Professor Angela Black

Biography

I joined the University of Aberdeen in 1999 and was promoted to Chair in Finance in 2003. Before joining Aberdeen I was a Lecturer in Economics at the University of St. Andrews. During my academic career I have been associate editor for many academic journals; and enjoyed supervising and supporting undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students.  I have always been interested in asset pricing and asking questions about the reasons why prices change and forever find it rewarding to discuss and explore these topics with students and colleagues.

My service to the University of Aberdeen includes Director of the Graduate School within the College of Arts & Social Sciences (2005-2008) and Head of the Business School (2008-2011). More recently, I was Director of Staffing within the Business School prior to retiring in 2023 and becoming Emeritus Professor. This new position offers a wonderful opportunity to focus on reading, writing and imagining new ideas. 

Angela J Black (nee Devany)

Research Overview

My research interests are predominantly in asset pricing.

Current Research

My current project is:

"Let's do what everyone else is doing". The purpose is to offer a multidisciplinary exploration of the efficient markets hypothesis drawing upon historical literature but using a statistical approach to convey a new perspective of tulipmania, the South Sea bubble, the nifty-fifty American blue chip bubble, the Japanese stock price bubble, the internet craze of 1999; and, the real estate bubble of the early 21 Century.