Rate My Professor Tom Stannard

Stannard's research specializations encompass corporate finance, corporate governance, and real options analysis. He is affiliated with the Climate & Energy Finance Group at the University of Otago. Key publications include 'Extreme weather events in New Zealand: Financial market-related impacts' by P. Griffin, M. Lubberink, and T. Stannard (2025, Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 16(6), 1448-1486); 'Scale efficiency gains in utilities? The case of electricity distribution in New Zealand' by T. Stannard and P. Barry (2024, New Zealand Economic Papers, 58(3), 299-308); 'Easy money? Managerial power and the option backdating game revisited' by G. Guthrie and T. Stannard (2020, Journal of Banking & Finance, 118, 105887); 'Fire or keep? Leave or stay? The other side of CEO retention decisions' by T. Stannard (2019, Proceedings of the 60th Annual Conference of the New Zealand Association of Economists); 'CEO turnover: The effect of CEOs' outside options' by T. Stannard and G. Guthrie (2023, SSRN); 'Performance Signals, Learning and Attention in Management Turnover: Observations from the NBA' by T. Stannard (2024); and 'Extreme Weather and Indigenous Peoples: Impacts on Business Activity' by P.A. Griffin, M.J.P. Lubberink, and T. Stannard (2025 preprint).