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Over the year the School participates and runs a considerable number of events both internal and external to the University. The School also proudly supports the events and activities organised by students who are studying the majors and specialisations offered by the School in the Faculty of Business and Law's undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

Financial Econometrics Group (FEG) will host two symposiums in early 2013

The symposiums will be launching special issues of Journal of Futures Markets and Journal of Financial Markets (both are well respected ERA ranked A Journals). The first symposium which is to be held on January 10 - 11, 2013 will feature an inaugural keynote address by Professor Robert Webb, Editor, Journal of Futures Markets (JFM). The JFM special issue will focus on "Financial Econometrics of Derivative Securities and Markets".

The second symposium which will be hosted February 1, 2013 and will feature two keynote speakers - Professor Tarun Chordia, R. Howard Dobbs Professor of Finance, Emory University; and Professor Amit Goyal, University of Lausanne. The Journal of Financial Markets special issue will focus on"Financial Econometrics and Market Microstructure".

Economics at Deakin

Economics at Deakin received an ERA ranking of 3. This means that economics at Deakin has been assessed to be operating at or above world standard. This ranking was achieved for Economics in general and for Applied Economics. This success looks set to continue, with 70% of the economics publications published in either A* or A journals; 20% of the publications are in A* journals.

Muhammad Habibur Rahman

PhD Canditate Muhammad Habibur Rahman was one of the 250 speakers at Esam12. His topic: Earthquakes open window to democracy.

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International Study Tour

Trimester 3, 2012 - 2013

The School is pleased to announce the International study tour which will run in Trimester 3 2012-13. Students are encouraged to contact the organisers for further information.

View further information for details or memories of the last one [959KB PDF].

Go on, give society a break and be happy, but not too happy, Deakin economist says

A happy population is a giving population it would seem, but a population that is too happy is bad for society overall, Deakin University researcher Cahit Guven has found.

Dr Guven, from the University’s School of Accounting, Economics and Finance set out to explore whether society benefits if people are happy and satisfied with their lives, finding that is does.

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Most takeovers benefit shareholders Australian market analysis shows

As Australian businesses look to mergers and alliances for growth, a Deakin University study of takeovers has shown that most result in benefits for their shareholders.

Finance expert, Dr Harminder Singh, from Deakin University's School of Accounting Economics and Finance along with Joshua Porter, examined the relationship between takeover announcements and returns for 76 Australian firms listed on the Australian Stock Exchange to find out why such takeovers take place.

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Deakin Think Tank News

September 07, 2011

The sixth annual Deakin Think Tank Challenge was held on Wednesday 07 September 2011 at the Burwood Campus. The highly successful event was attended by participating students, their family and friends, university staff, prospective employers and representatives of professional bodies.

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Three Minutes Thesis Competition

Please note the closing date for the three minute thesis completion is 13 May 2011. Once your application is complete could you please forward this to the Research Services Division attention to Danielle Gapes, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood VIC 3125, Email: danielle.gapes@deakin.edu.au. Heats will be held on the 1st and 7 June at 11am in room lb3.323 at Elgar Road. The Faculty Final will be held on the 15 June at 11am in room lb3.323 at Elgar Road. The University Final will be held on the 7 July.

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Marzlin Marzuki completes her PhD

Title of her thesis: Accounting Ethics Education in Malaysia

Based on responses from 130 accounting academics in Malaysian universities, the results of this study indicate that accounting academics' attitude toward accounting ethics (ATTDE), HOD leadership and peer support (PESUP) have a significant and positive impact on accounting academics' self-efficacy in teaching ethics (AETSE). The findings also suggest that AETSE and PESUP have a direct and positive impact on the extent of accounting ethics adoption. The study was also supported by rich interviews of heads of accounting departments. A paper from this thesis recently won a best paper award for one of the streams at the Annual conference of the AFAANZ (2010).

Sunny days take risk out of investors' decisions

Sunshine makes people happy and happy people make less risky investment decisions, a Deakin University researcher has found.

Using data from Germany and the Netherlands, Dr Cahit Guven, an expert in behavioural economics and wellbeing, examined the connection between the weather, people's self-reported wellbeing and their economic choices.

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Maternity leave and child care key to women's return to work

Australian women's decision return to work is influenced by their maternity leave rights, the availability of quality and affordable child-care and level of household wealth, a Deakin University study has found. Using longitudinal data from the Household Income and Labour in Dynamics (HILDA) survey (2001 to 2007), economists Dr Cahit Guven and Dr Aydogan Ulker, looked at the factors which influence the length of time women spend on maternity leave after the birth of their child.

"Maternity leave entitlements, job flexibility and higher wage rates before the birth increase the probability of returning to work, while difficulties in accessing child care and higher household wealth delay it." said Dr Ulker. "Women face a trade-off between the social benefits of being at home with their child and the quality of child care they receive compared with the economic impacts their withdrawal from the workforce has on the household budget".

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16th January 2013