Dr Isaac Tabner

Senior Lecturer in Finance

Accounting & Finance University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Dr Isaac Tabner

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About me

About me

My aim is to help households and individuals make better financial decisions that lead to better financial and environmental wellbeing.

I have been interested in financial markets since the BT3 privatization in 1993 and my research and teaching are tempered by practical experience as a private investor during the varying financial conditions since then.

I was awarded the Diploma in Financial Planning (DipPFS) in 2010, the CFA designation in 2003, the ASIP in 2002 and the IMC in 1998. My PhD thesis titled "The relationship between concentration and realised volatility: an empirical investigation of the FTSE 100 Index January 1984 through March 2003" was completed at the University of Stirling in 2004 and in 1999 I was awarded the MSc with distinction in investment analysis from the University of Stirling. I have been at the University of Stirling since September 1998. I was appointed as a lecturer in finance in September 2003. Prior to this, I was a PhD student, teaching assistant, research assistant and MSc student. Before studying finance and investment, I worked as a marine biologist in Canada, after graduating with an upper second in marine and environmental biology from the University of Saint Andrews.

Research

Household finance research that enables individuals and households to achieve a better quality of life by incorporating good financial decision making into every aspect of their life. For example, choices relating to, housing, transport, education, borrowing, and saving. My research explores how these choices interact with financial and other aspects of wellbeing.

Prior research activity has spanned the following areas:

• Personal Financial Planning • House prices and household finance • Environmental economics, finance and investing • Corporate finance and corporate governance • Reporting behaviour of small firms • Stock index concentration and volatility • Diversification within equity indices • Asset pricing and valuation.

Outputs (40)

Outputs

Lecture

Tabner I (2010) Presentation (Presentation) The 8th NTU International Conference on Economics, Finance and Accounting: "Bank Regulation and Financial Development": National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 21-23 June 2010, Taipei, Taiwan, 21.06.2010-23.06.2010.


Conference Paper (unpublished)

Tabner I (2009) Presentation. 7th International Conference on Corporate Governance: "Corporate Governance: Managing Risk in a Changing World", 29th June 2009, Birmingham Business School, Birmingham, UK, 29.06.2009-29.06.2009.


Lecture

Tabner I (2008) Presentation (Presentation) 2008 Academy of Financial Services Conference, 3rd October 2008 - Boston, Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, 03.10.2008-03.10.2008.


Lecture

Tabner I (2008) Presentation (Presentation) British Accounting Association (BAA) Scottish Area Group Annual Conference; 11th September 2008, Glasgow, UK, Glasgow, UK, 11.09.2008-11.09.2008.


Book Chapter

Tabner I (2007) Risk Takers. In: Darity W (ed.) International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. USA: Macmillan Reference USA / Gale, Cengage Learning, pp. 254-255. http://www.associationsunlimited.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=000&titleCode=&cf=&type=&id=194787


Lecture

Tabner I (2007) Presentation (Presentation) 2007 Property group at Aberdeen University Business School, 26th October 2007 - Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK, 26.10.2007-26.10.2007.


Lecture

Tabner I (2007) Presentation (Presentation) British Accounting Association (BAA) Scottish Area Group Annual Conference; 11th September 2007, Aberdeen, UK, Aberdeen, UK, 11.09.2007-11.09.2007.


Lecture

Tabner I (2006) In defense of capitalization weights (Presentation) Xfi Conference on Fund Management, Xfi Centre for Finance & Investment, University of Exeter, 15th December 2006, Exeter, UK, 15.12.2006-15.12.2006.


Conference Paper (unpublished)

Tabner I (2006) Presentation. British Accounting Association (BAA) Scottish Area Group Annual Conference; 4th September 2006, Glasgow, UK, Glasgow, UK, 04.09.2006-04.09.2006.


Conference Paper (unpublished)

Tabner I (2007) Presentation. 13th Annual Conference of the Multinational Finance Society, 25-27 June 2006, Edinburgh, UK, Edinburgh, UK, 25.06.2007-27.06.2007.