Professor Shantanu Banerjee

Personal Statement

Shantanu Banerjee is a Professor in the Accounting and Finance department of the University of Liverpool. His research interests encompass Corporate Finance issues and their interaction with Accounting regulations and practices. His work has contributed to the debates on the investment decision of firms, financing choice, financial misconduct, product market strategy, IPO, bankruptcy, executive compensation, sustainability in business and corporate social responsibility.

His work has been published in journals such as the Journal of Finance, Journal of Accounting Research, Review of Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, European Journal of Operational Research and Journal of Business Ethics. He is an editor of the Journal of Business Finance and Accounting and is member of the scientific committees of several academic organisations. His doctoral degree in Finance is from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He studied Economics before that and has an MPhil degree in Economics from Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India.