Professor Marina Eliza Spaliara
- Professor (Economics)
telephone:
01413307596
email:
Marina.Spaliara@glasgow.ac.uk
Room 663, Hewden Stewart Rooms, Main Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ
Biography
Marina holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Nottingham. Prior to joining the University of Glasgow in 2011, she was a lecturer in economics at Loughborough University. She is affiliated with Kiel Institute for the World Economy and the Centre for Private Equity and MBO Research (Nottingham University Business School)
Research interests
Marina is a member of the Finance research cluster.
Areas of expertise:
- Financial economics
- International economics
- Corporate Finance
- Firm performance
Marina's research is centred around the area of corporate finance with a particular focus on firms' real and financial decisions. Her recent research has looked at:
- the impact of bank shocks on firm performance
- the performance of bank-affiliated private equity-backed companies which experience an increase in bank capital requirements
- the link between corporate governance, access to finance and PE-backed firms' export market participation decisions.
Grants
- Covid-19 Impact Award (2021)
- Academic Returners Research Grant, (2015, 2018)
- Adam Smith Research Foundation (2014)
- SIRE (Scottish Institute for Research in Economics) Workshop Grant (2012)
- SIRE (Scottish Institute for Research in Economics) Conference Grants (2011, 2012)
- British Academic Research Grant (2011)
- Carnegie Trust Research Grant (2011)
- European Co-operation in Science and Technology Research Grants (2009, 2011)
- British Academy Research Grant (2010)
Supervision
Marina is interested in supervising PhD students in the wider area of corporate finance. The following topics are of particular interest:
- Trade and finance
- ESG/climate risks and firm-level performance
- Private equity, access to finance and portfolio firms
- Sources of funding, uncertainty and corporate behaviour
Current PhD students
- Song, Huihui
Essays in Finance and applied microeconomics
Teaching
Undergraduate
- Financial markets and corporate finance
- Financial markets and asset pricing
Postgraduate
- Corporate finance and investment
- Financial services
Additional information
Administration
- Associate Director of Learning and Teaching
- Director of the Centre for Economic and Financial Studies, Adam Smith Business School (Economics)