Grants and projects
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Successful Grants
01-Jul - Dr Carsten Murawski who was awarded an MCFS grant for his project: Financial innovation, bank default risk and banking system stability.
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Successful Grants
01-Jul - Dr Harry Scheule who was awarded an MCFS grant for his project: The relation between asset volatility, credit quality and recovery.
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Successful Grants
01-Jul - Dr Callum Scott, A/Prof Greg Schwann, Prof Rob Brown and Dr Rayna Brown who were awarded an MCFS grant for their project: The impact of tax provisions on the probability of investment in residential real estate by private investors.
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Successful Grants
01-Oct - Congratulations to Michael Chng, Chander Shekhar and Harry Scheule for being awarded MCFS research grants.
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Successful Grants
01-Sep - Congratulations to Department of Finance staff who have secured two ARC Discovery Grants. Lead investigator Associate Professor Christine Brown received a grant for the project: Share buybacks and information asymmetry: winners and losers. Lead investigator Professor Paul Kofman received a grant for the project: Three decades of financial distress and corporate restructuring in Australia.
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Successful Grants
01-Jul - Congratulations to Simba Chang who was awarded a Hong Kong RGC research grant (of HK $524,000) for his project Financing and market activity.
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Successful Grants
01-May - Congratulations to Les Coleman and Sean Pinder who were awarded a 2007/2008 AFAANZ Research Grant for their project “Managerial Perspectives on Corporate Finance Decisions.”
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Successful Grants
01-Oct - Congratulations to A/Prof Greg Schwann, Prof GC Lim and Dr Q Zeng whose project," Consumption, Financial Wealth and Housing Wealth over the Long Run", has been approved for funding of $194,000 over 3 years starting in 2007. Project Summary: The research gives economic policymakers a better understanding of the linkages between housing and financial market fluctuations and economic stability in Australia.
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Successful Grants
01-Oct - Congratulations to Prof Bruce Grundy and Prof RA Heanney, whose project "Storage and the Hotelling Valuation Principle: Understanding the Dynamics of the Oil Industry" has been approved for funding of $345,000 over 3 years starting in 2007. Project Summary: Understanding the economics of the oil market is important for understanding the shift toward smaller, more fuel-efficient motor vehicles and less fuel-intensive farming techniques.
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Successful Grants
01-Jul - Congratulations to Christine Brown, Kevin Davis and Les Coleman on gaining an ARC linkage grant for their project: Risk management policies and practices of major Australian firms.
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Successful Grants
01-Jun - Congratulations to Sean Pinder and Asjeet Lamba who were awarded a $11,400 teaching grant from the Faculty of Economics and Commerce for their project: The development of flexible assessment tools for quantitative-based finance subjects.
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Successful Grants
01-May - Congratulations to Qi Zeng, awarded a Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies grant for his project "Dividend Strip and Information Revelation".