Andrew Wood

Andrew Wood is a Professor of Accounting and Financial Management at the University of Portsmouth's School of Accounting, Economics and Finance within the Faculty of Business & Law. He previously held roles at the University of Essex (16 years) and London Guildhall University (8 years), with prior professional experience in government roles including the National Economic Development Office and the House of Commons.

Education:

• PhD in Investment, Capacity Choice, and Firm Interactions (Imperial College London, 2000)
• MSc in Economics (Birkbeck University of London, 1991)
• BA (Hons) in Economics (London Metropolitan University, 1989)

Research focuses on behavioral finance, market mechanisms, and financial decision-making. He examines how markets function in practice, including corporate financial strategies, investment behavior, and policy impacts. His work explores lumpy capacity decisions, professional investor behavior, and household financial choices.

Recent articles address diverse student performance trajectories, credit default swaps regulation, central bank transparency effects, exchange rate exposure, and expectations hypothesis validity. His research bridges theoretical frameworks with real-world financial phenomena.

He leads PhD supervision in behavioral finance and empirical finance. Collaborated on a FEBS International Conference 2022 project. No awards listed but maintains active research output across finance and economics.