Staff profile

Rataporn Deesomsak is an Associated Professor in Finance at Durham University Business School. She has served on a number of committes responsible for the development of the School's education and research strategies. She is a core member of the Centre for Quantitative Research in Financial Economics (QRFE) research group. 

Rataporn's main research interests lie in corporate finance, corporate governance, behavioural finance and AI and data science. Her research has appeared in International Review of Financial Analysis, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, and other journals in finance and accounting field.

 

Mini Biography

Rataporn Deesomsak is an Associated Professor in Finance at Durham University Business School. She has served on a number of committes responsible for the development of the School's education and research strategies. She is a core member of the Centre for Quantitative Research in Financial Economics (QRFE) research group. 

• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Governance
• Behavioural Finance

Chapter in book

• Chau, F., & Deesomsak, R. (2018). Volatility Transmission across Commodity Futures Markets. In H. K. Baker, G. Filbeck, & J. H. Harris (Eds.), Commodities : markets, performance, and strategies (331-350). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190656010.003.0018

Journal Article

• Chau, F., Deesomsak, R., & Shaikh, R. (in press). Does Fed communication affect uncertainty and risk aversion?. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting,
• Chau, F., Deesomsak, R., & Koutmos, D. (2016). Does investor sentiment really matter?. International Review of Financial Analysis, 48, 221-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2016.10.003
• Chau, F., & Deesomsak, R. (2015). Business cycle variation in positive feedback trading : evidence from the G-7 economies. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 35, 147-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2014.12.003
• Chau, F., & Deesomsak, R. (2014). Does Linkage Fuel the Fire? The Transmission of Financial Stress across the Markets. International Review of Financial Analysis, 36, 57-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2014.02.005
• Chau, F., Deesomsak, R., & Wang, J. (2014). Political Uncertainty and Stock Market Volatility in the Middle East and North African (MENA) Countries. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 28, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2013.10.008
• Chau, F., Deesomsak, R., & Lau, M. (2011). Investor Sentiment and Feedback Trading: Evidence from the Exchange-Traded Fund Markets. International Review of Financial Analysis, 20(5), 292-305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2011.06.006
• Deesomsak, R., Paudyal, K., & Pescetto, G. (2009). Debt maturity structure and the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Journal of Multinational Financial Management, 19(1), 26-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mulfin.2008.03.001
• Deesomsak, R., Paudyal, K., & Pescetto, G. (2004). The Determinants of Capital Structure: Evidence from the Asia Pacific Region. Journal of Multinational Financial Management, 14(4-5), 387-405

Working Paper

• Deesomsak, R., Paudyal, K., & Pescetto, G. (2007). Debt maturity structure and the 1997 Asian financial crisis