Dr David Morelli

Dr Morelli is a Senior Lecturer in Finance and Financial Management and is currently Chief Examiner for the postgraduate programmes; 

• MSc Financial Markets, 
• MSc International Banking and Finance
• MSc Finance Investment and Risk
• MSc Finance and Management

He also sits on the Kent Business School's Research Ethics Committee.

Dr Morelli has held various positions while at the Kent Business School including Programme Director, Undergraduate Admissions Officer and Head of Postgraduate Recruitment & Admission. Dr Morelli received his PhD from the University of East Anglia and his MSc in Finance from the University of Strathclyde.

Dr Morelli's research interests cover the behaviour of securities in the equity markets both in terms of returns and volatility, analysing potential determinants of security price movements, volatility in equity and commodity markets, testing various pricing models, along with researching into the integration of the global capital markets.
Dr Morelli has over the years published his work in a number of international journals including;

•  Journal of International Money and Finance
•  Journal of international Financial Markets Institutions and Money
• International Review of Financial Analysis; Journal of Financial Stability, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Dr Morelli has over the years presented much of his research at various international conferences.

Dr Morelli has taught Finance modules across both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including:

• Corporate Finance
• Business Finance
• Principles of Finance
• Fundamentals of Corporate Finance and Investment

Dr Morelli is currently teaching Investments and Portfolio Management along with Financial Regulation and Financial Crises on the MSc Finance Suite of programmes. 

Current supervisees

• Shashitha Jayakody: Political Corruption, Political Connections and Firm Financial Policies

Past Supervisees 

• Enoch Quaye: Volatility Relations in Stocks, Dividends, and Lifetime Income

• Davide Vioto: Modeling and Testing the Evolution of Systemic Risk and Herding Behavior in Financial Markets
• Ifelere Baale: Portfolio Optimisation
  
• Mattia Bevilacqua: Understanding Implied Market Volatility: Theoretical Developments and Applications from the Stock Market to the Alternative Assets
• Seyedmehdi Hosseini: Stock Market and Its Determinants: Three Empirical Studies

Academic member of Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER).