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Dr. Martha O'Hagan Luff

Dr. Martha O'Hagan Luff

Associate Professor, Trinity Business School

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Biography

Professor Martha O"Hagan is an Associate Professor of Finance, a Fellow of TCD, and the Director of Undergraduate Teaching and Learning in Trinity Business School. She holds a BA in Economics, an MSc in Finance from Trinity College and a PhD in International Finance. Her research is in the area of Behavioural Finance, Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Finance. She has published articles in the British Journal of Management, the Cambridge Journal of Economics, Small Business Economics, the International Journal of Finance and Economics and the International Business Review. She is currently involved in several research projects in the area of funding nature restoration and conservation, www.refarm.ie, https://www.tcd.ie/e3/forest/ and https://www.farmcreditproject.com/. Prior to completing her PhD Professor O"Hagan worked in Investment Banking in London and Dublin, for Bank of America, Credit Suisse First Boston and Bank of Ireland Global Markets. Her area of specialisation was derivatives and financial engineering. Professor O"Hagan has received multiple teaching awards " in 2019 she was shortlisted for the Provost"s Teaching Excellence Award and won the award in 2020. She was awarded the Trinity Business School Teaching Excellence Award every year between 2018 and 2025, and won a Teaching Hero Award in 2021.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • O'Hagan-Luff, Martha; Berrill, Jenny, Why Stay-at-Home Investing Makes Sense, International Review of Financial Analysis, 38, 2015, p1 - 14Journal Article, 2015, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Martha O'Hagan-Luff, Jenny Berrill, US firms - How global are they? A longitudinal study, International Review of Financial Analysis, 44, (1), 2016, p1 - 45Journal Article, 2016, DOI
  • Berrill, Jenny, Kearney, Colm & O'Hagan-Luff, Martha, The Diversification Benefits of Highly and Rapidly Internationalising Firms, Infiniti Conference, Ljubljana, June 2016, 2016Conference Paper, 2016
  • Lucey, B.M., Vigne, S.A., Ballester, L., Barbopoulos, L., Brzeszczynski, J., Carchano, O., Dimic, N., Fernandez, V., Gogolin, F., González-Urteaga, A., Goodell, J.W., Helbing, P., Ichev, R., Kearney, F., Laing, E., Larkin, C.J., Lindblad, A., Lon"arski, I., Ly, K.C., Marin", M., McGee, R.J., McGroarty, F., Neville, C., O'Hagan-Luff, M., Piljak, V., Sevic, A., Sheng, X., Stafylas, D., Urquhart, A., Versteeg, R., Vu, A.N., Wolfe, S., Yarovaya, L., Zaghini, A., Future directions in international financial integration research - A crowdsourced perspective, International Review of Financial Analysis, 55, 2018, p35-49Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
  • Berrill, Jenny, Martha O'Hagan-Luff & Andre Van Stel, The moderating role of education in the relationship between FDI and entrepreneurial activity, Small Business Economics, 2018Journal Article, 2018, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Martha O'Hagan-Luff and Jenny Berrill, The international diversification benefits of U.S.‐traded equity products, International Journal of Finance and Economics, 2018Journal Article, 2018, TARA - Full Text
  • Cormac Mullen and Martha O'Hagan-Luff, Alphabet Soup: The Relationship between Multinationality and Firm Performance, Transnational Corporations Review, 2018Journal Article, 2018, TARA - Full Text
  • Berrill, J., Kearney, C. and O'Hagan-Luff, M. , Measuring the Diversification Benefits of Investing in Highly Internationalised Firms, International Business Review, 28, (4), 2019, p672 - 684Journal Article, 2019, TARA - Full Text
  • Jessica Geiger, Martha O'Hagan-Luff, How global are German corporations? An empirical investigation, Global Business and Economics Review, 2019Journal Article, 2019, TARA - Full Text
  • Martha O'Hagan-Luff, Jenny Berrill, Brian Lucey, Should We Invest More in Multinational Companies (MNCs) when Domestic Markets Decline?, Journal of Investment Strategies, 2019Journal Article, 2019, TARA - Full Text
  • Colm Kearney, Jenny Berrill, Martha O'Hagan Luff, The Indirect International Diversification Benefits of Investing in US Multinationals, , Academy of International Business-UKI Conference, University of Edinburgh, April 2011, 2011Conference Paper, 2011
  • Berrill, Jenny; Kearney, Colm; O'Hagan-Luff, Martha, The Indirect International Diversification Benefits of Investing in US Multinationals, Infiniti Conference, Trinity College Dublin, June 2011, 2011Conference Paper, 2011
  • O'Hagan-Luff, M & Berrill, J, A Comparison of the Indirect Diversification Benefits of US Equity Investments, Academy of International Business, Liverpool University, March 2012, 2012Conference Paper, 2012
  • O'Hagan-Luff, Martha; Berrill, Jenny, A Comparison of the International Diversification Benefits of US-Traded Equity products, Infiniti Conference, Trinity College Dublin, June 2012, 2012Conference Paper, 2012
  • O'Hagan-Luff, Martha, The Diversification Benefits of Highly and Rapidly Internationalizing Firms, AIB UKI Conference, , Aston Business School, Birmingham, March 2013, 2013Conference Paper, 2013
  • O'Hagan-Luff, M, Berrill, J & Kearney, C, The Diversification Benefits of Highly and Rapidly Internationalising Firms, Infiniti Conference, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 2013, 2013Conference Paper, 2013
  • O'Hagan-Luff, M & Berrill, J, Why Home-Based Investing in the US Makes Sense, Irish Society of New Economists, NUI Maynooth, September 2013, 2013Conference Paper, 2013
  • O'Hagan-Luff, M & Berrill, J, Why Home-Based Investing in the US Makes Sense, Infiniti Conference, Prato, Italy, June 2014, 2014Conference Paper, 2014
  • O'Hagan-Luff, M, Berrill, J & Lucey, B, Does Firm Internationalisation Matter to Investors When Markets are Declining? , Infiniti Conference, Trinity College, Dublin, June 2015, 2015Conference Paper, 2015
  • Berrill, J, Kearney, C & O'Hagan-Luff, M, The Diversification Benefits of Highly and Rapidly Internationalising Firms, Infiniti Conference, Ljubljana, June 2016, 2016Conference Paper, 2016
  • Berrill, J, Kearney, C & O'Hagan-Luff, M, The Diversification Benefits of Highly and Rapidly Internationalising Firms, European Financial Management Academy, Basel, Switzerland, July 2016, 2016Conference Paper, 2016
  • Berrill, J, Kearney, C & O'Hagan-Luff, M, The Diversification Benefits of Highly and Rapidly Internationalising Firms, European Financial Management Academy, Basel, Switzerland, July 2016, 2016Conference Paper, 2016
  • . O'Hagan-Luff, M, Berrill, J & Lucey, B, Does Firm Internationalisation Matter to Investors When Markets are Declining?, Infiniti Conference, Valencia, Spain, June 2017, 2017Conference Paper, 2017
  • Berrill, J, O'Hagan-Luff, M, Van Stel, A. , The Joint Role of FDI and Education in Explaining Entrepreneurial Activity, IMES, Prague, Czech Republic, July 2017, 2017Conference Paper, 2017
  • Berrill, Jenny; O'Hagan-Luff, Martha; van Stel, Andre. , The Moderating Role of Education in the Relationship between FDI and Entrepreneurship, AIB-UKI Conference, Birmingham Business School, April 2018, 2018Conference Paper, 2018
  • Berrill, Jenny; Lucey, Brian; O'Hagan-Luff, Martha. , Does Firm Internationalisation Matter to Investors when Markets are Declining?, Infiniti, Poznan, Poland, June 2018, 2018Conference Paper, 2018
  • . Berrill, Jenny; Lucey, Brian; O'Hagan-Luff, Martha. , Does Firm Internationalisation Matter to Investors when Markets are Declining?, Irish Academy of Finance, Dublin, October 2018, 2018Conference Paper, 2018
  • Lynch, Ben; O'Hagan-Luff, Martha, Corporate Social Performance, Firm Value and Country-level Institutions, Academy of International Business, University of Sussex, UK, April 2019, 2019Conference Paper, 2019
  • Lynch, Ben; O'Hagan-Luff, Martha, Corporate Social Performance, Firm Value and Country-level Institutions, Infiniti Finance Conference, University of Glasgow, UK, June 2019, 2019Conference Paper, 2019
  • Berrill, Jenny; Cassells, Damien; O'Hagan-Luff, Martha; Van Stel, Andre, The relationship between financial distress and well-being: Exploring the role of self-employment, RENT, Vienna, Austria, July 2019, 2019Conference Paper, 2019
  • Berrill, J., Cassells, D, O'Hagan-Luff, M. and Van Stel, A., The relationship between financial distress and well-being: Exploring the role of self-employment, International Small Business Journal, 39, (4), 2021, p330 - 349Journal Article, 2021
  • Di Pietro, F., Monaghan, S. & O'Hagan-Luff, M., Entrepreneurial Finance and HRM Practices in Small Firms, British Journal of Management, 2021Journal Article, 2021, TARA - Full Text
  • Jerzy Ciesli; Eimear Nolan; Martha O'Hagan-Luff, Andre van Stel. , Overconfidence among solo entrepreneurs: The role of national culture', 2020Working Paper, 2020
  • Jenny Berrill, Domenico Campa, Martha O'Hagan-Luff. , Firm diversification and earnings management strategies: European evidence., International Review of Financial Analysis, 2021Journal Article, 2021, TARA - Full Text
  • Jenny Berrill, Martha O'Hagan-Luff, Andre van Stel, Analyzing the relationship between inward FDI, education and entrepreneurial activity at the macro-level, Revista Economia Laboral, 2021Journal Article, 2021, TARA - Full Text
  • Ben Lynch, Martha O'Hagan-Luff, Relative Corporate Social Performance and Cost of Equity Capital: International Evidence, European Financial Management, UCD, June 2021, 2021Conference Paper, 2021
  • Ben Lynch, Martha O'Hagan-Luff, Relative Corporate Social Performance and Cost of Equity Capital: International Evidence, Sustainable Finance Innovation Centre, University of Birmingham, 2021, 2021Conference Paper, 2021
  • Dieter Bögenhold, Martha O'Hagan-Luff, Zulaicha Parastuty, André van Stel , How do Policy Instruments Shape Intentions to Become Solo or Employer Entrepreneurs?, EURAM, online, 2021Conference Paper, 2021
  • Dieter Bögenhold, Martha O'Hagan-Luff, Zulaicha Parastuty, André van Stel , How do Policy Instruments Shape Intentions to Become Solo or Employer Entrepreneurs?, EURAM, online, 2020Conference Paper, 2020
  • Jenny Berrill, Martha O'Hagan-Luff, Andre van Stel, The Moderating Role of Education in the Relationship between FDI and Entrepreneurial Activity, Rethinking Cross-Border Entrepreneurship, Huelva, Spain (online), 2020Conference Paper, 2020
  • Francesca di Pietro, Sinead Monaghan, Martha O'Hagan-Luff, Entrepreneurial Finance and HRM Practices in Small Firms , British Academy of Management, online, 2020Conference Paper, 2020
  • Jenny Berrill, Martha O'Hagan-Luff, Andre van Stel, Analyzing the relationship between inward FDI, education and entrepreneurial activity at the macro-level, ERSA Teritorial Futures, Bolzano, Italy, 2021Conference Paper, 2021
  • Ben Lynch, Martha O'Hagan-Luff, Finally, it seems to be working-the evolving valuation effect of the European Union's emissions trading system, The European Journal of Finance, 30, (3), 2023, p229 - 248, p229-248Journal Article, 2023, DOI
  • Ben Lynch, Martha O'Hagan-Luff, Relative corporate social performance and cost of equity capital: International evidence, International Journal of Finance & Economics, 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI
  • J Cie"lik, E Nolan, M O'Hagan-Luff, A van Stel, Overconfidence among solo entrepreneurs: the role of national culture, the Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 2023Journal Article, 2023
  • Irina Bevza and Martha O'Hagan-Luff, How Does Shareholding by Passive Institutional Investors Impact the Corporate Governance of European Firms?, Corporate Governance: An International Review, 2024Journal Article, 2024
  • B Hoogendoorn, M O'Hagan-Luff, S Ramezani, A van Stel, Does self-employment provide a bridge to retirement?, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 48, (4), 2024, p767 - 784Journal Article, 2024, DOI
  • D Bögenhold, M O'Hagan-Luff, Z Parastuty, A van Stel, Perceptions of the self-employed and wage-employed regarding institutional conditions affecting entrepreneurship, 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI

Research Expertise

  • Title
    PhD Studentship
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Trinity Business School
    Date From
    2011
    Date To
    2014
  • Title
    Antecedents of Senior Entrepreneurship
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    TCD Visiting Professor Funding
    Date From
    2019
    Date To
    2020
  • Title
    ERC Teaching Buy Out
    Summary
    Project: funding in support of application for ERC application InvestGreen
    Funding Agency
    TCD
  • Title
    TRISS Fellowship
    Summary
    Green Labelling Investment Funds
    Funding Agency
    TRISS
    Date From
    2021
    Date To
    2022
  • Title
    ERC Enterprise Ireland Grant Funding
    Summary
    InvestGreen
    Funding Agency
    Enterprise Ireland
    Date From
    2020
    Date To
    2021
  • Title
    Forest
    Summary
    Forest, linking nature and society.
    Funding Agency
    Kinsella E3 Funding
    Date From
    September 2021
    Date To
    September 2025
  • Title
    Government of Ireland PhD Scholarship
    Summary
    Home Bias in Investment Portfolios
    Funding Agency
    Irish Research Council
  • Title
    Green Bond Issuance, the impact on risk
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    TCD Benefaction Fund
    Date From
    2018
    Date To
    2019
  • Title
    Provost Research Award
    Summary
    The risk reduction benefits of Green Bonds
    Funding Agency
    Trinity College Dublin
    Date From
    2019
    Date To
    2023
  • Title
    Sustainable Investments in Pension Funds
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    TCD Benefaction Fund
    Date From
    2020
    Date To
    2021
  • Title
    Innovations in FinTech
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    TCD Benefaction Fund
    Date From
    2019
    Date To
    2020

Economics and Business Administration,

Recognition

  • Trinity Business School Teaching Excellence Award June 2020
  • Winner of Provost Teaching Award June 2020
  • Teaching Hero Award June 2021
  • Trinity Business School Teaching Excellence Award June 2018
  • Provost's Research Award Jan 2019
  • Trinity Business School Teaching Excellence Award 2022
  • Trinity Business School Teaching Excellence Award 2023
  • Shortlisted Provost Teaching Award June 2019
  • Trinity Business School Teaching Excellence Award June 2019
  • Trinity Business School Teaching Excellence Award June 2021
  • Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship - Irish Research Council 2011 - 2014
  • Studentship Trinity Business School 2011 - 2014
  • School Award for Excellence in Research Supervision 2023
  • Natural Capital Ireland Steering Committee
  • Panel Organiser for Trinity Global Business Forum 2017
  • Journal Reviewer for International Review of Financial Analysis 2014
  • External Examiner to Adam Smith Business School, Glasgow 2018
  • Organising Committee for European Academy of Management conference in June 2020 May 2019
  • Reviewer for Research in International Business and Finance 2018
  • Co-editor of Special Interest Group on Entrepreneurship at EURAM2020 2019
  • Co-editor of special issue of International Review of Entrepreneurship 2020
  • Academic Mentor for Chartered Financial Analyst Institute 2014
  • Organising Committee for European Academy of Management conference in June 2020 May 2019
  • Reviewer for Research in International Business and Finance 2018
  • External Examiner to Adam Smith Business School, Glasgow 2018
  • Reviewer for Small Business Economics 2018
  • Co-editor of Special Interest Group on Entrepreneurship at EURAM2020 2019
  • Academic Mentor for Chartered Financial Analyst Institute 2014
  • Co-editor of special issue of International Review of Entrepreneurship 2020
  • Journal Reviewer for International Review of Financial Analysis 2014
  • Panel Organiser for Trinity Global Business Forum 2017
  • Reviewer for Small Business Economics 2018