University of Exeter Business School

Dr Lora Dimitrova

Dr Lora Dimitrova

Senior Lecturer in Finance

 L.Dimitrova@exeter.ac.uk

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 +44 (0) 1392 725979

 Streatham Court 

 

Streatham Court, University of Exeter, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4PU, UK

Overview

Lora Dimitrova is a Senior Lecturer in Finance at the University of Exeter Business School. Her research focuses on entrepreneurial finance, corporate innovation, and venture capital. Her work has been published in top academic journals such as the Journal of Accounting and Economics, the Review of Finance, and the Journal of Banking and Finance. She has received numerous research grants including the Chaire Fintech AMF Grant, Coller Institute of Venture Grant, and the British Academy Leverhulme Research Grant. Lora gained her Ph.D. in Finance from the London Business School, and her M.Sc. in Finance from Concordia University.

Nationality: Bulgarian/Canadian

Qualifications

  • PhD (London Business School)
  • MSc (Concordia University)

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Research

Research interests

  • Corporate Finance
  • Entrepreneurial Finance
  • Venture Capital
  • Innovation
  • Private Equity

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Publications

Journal articles

Dimitrova L, Eswar S (In Press). Capital Gains Tax, Venture Capital and Innovation in Start-ups. Review of Finance Abstract.
Dimitrova L (2017). Perverse incentives of special purpose acquisition companies, the "poor man's private equity funds". JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING & ECONOMICS, 63(1), 99-120.  Author URL.
Dimitrova L (2017). Perverse incentives of special purpose acquisition companies, the “poor man's private equity funds”. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 63(1), 99-120. Abstract.
Basu N, Dimitrova L, Paeglis I (2009). Family control and dilution in mergers. Journal of Banking and Finance, 33(5), 829-841.

Chapters

Dimitrova L (2023). 978-3-030-38738-9. In Cumming D, Hammer B (Eds.) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Private Equity, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

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