Finance

Overview

Finance research at QUT's Business School covers a wide variety of contemporary topics on capital markets, reflecting the current trends in the business world. Areas of particular expertise include corporate governance and compliance issues; corporate payout policy; volatility modelling; analyst forecasts and behaviour; equity offerings; corporate ownership and control; fund performance; and pension and superannuation investments. The major strength of the Finance research program lies in the research capacity and capability which stretch beyond national borders as well as across disciplines through collaborative endeavours with leading universities around the globe. This has facilitated a rapid development of research innovation and further enhanced our understanding of capital markets. Research in finance is supported by a strong financial econometrics research group within the School.

Research programs

The theme comprises three major programs:

• Financial Econometrics

• Corporate Finance
  

• Applied Finance

National Centre for Econometric Research

The National Centre for Econometric Research is aligned with economic research in the QUT Business School, and is dedicated to enhancing, undertaking and disseminating knowledge about econometric research methods among public policymakers, business professionals and the academic community.

Projects

This is just a sample of our research activity in this area.

• Novel Econometric Techniques for Modelling and Forecasting Electricity Prices and Price Volatility in Australia

People

Program leaders

Financial Econometrics - Professor Stan Hurn

NAB Professor of Finance and Deputy Director, National Centre for Econometric Research

Phone: +61 7 3138 5066

Fax: + 61 7 3138 1500

Email: s.hurn@qut.edu.au

Corporate finance - Professor Janice How

Professor of Finance

Phone: +61 7 3138 4321

Fax: + 61 7 3138 1500

Email: janice.how@qut.edu.au

Associate Professor Adam Clements

Phone: +61 7 3138 2525

Fax: + 61 7 3138 1500

Email: a.clements@qut.edu.au

Applied Finance - Professor Daniel Smith

Phone: +61 7 3138 2947

Fax: + 61 7 3138 1500

Email: dr.smith@qut.edu.au