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Dr. Elaine Laing

Assistant Professor (Trinity Business School)
ARAS AN PHIARSAIGH

 elaing@tcd.ie

 3531896 4981


Biography

Dr. Laing obtained her Ph.D. degree from University College Dublin, Ireland, examining the foreign exchange exposure, multinationality and corporate governance of U.S firms. Whilst completing her doctorate, she was a visiting scholar in the HEC, Paris. Her principle research interests have focused on risk management, international finance and corporate governance. Elaine has been awarded several competitive grants for her research including the grant scheme from the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ). She has recently returned from Australia where she was a lecturer in finance at the Department of Economics and Finance, Curtin University. Previously, Elaine worked in Ireland, Hong Kong and Singapore lecturing courses including international financial management, corporate financial management, mergers and acquisitions, financial principles and analysis, capital markets and investments, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. She has participated and presented her research in a number of international conferences including the International Finance and Banking Society, Asian Finance Association (AsianFA), Australasian Banking and Finance, Financial Markets and Corporate Governance, Academy of International Business, Global Finance Academy, Universitas 21 and INFINITI Conference.

Research Tags

  Corporate finance   Corporate governance   Foreign exchange rate exposure   International business   Sustainable Finance
Han, Xu., Laing, Elaine., Lucey, Brian M., Vigne, Samuel., Corporate commodity exposure: A multi-country longitudinal study, Journal of Commodity Markets, 2023, p100329-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Elaine Laing, Andre Van Stel and David Storey, Formal and Informal Entrepreneurship: A Cross-country Policy Perspective, Small Business Economics, 59, (3), 2022, p807 - 826, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Hege, U., Hutson, E., and Laing E., Mandatory Governance Reform and Corporate Risk Management , Journal of Corporate Finance, 68, 2021, p101935-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Hue Hwa Au Yong and Elaine Laing, Stock Market Reaction to COVID-19, Evidence from U.S. Firms' International Exposure, International Review of Financial Analysis, 76, 2021, p101656-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Laing, E, Lucey, B. and Vigne, S., Determinants of Corporate Commodity Exposure: International Evidence, Commodity Markets Winter Workshop , Canada, 2020, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Elaine Laing and Brian M. Lucey and Tobias Lutkemeyer, Which form of hedging matters - Operational or financial? Evidence from the US oil and gas sector, Research in International Business and Finance, (51), 2020, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Huw Hwa, A, Y and Laing E., Firm-level foreign exchange exposure, product market competition, and operational hedging. , INFINITI Conference on International Finance , Glasgow, 2019, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Elaine Laing⁠, Constantin Gurdgiev⁠, Robert B. Durand⁠, Boris Boermans, U.S. tax inversions and shareholder wealth effects, International Review of Financial Analysis, 62, 2019, p35 - 52, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Elaine Hutson, Elaine Laing and Min Ye, Mutual fund ownership and foreign exchange risk in Chinese firms, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 60, 2019, p169 - 192, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Laing, E, Lucey, B. and Luetkemeyer, T., Which form of hedging matters - Evidence from the Oil and Gas Industry, 10th Portuguese Finance Conference , Portugal, 2018, Notes: [Conference Session Chair ], Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
  

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Elaine Laing, Constantin Gurdgiev, Robert B. Durand, Boris Boermans,, How U.S. Tax Inversions Affect Shareholder Wealth, Columbia Law School's blog on Corporations and Capital Markets, 2019, Review Article, PUBLISHED
Laing., E., Hedging your bets: how SMEs can manage currency risk. , The Irish Times Newspaper, 2018, Review, PUBLISHED
Author: Arthur Beesley Commentary Contribution: Elaine Laing., Crunch time for Irish tycoon on key investments., The Financial Times Newspaper, 2018, Review Article, PUBLISHED
Laing, E., Shareholders can learn about company risk from Volkswagen scandal., Sunday Independent Newspaper. , 2016, Review, PUBLISHED
Hutson, E. and Laing, E, Foreign exchange exposure and Multinationality, Michael Smurfit Graduate Research Symposium , Ireland , 2010, Conference Paper, PRESENTED
Hutson, E. and Laing, E, Firm-Level Corporate Governance Features and the Foreign Exchange Exposure of US Corporations, Fourth Corporate Governance Doctoral Symposium, Ireland , 2010, Conference Paper, PRESENTED

  

Awards and Honours

Award Date
Research Excellence Award, Trinity Business School 2021
Performance Excellence Award, Trinity Business School 2021
Arts and Social Sciences Benefactions Fund 2020
Teaching Excellence Award, Trinity Business School 2017
Arts and Social Sciences Benefactions Fund 2019
Arts and Social Sciences Benefactions Fund 2018
Arts and Social Sciences Benefactions Fund 2017
AFAANZ Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Research Grant 2013
CBS School of Economics and Finance Research Grant Scheme 2013
Scholarship for HEC Paris Research Study Programme 2011
CBS Journal publication Support Grant 2013
Teaching Excellence Award 2022