Dr Sheeja Sivaprasad
Department: Finance and Business Law (FBL), Westminster Business School
Position: Senior Lecturer in Accounting
Contact:
+44 (0)20 7911 5000
s.sivaprasad@westminster.ac.uk
Education
PhD in Finance, Cass Business School, London
MSc in Investment Management, Cass Business School, London
MCom India
BCom India
Biography
Dr Sheeja Sivaprasad joined WBS in 2008 as Senior Lecturer. She completed her MSc Investment Management at Cass Business School. She then attained her PhD in Finance from Cass Business School.
Teaching
Sheeja teaches on the undergraduate and postgraduate modules Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Financial Strategy, Valuation of Securities, Modern Portfolio Management and Research Methods.
Research
Sheeja's research interests lie in the area of coporate finance, asset pricing and capital structure, with her PhD thesis examining the value effects of capital structure of listed companies in the UK. Currently, she is working on capital structure issues in the UK and US as well as performance of pension funds in UK.
Publications
Journal articles
- Sivaprasad, S and Muradoglu, G (2011). Using Firm Leverage as an Investment Strategy. Journal of Forecasting, Forthcoming.
- Sivaprasad, S and Muradoglu, G (2011). Capital Structure and Abnormal Returns. International Business Review, Forthcoming.
Books, book chapters and reports
- Capital Structure and Returns in Robert W. Kolb (ed.), Capital structure and corporate financing decisions: theory, evidence, and practice (by invitation), John Wiley & Sons.
Conferences
- Adami R, Gough O, Muradoglu G and Sivaprasad S (2011). The Leverage Effect on Stock Returns. European Financial Management, Portugal.
- Muradoglu G and Sivaprasad S (2010). Using Firm Leverage as an Investment Strategy. European Financial Management, Denmark
- Adami R, Gough O, Muradoglu G and Sivaprasad S (2010). The Leverage Effect on Stock Returns. Oxford Business and Economics Conference (OBEC), Oxford.
- Muradoglu G and Sivaprasad (2009). An Empirical Test on Leverage and Stock Returns. European Financial Management, Italy.
- Muradoglu G and Sivaprasad (2009). An Empirical Test on Leverage and Stock Returns. Eastern Finance Association, Washington, USA.
- Muradoglu G and Sivaprasad (2009). An Empirical Test on Leverage and Stock Returns. Mid-West Finance Association, Chicago, USA.
