Thushini Dissanayake

Climate Finance, Asset Pricing, Behavioural Finance

Profile

Thushini is a PhD student at Victoria University of Wellington, School of Economics and Finance. She holds a BSc in Accounting from Robert Gordon University, UK, and is a CIMA-UK passed finalist. She completed her MSc in Applied Finance at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, graduating with a GPA of 3.87. Thushini is a recipient of the Wellington Doctoral Scholarship.

Research Interests

Climate Finance, Asset Pricing, Behavioural Finance

Publications

Dissanayake, D. M. T. R. and Nanayakkara, N. S. (2025). Role of market liquidity in sentiment-based return predictions: evidence from Sri Lanka. International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 15(2), pp. 201-210 https://doi.org/10.32479/ijefi.18020

Conferences

Dissanayake, D. M. T. R. and Nanayakkara, N. S. (2023). Market liquidity as a sentiment indicator in predicting stock returns in frontier markets: Evidence from Sri Lanka. International Research Symposium on Sustainable Business (IRSSB2023), Edith Cowan University Sri Lanka Campus, 15 September 2023, pp. 139–140.