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Dr. Baoying Lai

Contact details

Position: Senior Lecturer

Location: BS.3.33

Telephone: 0208 223 6346

Email: b.lai@uel.ac.uk

Contact address:

UEL Royal Docks Business School
University of East London
Docklands Campus
4-6 University Way
London E16 2RD

Brief biography

Baoying Lai obtained her PhD in Finance from Aston University, having previously achieved an Associate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Before joining UEL, she had several years teaching and research experience in Aston Business School. In 2008, Baoying became a fellow member of Higher Education Academy. Baoying Lai’s research interests are specifically focused on foreign exchange rates, the pricing behaviour of international goods and the interdependence of markets in agricultural commodities.

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Activities and responsibilities

  • Baoying is currently the Programme Tutor for MSc Financial Management; MSc Investment and Risk Management and MSc International Accounting and Finance

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Areas of Interest/Summary of Expertise

  • International finance risk manangement
  • Pricing-to-Market
  • Non-linear estimation methods, time serise data econometrics
  • Stock price sensitivity to foreign exchange rate changes
  • The interdependence of markets in agricultural commodities

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Teaching: Programmes

  • MSc Financial Management
  • MSc Investment and Risk Management
  • MSc Intenational Accoting and Finance
  • BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance

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Teaching: Modules

  • FE3045 - International Finance
  • FEM207 - International Finance

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Current research and publications

  • “Pricing-to-Market using EGARCH Error Correction Model”, (2009), (under review)
  • Real Export Prices and Pricing-to-Market
  • The interdependence of spot and futures markets for coffee

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Research archive

  • “Pricing-to-market and the volatility of U.K. Export Prices”, (Accepted) Applied Financial Economics, (2009), (with Nathan Joseph).

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Other scholarly activities

  • Baoying is a fellow member of Higher Education Academy
  • External examiner for University of Central Lancashire

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