Girardone, C., Hamill, P., and J. Wilson (Forthcoming) Contemporary Issues in Financial Institutions and Markets, Editorial, European Journal of Finance.

Hamill, P., and Wasim Al-Shattarat (Forthcoming) ‘What Determines the Dividend Payout Ratio for Jordanian Industrial Firms?, Journal of Emerging Markets Finance.
Hamill, P., Ward, A.M. and Wylie, J., (2011), ‘Stronger Boards: Are Women the Answer?’, Accountancy Ireland, 43(5), 26-29. Rpt. In Hamill, P., Ward, A.M. & Wylie, J., 2011, Global Accounting Alliance, October, 4(5), 27-30.
Hamill, P., Ward, A.M. and Wylie, J., (2011), 'Corporate Governance: Agency and Executive Compensation', Accountancy Ireland, 43(2), 68-70. Rpt. In Hamill, P., Ward, A.M. & Wylie, J., 2011, Global Accounting Alliance, 4(2), 22-24.
Hamill, P.A., Ward, A.M. and Wylie, J., (2010), '2010 sees New Dawn for Corporate Governance Policy in the UK and Ireland', Accountancy Ireland, 42(6), 56-59.

Li, Y., Hamill, P and K. Opong (2010)‘Do Benchmark African Equity Indices exhibit the stylized facts? , Global Finance Journal, 21 (2), pp. 71-97.

Pei, D. P. Hamill & K. Opong (2010) ‘An Analysis of Quasi-Qualification, Modified Auditor Opinions and Special Treatment Status on China’s Shenzhen Market, Applied Economics Letters. 17, pp. 1265-1271.

He X-Z, , Hamill P and Li Y (2008) ‘Can Trend Followers Survive in the Long-Run? Insights from Agent-Based Modeling’, in Natural Computing in Computational Finance, Brabazon A. and O'Neill M. (eds), Springer, Berlin.

Hamill, P., P. McGregor and S. Rasaratnam (2007) ‘A Temporal Analysis of Non-Executive Director Appointments to FTSE 350 Firms: 1990-2000’, Managerial Finance. Vol. 32. No.6 . pp. 537-552.

Hamill, P., P McIlkenny and K. Opong (2002) ‘Directors’ Share Dealings and Company Financial Performance’, Journal of Management and Governance, Volume 6 No 3, pp. 215-234.

Hamill, P. K. Opong and P McGregor ‘Equity Option Listing: A Comparison of Event Study Methodologies’, Journal of Empirical Finance, 9, p91-108, 2002.

McCaffrey, K. & Hamill, P., (2000) Dividend Initiation Announcements Effects in Initial Public Offerings, Applied Financial Economics, 10, pp. 533-542.

Hamill, P., Opong, K. K., & Sprevak, D., (2000) The Behaviour of the Irish ISEQ Index: Some New Empirical Tests, Applied Financial Economics, 10, pp. 693-700.

Work-In-Progress

‘What Influences Outside Director Appointments when Ownership is Concentrated?’, with Hsin-I Chou (La Trobe University)

‘Do Outside Directors Affect Long-Run Performance?’, with Hsin-I Chou (La Trobe University)

‘Opening the Box: An Analysis of FTSE 100 Membership Changes from a Microstructure Perspective’, with Andrey Zholos (Queen’s University)

An Analysis of the Determinants of Dividend Payments by Jordanian Firms Evidence' with Wasim Al-Shattarat (Hashemite University)

‘US Food and Drug Administration Regulatory Approval notices, Firm Value and Insider Trading: The case of U.K. Listed Pharmaceutical Companies’, with Kwaku K. Opong (Glasgow University)

Doctoral supervision

Wasim Al-Shattarat 'An Analysis of the Determinants and Inter-temporal Behaviour of Dividend Payments in Jordan'. (Completed 2006).

Hsin-I Chou. 'An Analysis of Independent Board Member Appointments and Firm Performance in Taiwan' (Completed 2007).

Syamarlah Rasaratnam. 'An Inter-temporal and Cross-sectional Analysis of Shareholder Wealth Effects Surrounding Non-executive Director Appointments in the UK'. (Expected completion 2008).

Jie Wen, 'An Analysis of the Market Reaction, Determinants and Long-Run Performance of Joint Ventures in the UK' (Expected Completion 2011).

External Activities

External examiner UCD from 2006

External assessor Institute of Bankers in Ireland

Consultant to Bank of Ireland Asset Management 2005 - 2006

Scientific committee 2nd European workshop on evolutionary computational finance and economics Naples, Italy, 11-13 March 2008.

Member of organising committee for the British Accounting Association Financial Institutions and Markets Special Interest Group:

University of Ulster representative on the Department of Employment and Learning’s ‘Future Skills Action Group for Financial Services’.

Previous Positions:

Professor of Finance and Investment

University of Ulster

From July 2007

Lecturer in Finance

Queen's University

2006 - 2007

Financial Analyst

Setanta Asset Management, Dublin

2005 - 2006

Lecturer in Finance

Queen's University

2002 - 2005

Lecturer in Finance

University of Ulster

1998 - 2002

Research Assistant

Economic & Social Research Institute, Dublin.

1992 - 1993

Email: pa.hamill@ulster.ac.uk

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