Rate My Professor Ayesha Scott

Scott's interdisciplinary research agenda spans empirical finance, financial econometrics, personal finance, violence against women, and financial abuse within intimate partnerships. She examines economic harm, healthy financial relationships, banking ethics, consumer vulnerability, and financial literacy/capability for vulnerable populations, addressing both individual welfare and macroeconomic implications. Her scholarship on KiwiSaver and personal finance has attracted media coverage in New Zealand outlets including the NZ Herald and stuff.co.nz. Key publications include "Financial Abuse in a Banking Context: Why and How Financial Institutions can Respond" (2023, cited 23 times); "Institutional Investor Distraction and Earnings Management" (2021, co-authored with Alexandre Garel, Jose Martin-Flores, and Arthur Petit-Romec); "Indigenous Investments: Are They Different? Lessons from Iwi" (2021, with Andre Poyser, cited 18 times); and contributions to multivariate volatility forecasting and recent work on climate risk, ESG ratings, and fund flows (2024). With over 360 citations on Google Scholar, Scott actively engages in public discourse through commentaries, presentations, and professional contributions on financial fitness and economic abuse awareness.