Dr Mark Aleksanyan
- Senior Lecturer (Accounting & Finance)
telephone: 01413303061
email: Mark.Aleksanyan@glasgow.ac.uk
Biography
Mark joined the University of Glasgow in September 2004, having previously worked as a lecturer in Leeds Metropolitan University Business School. He obtained his first degree in Mathematical Economics in 1997 from Yerevan State Institute of Economy. He obtained his postgraduate masters degree MPhil in International Finance in 2000, and received PhD in Accounting and Finance in 2004, both from the University of Glasgow. Throughout 1996-1999, prior to his academic career, he worked in Armenia, where he held various positions in a financial services firm, the Ministry of Finance and Economy and then the Government of Armenia. His main research interests concern the decision-making behaviour and practice of financial analysts and other financial market participants.
Research interests
Mark is a member of the Accounting research cluster.
Areas of expertise:
- Financial analysts
- Equity valuation models
- Empirical accounting
- Financial disclosures
Supervision
PhD supervision
Zhiwei Hao
Topic: Cross-border M&As and political visits
Co-supervisor: Dr Evangelos Vagenas-Nanos
Topic: Value relevance of financial disclosures by European insurance firms
Co-supervisor: Dr Yannis Tsalavoutas
Topic: Risk reporting in the UK banking sector
Co-supervisor: Dr Yannis Tsalavoutas
Topic: IPO and delisting decision-making in an emerging market context
Co-supervisor: Professor Danture Wickramasinghe
Topic: Cost stickiness
Co-supervisor: Dr Betty Wu
Topic: Patent characteristics as predictor of drug approval and stock returs in pharmaceutical firms
Co-supervisor: Dr Antonios Siganos
Teaching
Courses taught:
- International Financial Analysis (MBA)
- Financial Analysis & Equity Valuation (MSc)
- Financial Statement Analysis & Valuation (BSc Honours)
- PhD masterclass (selected topics)
Previously taught:
- International Corporate Finance (MSc)
- International Capital Markets (MSc)
Additional information
Working papers
- Inside the black-box of analysts' bounded rationality: a study of contexts that matter (with Subhash Abhayawansa)
- Fear and media coverage: The case of insider trading in takeover targets (with Betty Wu, Jo Danbolt, and Antonios Siganos)
- Analysts’ bias: optimism or obfuscation (with Nana Oiza Akubelem)
Research in progress
- Integrated reporting and accounting information quality (with Subhash Abhayawansa)
Refereeing (academic journals)
- Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal
- Accounting and Business Research
- European Management Journal
- Journal of Intellectual Capital
- Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research (on Editorial Board)
- Review of Business and Economics Studies (on Editorial Board)
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