Dr Danial Hemmings

Profile

Lecturer in Finance

Danial Hemmings joined Bangor Business School in January 2015 as a Lecturer in Finance. His current research interests focus on the impact of corporate communication choices on investors’ perceptions of value and credibility of management. His PhD examined the effects of stock hyping on firms’ market values prior to follow-on equity offerings. In particular, Danial utilizes computer assisted text analysis techniques to examine the information content of corporate narrative disclosures, as well as their potential behavioural consequences. For example, a current Bangor Business School research project in which Danial is involved finds that investors are more likely to endorse excessive CEO pay when compensation disclosures are easier to read and process.

Qualifications

PhD in Accounting and Finance, Bangor University

MSc in Accounting and Finance

BSc in Accounting and Finance

Roles within Bangor Business School

• Head of 1st Year for BBS
• Lecturer in Finance
• Personal tutor

Teaching

Undergraduate Teaching

ASB-1115 Financial Mathematics / ADB-1115 Mathemateg Cyllidol

ASB-2202 Finance

ASB-3309 Behavioural Finance

Supervision of undergraduate research projects

Postgraduate Teaching

ASB-4433 Behavioural Finance Theory and Practice

ASB-4907 Accounting Dissertation

ASB-4932 Foundation in Social Research

Supervision of postgraduate research projects

PhD Supervision

Ngoc Khanh Vy Tran (2017 to present) - SEC reviews and information quality of IPO prospectuses

Mahmoud Abdelkader Ali Abdelrahman (2018 to present) - Ownership structure, financial reporting quality, and corporations' use of tax havens

Working Papers

“Does ‘puffery’ matter? Positive framing and market conditioning prior to SEOs”.

 “Real earnings management in European private and public firms”, Co-authors: Jingwen Yang, Aziz Jaafar and Richard Jackson.

 “Market timing when issuers cannot afford to wait? The relationship between overpricing and capital needs for UK seasoned issuers”, Co-authors: Lynn Hodgkinson and Qingwei Wang.

I am willing to supervise strong applicants at PhD level, in particular in the following research areas: Corporate Finance, including traditional and non-traditional equity issuance; Applications of Financial Technology (FinTech) to Corporate Finance (e.g., Crowdfunding); Corporate Governance, including executive remuneration; Financial and non-financial Corporate Disclosure; Information intermediaries in financial markets (e.g., financial press, micro-blogs). I will also consider proposals on related topics on a case-by-case basis.

2020

• E-pub ahead of printIt’s OK to pay well, if you write well: The effects of remuneration disclosure readability
  Hemmings, D., Hodgkinson, L. & Williams, G., 9 Jan 2020, In : Journal of Business Finance and Accounting.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2018

• PublishedHeterogeneous effects of the SEC's Securities Offering Reform
  Hemmings, D., Hodgkinson, L. & Wang, Q., 30 Sep 2018, In : Economics Letters. 170, p. 131-135
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2017

• PublishedExplaining Communication Choices during Equity Offerings: Market Timing or Impression Management?
  Hemmings, D., Brennan, N. M. & Merkl-Davies, D. M., Nov 2017, Handbook of Investor Relations and Financial Communications. Laskin, A. (ed.). Wiley
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2018

• Invited research seminar at Newcastle University Business School

  Jan 2018

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2017

• Invited research seminar at Warwick Business School

  Mar 2017

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2016

• Invited research seminar at SKEMA Business School, Lille, France

  Sep 2016

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

Other Activites

• Associate editor for Journal of Risk Finance.
• Ad hoc reviewer for European Journal of Finance, Accounting and Business Research, British Accounting Review, and Journal of Business Ethics.