Rate My Professor Joshua Shemesh

Joshua Shemesh is a Senior Lecturer of Finance in the Department of Banking and Finance at Monash Business School, part of the Faculty of Business and Economics at Monash University, a role he has held since 2017. Previously, he served as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne. Shemesh earned his PhD in finance from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. His research specializes in behavioural finance, integrating psychological insights to examine their influence on economic and financial decisions. He particularly investigates the effects of social status concerns in corporate, household, and analyst contexts. Broader academic interests include market efficiency, shareholder activism, and crowdfunding. Shemesh's scholarship has been published in leading journals such as the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Corporate Finance, and the Journal of Empirical Finance, contributing significantly to the understanding of behavioural dynamics in finance.

Key publications include 'Holistic bidding strategies: addressing target shareholders’ behavioral resistance in M&As' in Finance Research Letters (2025, with Lauterbach, Loriot, Mugerman); 'Can existing corporate finance theories explain security offerings during the COVID-19 pandemic?' in Journal of Empirical Finance (2024, with Dutordoir, Veld, Wang); 'Prospect theory in M&A: do historical purchase prices affect merger offer premiums and announcement returns?' in Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance (2024, with Lauterbach, Mugerman); 'The value impact of climate and non-climate environmental shareholder proposals' in Journal of Corporate Finance (2024, with Berkman, Jona, Lodge); and 'Underlying risk preferences and analyst risk-taking behavior' in Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (2020, with Cleary, Jona, Lee). Shemesh also engages in teaching as Course Coordinator for the Bachelor of Business and Chief Examiner for BFF2140 Business Finance. His research profile further highlights expertise in empirical corporate finance and analyst behavior.