Joakim Westerholm
MScEcon PhD Swedish Sch. Econ (Finland)
Senior Lecturer
Room 409
H69 - Economics and Business Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
| Telephone | +61 2 9351 6454 |
| Fax | +61 2 9351 6461 |
| joakim.westerholm@sydney.edu.au | |
| Curriculum vitae | Curriculum vitae |
Bio
P. Joakim Westerholm's teaching and research interests are in the areas of security market microstructure, behavioral finance and mergers and acquisitions.
Joakim's publications include a doctoral dissertation, research articles in Journal of Finance, Journal of Trading, Australian Journal of Management, International Review of Finance and the Finnish Journal of Business Economics and a book section published by L. Stern School of Business at New York University and Elsevier Science. Joakim's research articles in market microstructure and behavioural finance have been accepted for presentation at top Finance conferences such as the Western Finance Association Meeting (WFA), the European Finance Association (EFA) and the Financial Management Association International Meetings in USA and Europe, and have also been presented at specialist conferences in Market Microstructure. Joakim received best paper award at the Behavioral Finance and Capital Markets Conference, Adelaide, 2011, and the Conference on the Theories and Practices of Securities and Financial Markets, Taiwan, 2011, and the award for best paper of 2007 in Australian Journal of Management. He was also awarded the SIRCA Research Excellence Award at the Australian Banking and Finance Conference in 2003 and 2004.
Joakim has a PhD in Finance from the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration (Hanken), in Helsinki, Finland. Joakim has 9 years industry experience in broking, dealing and funds management.
Research Expertise
- Information economics
- Initial public offerings (IPOs)
- International securities markets
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Securities market microstructure
- Asset Pricing
Recent Units Taught
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2012: Semester 1, 2011: Semester 1,
FINC5001 Capital Markets and Corporate Finance
2013: Semester 1,
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2011: Semester 2,
FINC6017 Mergers and Acquisitions
2013: Semester 1, 2011: Semester 1,