Ph.D. in Finance, Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin (2013 – 2017)
M.Sc. in Financial Mathematics, Uppsala University (2010 – 2012)
B.Sc. in Mathematics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (2003 – 2007)
Research interests
Forecasting Asset Returns
Dynamic Asset Allocation
Empirical Asset Pricing
Financial Econometrics
Work Experience
Academic
Assistant Professor in Finance, Rennes School of Business (September 2019 – Present)
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University College Dublin (February 2018 – August 2019)
Lecturer in Finance (Temporary), Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin (2018)
Data Manager, Financial Mathematics and Computation Research Cluster (September 2017 – January 2018)
Intellectual contributions
Refereed Articles Discipline-Based Scholarship
Thomas Conlon, John Cotter, Emmanuel Eyiah-Donkor (2022) The illusion of oil return predictability: The choice of data matters!, Journal of Banking & Finance, Volume 134, 2022, 106331
Articles in Refereed Journals
Cotter, J., Eyiah-Donkor, E. and Potì, V., 2017. Predictability and diversification benefits of investing in commodity and currency futures. International Review of Financial Analysis, 50, pp.52-66.
Refereed Proceedings Discipline-Based Scholarship
Conlon, Thomas, John Cotter, and Emmanuel Eyiah-Donkor. The Illusion of Oil Return Predictability: The Choice of Data Matters! European Financial Management 2021 Annual Meeting, Leeds, United Kingdom,30/06-3/07- 2021
Cotter, John, Emmanuel Eyiah-Donkor, and Valerio Poti. Commodity Futures Return Predictability and Intertemporal Asset Pricing. French Finance Association, Nantes, France, 26-28 May 2021
Presentations of Refereed Papers
Cotter, J., Eyiah-Donkor, E. and Potì, V.. Commodity Return Predictability: Economic Value and Links to the Real Economy. – Financial Management Association Annual Meeting 2019 – European Financial Management Association Annual Conference 2019 – International Association for Applied Econometrics Annual Conference 2019 – Commodity and Energy Markets Annual Meeting 2018 – International Symposium on Forecasting 2017
Conlon, T., Cotter, J., Eyiah-Donkor, E.. Crude Oil Return Predictability Revisited. – Infiniti Conference on International Finance 2019 – Forecasting Financial Markets Conference 2019
Cotter, J., Eyiah-Donkor, E. and Potì, V.. Predictability and Diversification Benefits of Investing in Commodity and Currency Futures. – International Symposium on Forecasting 2016 – Infiniti Conference on International Finance 2016 – Commodity and Energy Markets Annual Meeting 2016
