An Interview with Honorary Doctor – Eli Amir

In the 15th episode of An Interview with Honorary Doctor podcast, we get to know Eli Amir who acts as a Professor of Finance at the University of Tel Aviv. Amir is an internationally recognised researcher known for his contributions to the field of financial reporting and capital markets. His recent research has examined the precision of positive and negative information in daily stock returns, the capital market consequences of cyber-attacks, and the effect of criminal conviction on the decisions of external auditors and corporate executives.

In this interview, Eli Amir talks about his international academic career, research work, and plans for future. In addition, we hear about Amir's cooperation with accounting researchers of the University of Oulu and his experiences as a visiting professor at the Oulu Business School. Amir considers Oulu to be a relaxing place to which he always likes to return. He is especially attracted to Oulu's peaceful atmosphere, closeness to nature and nice and easy-going people.

An Interview with Honorary Doctor is a podcast series, in which we will get to know the honorary doctors of the 11th Doctoral Conferment Ceremony. The conversations will cover interesting stories about the life and achievements of the guests and their connections to the University of Oulu.