Article
Who Financed the Expansion of the Equity Market? Shareholder Clienteles in Victorian Britain
Acheson G, Campbell G & Turner JD (2017)
Business History, 59 (4), pp. 607-637.
Professor Graeme Acheson
Professor in Finance
Accounting & Finance University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
Contact details
- Email graeme.acheson@stir.ac.uk
- Telephone+44 (0)1786 467341
- ORCID
0000-0001-7531-2082
About me
Graeme Acheson joined the school as a Professor of Finance in 2013. Graeme's research applies contemporary econometric techniques to historical settings. Much of his work examines how the evolving legal environment in nineteenth century Great Britain impacted on investor behaviour and governance structures in early British companies. Addressing topics such as firm performance and banking crisis he has examined the impact of major financial events such as the failure of the City of Glasgow Bank in 1878. His current work focuses on establishing the level of corporate diffusion in nineteenth century Britain in an attempt to better understand whether the structure and nature of corporate ownership ultimately affects corporate performance.
Award
2010 Leverhulme Trust (£78,833). Corporate Ownership and Control in Nineteenth-Century Britain ( with J. Turner & G. Campbell - QUB).
2010 British Academy Small Research Grant (£6,600). Investor Ownership in the Nineteenth Century Insurance Industry.
2007 Finalist Coleman Prize - awarded by the Association of Business Historians to recognise excellence in new research.