Joakim Westerholm
MScEcon PhD Swedish Sch. Econ (Finland)
Senior Lecturer
J.Westerholm@econ.usyd.edu.au
Room 409
H69 - The Economics and Business Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
Phone: +61 2 9351 6454
Fax: +61 2 9351 6461
P. Joakim Westerholm's teaching and research interests are in the areas of security market microstructure and mergers and acquisitions.
Joakim's publications include a doctoral dissertation, research articles in 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 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