Tim Kooijmans

Tim Kooijmans is a lecturer in finance at the School of Economics Finance and Marketing. His primary teaching and research interests are in corporate finance and financial intermediation. In particular, he is interested in how economic decisions of intermediaries are determined by the interplay of personal characteristics, such as reputation, and external factors, such as legal risks.

He is also interested in the role that financial intermediaries and finance have played historically in shaping our world. For example, his research shows how credit and financial innovation were key for Dutch intermediaries in the 18th-century to channel funds to Caribbean plantations. He investigates how these instruments affected imports of enslaved people, and living conditions of those on the plantations.

Tim has presented his work at leading conferences, such as the AFA, the SFS Cavalcade and the CICF. His work has been published in the Journal of Financial Markets and the Journal of Economic History. He earned a Master Degree in Economic History at the University of Amsterdam, and a PhD in Finance at Monash University (2020).