Essex finance centre (EFiC)
Our research
Robust research with real-world impact
Our research expertise lies in the areas of banking, behavioural and corporate finance, and financial econometrics.
Our vision is to be at the forefront of the “next age” of finance and to focus on research that can harness the potential of technological innovation and digital disruption to transform financial services and support sustainable growth.
Grants
- Royal Bank of Scotland/NatWest £52.5K joint project "Cash vs Non-Cash Payment Methods: Attitudes and Intentions"
- 2021-22 Principal Investigator Claudia Girardone “Socially responsible banking: Weathering the COVID-19 storm” British Academy
- 2018-2021 Professor Robert Taylor, Economic and Social Research Council grant for "Investigating Structural Change in Predictive Regressions with Applications to Forecasting Stock Returns"
Research case studies
- Professor Neil Kellard has undertaken a research impact case study on Ensuring the economic stability of developing countries
Blogs by the Essex Finance Centre
Advancing Women in Banking and Finance
Dr Yiwei Li
29 October 2024
Bringing together world experts in banking and corporate finance
Merve Demirbas Ozbekler
04 November 2022
Introducing the new Dean of Essex Business School, Professor Claudia Girardone
Professor Claudia Girardone, Essex Business School
01 July 2022
Get in touch
Essex Business School
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ
Telephone:
01206 873333
