Michael is a Senior Lecturer in Corporate Finance in the Faculty of Business and Law of the University of Northampton. He holds a BSc, MSc and PhD, and is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and CFA Charterholder. His research interests range from corporate financing and governance decisions to various aspects of financial development and macroeconomics.

• Corporate Finance, Investment & Financial Development

Published Papers: Peer-Reviewed Journals

1. Intangible investments and voluntary delisting: Mass exodus of Chinese firms from US stock exchanges (with H Agyei-Boapeah, Y Wang, A. T Abongeh, and F Zhang), International Journal of Accounting and Information Management (2019), Volume 27, Issue 2, pp. 224-243.
2. Cash-flow allocations in Africa (with H Agyei-Boapeah), Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies (2018), Volume 8, Issue 4, pp. 495-513.
3. Financial remoteness and FDI (with L Kassim), Review of Economic Analysis (2019), Volume 11, Issue 2, pp. 219-232.
4. Rising corporate debt: South African evidence (with G Areneke & B Ibrahim) - Forthcoming - Journal of Business Research.

Current research projects

1. The changing corporate universe in emerging markets.
2. Gender diversity and corporate innovation.
3. Peer effects in corporate finance and investment decisions.
4. Financial constraints in emerging markets.

Corporate finance

Financial management

Portfolio management