Danika Wright PhD, CFA
Assistant Professor (Senior Lecturer) of Finance
The University of Sydney
Email: danika.wright [at] sydney.edu.au
I work as an Assistant Professor (Senior Lecturer) in the Discipline of Finance at The University of Sydney, Australia. My research interest is in Empirical Corporate Finance. I have previously worked on projects involving real estate markets and investor behavior.
Recent publications
"Home advantage: The preference for local residential real estate investment", with Maria Yanotti, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, forthcoming.
"Are paper winners gamblers? Evidence from Australian retail investors", with Alex Frino and Grace Lepone, Accounting and Finance, forthcoming.
"Wealth transfer, signaling and leverage in M&A", with Jiri Svec and Ben Murray, 2017, International Review of Financial Analysis 52, 203-212.
"Investor characteristics and the disposition effect", with Alex Frino and Grace Lepone, 2015, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal 31, 1-12.
Working papers
"The acquisition decision of IPO firms", with Attila Balogh and Usha Creedy.
"Lottery-seeking behavior and property price bubbles", with Robert Durand.
Work in progress
"Understanding earnouts"
"Contingent valuation in M&A", with Attila Balogh
"Shareholder litigation and product market spillover", with Angelo Aspris
Teaching
Mergers and Acquisitions (undergraduate / graduate)
Capital Markets and Corporate Finance (graduate)
Investments and Portfolio Management (undergraduate)