Professor Chris Brooks
BA, PhD
Expertise
Chris is focused on practical problem-solving and in particular the application of econometrics to issues in finance. He is also interested in financial decision-making and the historical precedents of current economic events.
Current positions
Professor of Finance
School of Accounting and Finance - Business School
Contact
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Biography
Chris has taught undergraduates, postgraduates and executives, and has supervised more than 25 PhD students through to successful completion. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy but is probably best known as author of the first introductory-level econometrics textbook targeted at finance students, “Introductory Econometrics for Finance“ (2019, Cambridge University Press), which is now in its fourth edition and has now sold over 70,000 copies worldwide.
Research interests
Chris has wide research interests spanning accounting, finance, economics, statistics and human behaviour. The topics he has written on include asset pricing, fund management, risk management, behavioural finance, financial history, and econometric analysis and modelling in finance and real estate.
Publications
Recent publications
13/03/2024CEO overcaution and capital structure choices
Financial Review
Are English football players overvalued?
Applied Economics
Do you follow your head or your heart?
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
People are people: A comparative analysis of risk attitudes across Europe
International Journal of Finance and Economics
Explaining abnormal returns in stock markets
International Review of Financial Analysis