Dr Partha Roy

Dr Partha Roy

The Department of Finance
Assistant Professor in Finance

Contact details

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

Partha Roy is an Assistant Professor in Finance at the University of Birmingham. Previously, he was a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Finance at the University of Southampton. He holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Strathclyde.

His research interests are in the wider areas of corporate finance and contemporaneous topics such as ESG, institutional and foreign Investors, climate and sustainable finance, and corporate investments and risk-taking.

He welcomes enquiries on PhD supervision and research collaboration.

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Qualifications

  • PhD in Finance, University of Strathclyde
  • MSc in Finance (with distinction), University of Strathclyde
  • PGDip in Research Methodology in Business and Management, University of Strathclyde
  • Associate Fellow (AFHEA), Advance HE

Biography

Partha joined Birmingham Business School in 2024. Prior to joining Birmingham, Partha worked as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Finance at the University of Southampton. He also held an academic position at the University of Strathclyde as an Academic Tutor in Finance.

Partha has presented his research works at several internationally renowned conferences including the Academy of International Business (AIB), Financial Management Association (FMA), Southern Finance Association (SFA), and French Finance Association (AFFI) annual meetings. He has also acted as an ad-hoc referee for different academic journals including the Journal of Corporate Finance, European Journal of Finance, British Accounting Review, Journal of Law and Economics, International Journal of Finance & Economics, Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Economic Modelling, Research in International Business and Finance, and Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting.

Partha obtained a PhD in Finance from the University of Strathclyde. His PhD focus was on corporate finance, in which the primary question enquired how macro-environmental and exogenous factors such as ‘Regulatory/Legal’, ‘Ecological/Climate’, and ‘Social/Political’ factors influence corporations and their investors. Partha's PhD at Strathclyde was fully funded by the university's prestigious Student Excellence Award (SEA) scholarship. Prior to commencing his doctoral studies in 2018, Partha completed his MSc in Finance (with distinction) from the University of Strathclyde during the 2016-2017 academic year.

Teaching

  • Managerial Finance (UG)
  • Private Equity and Financing Start-Ups (MBA)

Postgraduate supervision

Partha is interested in supervising postgraduate research students within the wider areas of corporate finance. He is keen on undertaking multi-disciplinary research exploring how various disciplines such as climate, sustainability, psychology, politics, and sociology affect and connect to various dimensions of corporate finance research. Postgraduate research topics may include but are not limited to:

  • Institutional Investors
  • ESG
  • Climate Finance
  • Corporate Investments and Risk-taking
  • Corporate Governance
  • Social and Political Issues in Corporate Finance
  • Policy and Regulatory Interventions

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Marshall, A, Rao, S, Roy, PP & Thapa, C 2022, 'Mandatory corporate social responsibility and foreign institutional investor preferences', Journal of Corporate Finance, vol. 76, 102261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2022.102261

Roy, PP, Rao, S & Zhu, M 2022, 'Mandatory CSR expenditure and stock market liquidity', Journal of Corporate Finance, vol. 72, 102158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2022.102158

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