Dr Anton Miglo
- Lecturer in Finance (Accounting & Finance)
Biography
Dr Miglo is Lecturer in Finance in Adam Smith Business School (Accounting & Finance) and PG FinTech Dissertations/Projects lead. He completed his PhD in 2005 researching financing strategies, capital structure theory and management. Prior to working in academia, Dr Miglo worked at several European banks reaching the position of Head of the Department of Securities. His job functions included investments, trading stocks and organising the issues of securities. Since 2004, Dr Miglo has been working full time in academia. His research interests are focused on fintech, crowdfunding, entrepreneurial finance, financial economics, corporate finance and capital structure management. He has published both theoretical and empirical papers. In 2016, he published a book with Palgrave MacMillan/Springer about capital structure theory and management. He has published an article about crowdfunding in Small Business Economics journal (3* on ABS and Level A on ABDC). Dr Miglo is married and has a son. He enjoys reading and outdoor activities.
Research interests
Areas of expertise:
FinTech; Crowdfunding; Entrepreneurial Finance; Capital Structure Management; Initial Coin Offerings; Financial Education; Corporate Finance
Dr Miglo is interested in both theoretical and empirical research.
Current research projects:
(joint with Betty Wu, University of Glasgow, 2022-) Comparing Crowdfunding Success Factors in UK Cities
(joint with Amrish Patel, University of East Anglia, 2021-) Donation-based crowdfunding vs. traditional charity fundraising
Publications
Selected publications
Miglo, A. (2022) Crowdfunding and bank financing: substitutes or complements? Small Business Economics, 59(3), pp. 1115-1142. (doi: 10.1007/s11187-021-00571-9)
Miglo, A. and Miglo, V. (2019) Market imperfections and crowdfunding. Small Business Economics, 53(1), pp. 51-79. (doi: 10.1007/s11187-018-0037-1)
Miglo, A. , Lee, Z. and Liang, S. (2014) Capital structure of Internet companies: case study. Journal of Internet Commerce, 13(3-4), pp. 253-281. (doi: 10.1080/15332861.2014.961348)
Miglo, A. (2016) Capital Structure in the Modern World. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham. ISBN 9783319307121 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-30713-8)
Miglo, A. (2011) Trade-off, pecking order, signaling, and market timing models. In: Baker, H. K. and Martin, G. S. (eds.) Capital Structure and Corporate Financing Decisions: Theory, Evidence, and Practice. Series: Robert W. Kolb series in finance. Wiley: Hoboken, NJ, pp. 171-189. ISBN 9780470569528 (doi: 10.1002/9781118266250.ch10)
Miglo, A. (2017) Timing of earnings and capital structure. North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 40, pp. 1-15. (doi: 10.1016/j.najef.2017.01.001)
All publications
Teaching
Entrepreneurial Finance
International Financial Management
PG FinTech Dissertations/Projects
Financial Modelling
Professional activities & recognition
Selected international presentations
- 2022: Royal Economic Society Annual Meeting Section G27 Corporate Finance; https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/#/event/2363/program?session=33150&s=1400 (On-line; https://www.res.org.uk/event-listing/res-2022-annual-conference.html)
- 2021: British Accounting and Finance Association Annual Meeting; (On-line; https://bafa.ac.uk/events/events-past/annual-conference-with-doctoral-masterclasses-2021.html)
- 2019: British Accounting and Finance Association Annual Meeting; Section Corporate Finance and Asset Pricing (University of Birmingham; Birmingham)
- 2018: Royal Economic Society Annual Meeting (University of Sussex; Brighton)
- 2009: American Finance Association Annual Meeting (San Francisco)