About me
Sheeja Sivaprasad joined Westminster Business School as Senior Lecturer in Finance. She was later promoted to Principal Lecturer in Finance. She completed her MSc Investment Management and PhD in Finance at Bayes Business School, City University. Her PhD thesis was titled ‘Essays on The Value Effects of Capital Structure.’ Sheeja teaches on the undergraduate and postgraduate courses and has successfully led post graduate courses. Her research interests include Capital structure, SMEs, IPOs,ESG,digital assets, multinational firms, fund management and performance, firm performance. She has also successfully supervised PhD theses and post graduate dissertations and has been an external PhD examiner. She is interested in supervising PhD theses in the area of financial markets, corporate finance and sustainable finance.
She is the research and knowledge exchange leader for the School of Finance and Accounting (SFA). She organises the school research seminar series and the Finance and Accounting Annual Research Symposium.
Education
PhD in Finance, Bayes Business School, London
MSc in Investment Management, Bayes Business School, London
MCom India BCom India
Teaching
Sheeja teaches on the undergraduate and postgraduate courses. The modules include Advanced Corporate Finance, Corporate Finance, Research and Professional Skills, Financial Markets and Institutional Investment Management, Financial Strategy, Valuation of Securities, Modern Portfolio Management, International Financial Management and Research Methods. She has also been involved in the curriculum validation and re-validation of undergraduate and postgraduate courses. She has also successfully developed and led modules on the undergraduate and post graduate programmes.
Research
Research interests
Capital structure, SMEs, IPOs/ICOs, multinational firms, fund management and performance, corporate performance, digital assets; digitization; impact investing; sustainable finance
Conferences
International Finance and Banking Society (IFABS), Oxford (2023). Paper: Spillover Effects of Geopolitical Risk on the Banking Sector of CIS Countries
16th Annual Dynare Conference, Lancaster, UK (2022). Paper: Brexit and its impact on EU financial markets
Financial Management & Accounting Research Conference (2022), Cyprus. Paper: Brexit and its impact on EU financial markets
International Finance and Banking Society (IFABS), Naples (2022). Paper: Brexit and its impact on EU financial markets
International Finance and Banking Society (IFABS), Said Business School, Oxford (2021). Paper: An Impact Investment Strategy
The Impact and Sustainable Finance Faculty Consortium, Kellogg School of Management, Northwest University, USA (2021).
India Finance Conference 2016 at IIM(A). Paper:An empirical analysis of the performance of sponsored versus non-sponsored IPOs: evidence from India
International Finance and Banking Society (IFABS) Corporate Finance Conference, Said Business School, Oxford, 2015. Paper: The Determinants of Zero Leverage: Evidence from Multinational Firms.
5th International Conference of the Financial Engineering and Banking Society, Nantes, France,2015. Paper: The Determinants of Zero Leverage: Evidence from Multinational Firms.
22nd Annual MFS(Multinational Finance Society) Conference, Halkidikki, Greece, 2015. Paper : The Value Effects of Changes in Leverage: Evidence from the Travel and Leisure Sector.
22nd Annual MFS(Multinational Finance Society) Conference, Halkidikki, Greece, 2015. Paper: The Impact of Internationalization on the relation between leverage and stock returns.
Cambridge Business & Economics Conference (CBEC), Murray Edwards College, Cambridge University, 2015. Paper: The Impact of Internationalization on the relation between leverage and stock returns.
3rd Interdisciplinary Tourism Research Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 2014. Paper: The Value Effects of Changes in Leverage: Evidence from the hospitality sector.
India Finance Conference, Indian Institute of Bangalore(IIMB), Bangalore, India, 2011. Paper: An Investment Strategy Based on Leverage: Evidence from BSE500.
European Financial Management Association (EFMA), Portugal, 2011. Paper: The Leverage Effect on Stock Returns.
Oxford Business and Economics Conference (OBEC), Oxford, UK, 2010. Paper: The Leverage Effect on Stock Returns.
European Financial Management Association (EFMA), Aarhus, Denmark, 2010. Paper: Using Firm Level Leverage as an Investment Strategy.
MidWest Finance Association (MFA), Chicago, USA, 2009. Paper: An Empirical Test on Leverage and Stock Returns.
Eastern Finance Association (EFA), Washington, USA, 2009. Paper: An Empirical Test on Leverage and Stock Returns.
European Financial Management Association (EFMA), Vienna, Austria, 2007. Paper: Leverage and Stock Returns.
Eastern Finance Association (EFA), New Orleans, USA, 2007. Paper: Leverage and Stock Returns.
18th Australasian Banking and Finance Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2005. Paper: Using Firm Level Leverage as an Investment Strategy.
Asian Finance Association (FMA Asian), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2005. Paper: Using Firm Level Leverage as an Investment Strategy.
PhD supervision
Beverley Preddie - Completed
Sonila Malko- Completed
Amani Faraji-On-going
Journal refereeing
British Accounting Review
European Journal of Finance
Economic Inquiry
Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
Journal of Accounting and Taxation
International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation
Publications
For details of all my research outputs, visit my WestminsterResearch profile.