Tim Kooijmans

I am a lecturer in finance at RMIT, School of Economics Finance and Marketing. 

My primary research interests are in financial intermediation and corporate finance. In particular, I am interested in how economic decisions of intermediaries are determined by their personal characteristics and experiences, as well as external considerations, such as legal risks and reputation. In empirical work I like to find understudied (historical) settings that have features particularly useful to shed light on these issues. 

I am also interested in the role that financial intermediaries and finance have played historically in shaping our world. For example, my research shows how credit and financial innovation (mortgage-backed securities) were key for Dutch intermediaries in the 18th-century to channel funds to Caribbean plantations. I investigate how these instruments affected imports of enslaved people, and living conditions of those on the plantations.

I have presented my work at leading conferences, such as the AFA, the SFS Cavalcade and the CICF. My work has been published in the Journal of Financial Markets and the Journal of Economic History. 

I earned a Master Degree in Economic History at the University of Amsterdam, and a PhD in Finance at Monash University (2020).

E: tim.kooijmans@rmit.edu.au