evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in an emerging market', Journal of Corporate Finance, vol. 61, 101396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2018.08.007

Letter

Rao, SK, Koirala, S, Aldhawyan, S & Corbet, S 2023, 'Geopolitical risk and M&A: The role of national governance institutions', Economics Letters, vol. 225, 111062. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111062

Other contribution

Farag, H, Koirala, S & Neupane, B 2024, Sovereign Wealth Fund: Navigating the Dichotomy of Good and Evil. Academy of Social Sciences. <https://acss.org.uk/sovereign-wealth-fund-navigating-the-dichotomy-of-good-and-evil/>

Gortz, C, Koirala, S & McGowan, D 2022, Cost-of-Living Crisis, Travel Chaos and Supply Chain Disruptions – A Targeted Furlough Scheme to Ease the Pain. <https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/111608/pdf/>

Gortz, C, McGowan, D & Koirala, S 2022, How a new and improved furlough scheme could help the UK tackle recession and economic uncertainty. The Conversation . <https://theconversation.com/how-a-new-and-improved-furlough-scheme-could-help-the-uk-tackle-recession-and-economic-uncertainty-192207>

Koirala, S, McGowan, D & Neupane, B 2022, Is fintech disrupting the banking sector?. Economics Observatory. <https://www.economicsobservatory.com/is-fintech-disrupting-the-banking-sector>

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