Alessandra Guariglia

Alessandra Guariglia

The Department of Economics
Professor of Financial Economics
Director of PhD Studies - Department of Economics

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 8312
Email
a.guariglia@bham.ac.uk
Address
Department of Economics
Birmingham Business School
University House
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Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Alessandra Guariglia is Professor of Financial Economics at Birmingham Business School at the University 麻豆精选. Her research interests include the links between macroeconomic activity and finance; Firm behavior under imperfect capital markets; Economics of transition in China; Household saving and consumption decisions; Health economics.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Economics), May 1995, Boston University.
  • Master of Arts in Political Economy, January 1993, Boston University.
  • Laurea in Economia e Commercio, magna cum laude, July 1988, Università degli Studi di Roma, “La Sapienza”.

Teaching

Advanced Research Methods (PhD), China and the World Economy (second year undergraduate)

Postgraduate supervision

Alessandra Guariglia's research and supervision interests include:

How can Chinese firms experience extremely high growth rates, in spite of the malfunctioning of the Chinese financial system?
Is there evidence of investment misallocation in China owing to the inadequacy of the Chinese financial system?
Is there evidence of 'overinvestment' in China, thus threatening the Chinese economy? If so, which firms' characteristics are likely to be associated with this behaviour?
Is there evidence of rapid and dramatic structural changes in the industrial sector in China, with considerable divestment as well as heavy investment, and how can this be explained?
How does investment in social capital affect the financing decisions of Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)?
How does investment irreversibility affect the relationship between investment and cash flow?
Does the way in which investment opportunities are measured affect the investment-cash flow sensitivities for unlisted SMEs?

Other activities

  • Member of REF sub-panel 16: Economics and Econometrics
  • Member of REF sub-panel 17: Business & Management Studies
  • Member of the Council of the Royal Economic Society
  • Member of the Royal Economic Society Publications Committee
  • Member of the Royal Economic Society Education and Training Committee
  • Resource person at the African Economic Research Consortium

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Tian, L, Guariglia, A & Horsewood, N 2024, '', The Review of Income and Wealth.

Zhang, Y & Guariglia, A 2024, '', Journal of Demographic Economics.

Fernandes, FDS, Guariglia, A, Kontonikas, A & Tsoukas, S 2024, '', International Journal of Finance and Economics.

Zemedikun, DT, Kigozi, J, Wynne-Jones, G, Guariglia, A, Nirantharakumar, K, Marshall, T & Roberts, T 2023, '', British Journal of Pain.

Bongiovanni, A, De vincentiis, P, Guariglia, A, Isaia, E & Rossi, M 2022, '', British Journal of Management, vol. 2022, pp. 1-18.

Yang, J, Guariglia, A, Peng, Y & Shi, Y 2022, '', Journal of Corporate Finance, vol. 74, 102139.

Guariglia, A, Monahan, M, Pickering, K & Roberts, T 2021, '', Social Science and Medicine, vol. 276, 113665.

Wang, H, Zhang, D, Guariglia, A & Fang, G-Z 2021, '', Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, vol. 66, 101459.

Ding, S, Guariglia, A, Knight, J & Yang, J 2021, '', Economic Development and Cultural Change, vol. 69, no. 4, pp. 1411-1449.

Hall, J, Guariglia, A, Kigozi, J & Goranitis, I 2021, '', Economics and Human Biology, vol. 41, 100980.

Yang, S, Guariglia, A & Horsewood, N 2020, '', Journal of Housing and the Built Environment.

Yang, J, Guariglia, A & Guo, J 2019, '', Journal of Corporate Finance, vol. 54, pp. 128-152.

Guariglia, A & Yang, J 2018, '', European Journal of Finance, vol. 24, no. 16, pp. 1428-1452.

Review article

Guan, N, Guariglia, A, Moore, P, Xu, F & Al-janabi, H 2022, '', PLOS One, vol. 17, no. 2, e0264041.

Zemedikun, D, Kigozi, J, Wynne-Jones, G, Guariglia, A & Roberts, T 2021, '', PLOS One, vol. 16, no. 5, e0251406.