Staff profile

Rataporn's main interests lie in corporate finance and corporate governance, specialising in capital structure and debt maturity structure decisions. She joined the School in February 2007 after completing her MSc and PhD at Durham.

Rataporn Deesomsak and Dr Frankie Chau's paper titled "The Determinants of Working Capital Management: Evidence from Thailand" won the best paper award at the World Business Economics and Finance conference hosted by World Business Institute in Bangkok in September 2011.

Mini Biography

Rataporn's main interests lie in corporate finance and corporate governance, specialising in capital structure and debt maturity structure decisions. She joined the School in February 2007 after completing her MSc and PhD at Durham.

• Corporate finance
• Corporate governance
• International finance
• Behavioural finance

Chapter in book

• Chau, F., & Deesomsak, R. (2018). Volatility Transmission across Commodity Futures Markets. In H. K. Baker, G. Filbeck, & J. H. Harris (Eds.), Commodities : markets, performance, and strategies (331-350). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190656010.003.0018

Journal Article

• Chau, F., Deesomsak, R., & Koutmos, D. (2016). Does investor sentiment really matter?. International Review of Financial Analysis, 48, 221-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2016.10.003
• Chau, F., & Deesomsak, R. (2015). Business cycle variation in positive feedback trading : evidence from the G-7 economies. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 35, 147-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2014.12.003
• Chau, F., & Deesomsak, R. (2014). Does Linkage Fuel the Fire? The Transmission of Financial Stress across the Markets. International Review of Financial Analysis, 36, 57-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2014.02.005
• Chau, F., Deesomsak, R., & Wang, J. (2014). Political Uncertainty and Stock Market Volatility in the Middle East and North African (MENA) Countries. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 28, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2013.10.008
• Chau, F., Deesomsak, R., & Lau, M. (2011). Investor Sentiment and Feedback Trading: Evidence from the Exchange-Traded Fund Markets. International Review of Financial Analysis, 20(5), 292-305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2011.06.006
• Deesomsak, R., Paudyal, K., & Pescetto, G. (2009). Debt maturity structure and the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Journal of Multinational Financial Management, 19(1), 26-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mulfin.2008.03.001
• Deesomsak, R., Paudyal, K., & Pescetto, G. (2004). The Determinants of Capital Structure: Evidence from the Asia Pacific Region. Journal of Multinational Financial Management, 14(4-5), 387-405

Working Paper

• Deesomsak, R., Paudyal, K., & Pescetto, G. (2007). Debt maturity structure and the 1997 Asian financial crisis