Assistant Professor of Finance at the School of Economics and Management, Department of Management, University of Minho. PhD in Business Administration; BSc in Management by the University of Minho. Her main areas of interest are Behavioral Finance; Investment Decision and Portfolio Management. She has granted some awards, namely, Best Paper Award – PFN 2016; nomination for the Best Scientific Research on Portuguese Capital Markets - Euronext Lisbon Awards 2014. Some of her research work has also been publicized in the national media.
Behavioral Finance; Investment Decision; Portfolio Management
Selected publications
dos Santos Felipe, I. J., Mendes-Da-Silva, W., Leal, C. C., & Santos, D. B. (2022). Reward crowdfunding campaigns: Time-to-success analysis. Journal of Business Research, 138, 214–228. DOI
Leal, C. C., Armada, M. J. R., & Loureiro, G. (2018). Individual investors repurchasing behaviour: evidence from the Portuguese stock market. European Journal of Finance, 24(11), 976–999. DOI
Leal, C. C., Loureiro, G., & Armada, M. J. R. (2018). Selling Winners, Buying Losers: Mental Decision Rules Of Individual Investors On Their Holdings. European Financial Management, 24(3), 362–386. DOI
Leal, C. C., Armada, M. J. R., & Duque, J. C. (2010). Are all individual investors equally prone to the disposition effect all the time? New evidence from a small market. Frontiers in Finance and Economics, 7(2), 38–68. DOI
Other publications
Caria, A., Leal, C., Machado, C., Oliveira, B., & Oliveira, L. (2022). Sustainability in Portuguese Higher Education Institutions. In C. Machado & J. P. Davim (Eds.), Higher Education for Sustainable Development Goals (River Publishers.). Denmark: River Publishers. DOI
Leal, C. C., Branco-Illodo, I., Oliveira, B. M. N., & Esteban-Salvador, L. (2022). Nudging and Choice Architecture: Perspectives and Challenges. Journal of Contemporary Administration, 26(5 Special Issue), e-220098. DOI
dos Santos Felipe, I. J., Mendes-Da-Silva, W., Leal, C. C., & Santos, D. B. (2022). Reward crowdfunding campaigns: Time-to-success analysis. Journal of Business Research, 138, 214–228. DOI
Mendes-Da-Silva, W., & Leal, C. C. (2021). Salami Science in the Age of Open Data: Déjà lu and Accountability in Management and Business Research. Revista De Administração Contemporânea, 25(1), 1–13. DOI
Oliveira, B., & Leal, C. C. (2019). Avaliação financeira de projetos de investimento. In C. Machado & J. P. Davim (Eds.), MBA para Gestores e Engenheiros (pp. 443–500). Lisboa: Sílabo. DOI
Leal, C. C., Armada, M. J. R., & Loureiro, G. (2018). Individual investors repurchasing behaviour: evidence from the Portuguese stock market. European Journal of Finance, 24(11), 976–999. DOI
Leal, C. C., Loureiro, G., & Armada, M. J. R. (2018). Selling Winners, Buying Losers: Mental Decision Rules Of Individual Investors On Their Holdings. European Financial Management, 24(3), 362–386. DOI
Leal, C. C., Armada, M. J. R., & Duque, J. C. (2010). Are all individual investors equally prone to the disposition effect all the time? New evidence from a small market. Frontiers in Finance and Economics, 7(2), 38–68. DOI
Behavioural Finance
Master
Finance in Healthcare Organizations
Master
Fundamentals of Financial Management
Master
Introduction to Financial Management
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Principles of Finance
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