Faculty of Business and Law

School of Accounting, Economics and Finance

Accounting, Economics and Finance PhD students

John Guo
John Guo

Email: johnguo@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2008

PhD Title: Dividend Payout Policy and Relevant issues: Evidence from Mainland China
PhD Supervisor/s: Prof Gerard Gannon (Principal), Dr John Zhang (Associate), Dr Hoa Nguyen (Associate)

Toni Aburime
Toni Aburime

Email: tua@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2009

PhD Title: Determinants of Bank Performance in Nigeria
PhD Supervisor/s: Prof Gerard Gannon (Principal), Dr Bob Li ,(Associate)

Muhammad Iqbal Anjum
Muhammad Iqbal Anjum

Email: mian@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2009

PhD Title: Effects of Free Labour Mobility on Wages and Unemployment in the European Union and the Corresponding Policy Implications for the Global Economy
PhD Supervisor/s: Prof Nejat Anbarci (Principle), Dr Aydogan Ulker (Associate), Dr Cahit Guven (Associate)

Campbell Heggen
Campbell Heggen

Email: ckheg@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2010

PhD Title: Using Eco-controls to Implement Environmental Strategy and Improve Firm Performance
PhD Supervisor/s: Prof Nava Subramaniam (Principle), Assoc Prof VG Sridharan (Associate)

Rejaul Karim Bakshi
Rejaul Karim Bakshi

Email: abakshi@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2010

PhD Title: Social Capital and Livelihood of the Extreme Poor in Bangladesh
PhD Supervisor/s: Assoc Prof Mehmet Ulubasoglu (Principal), Dr Debdulal Mallick (Associate)

Athula Hemanthasiri Senaratne
Athula Hemanthasiri Senaratne

Email: asenarat@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2010

PhD Title: Climate Change Uncertainty, Local Institutions and Information: Adaptation decision by Dry Zone Rain-Fed Farmers in Sri Lanka
PhD Supervisor/s: Prof Gamini Herath (Principal), Prof Nejat Anbarci (Associate), Dr Helen Scarborough (Associate)

Md Habibur Rahman
Md Habibur Rahman

Email: mhra@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2010

PhD Title: Dealing with Intended Innovation Forwards Sustainable Development: Behavioural Economics of Natual Disasters
PhD Supervisor/s: Prof Nejat Anbarci (Principle), Assoc Prof Mehmet Ulubasoglu (Associate)

Soh Ling (Cheryl) Phuah
Cheryl Phuah

Email:slph@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2010

PhD Title: Auditor Independence and Audit Quality in Malaysia: The Effects of Director-Auditor Links and Ethnicity
PhD Supervisor/s: Prof Graeme Wines (Principle), Dr Shireenjit Johl (Associate)

Paul Zarebski
Paul Zarebski

Email: paul.zarebski@vu.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2007

PhD Title: Factors influencing the capital structure of Australian Real Estate Investment Trusts
PhD Supervisor/s: Dr Bill Dimovski (Principle), Dr Harminder Singh (Associate)

Paul Zarebski
Pablo Jimenez-Ayora

Email: pjimenez@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2010

PhD Title: Fighting poverty optimality in the long run
PhD Supervisor/s: Assoc Prof Mehmet Ulubasoglu (Principal)

Zohid Askarov
Zohid Askarov

Email: zaskarov@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2010

PhD Title: Aid, Institutions, and Development
PhD Supervisor/s: Prof Chris Doucouliagos (Principal), Prof Nejat Anbarci (Associate)

Evy Mulyani
Evy Mulyani

Email: vu@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2010

PhD Title: A Study on the relationships among corporate governance, dividend payouts, and share repurchases of listed companies on the Indonesia stock exchange
PhD Supervisor/s: Dr Harminder Singh(Principal), Prof Gerard Gannon (Associate)

Dinh Hoang Bach Phan
Dinh Hoang Bach Phan

Email: dhbp@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2011

PhD Title: An Empirical Investigation of Supply Chain Return Factors
PhD Supervisor/s: Prof Paresh Narayan (Principal), Dr Susan Sharma (Associate), Dr Huson Ali Ahmed (Associate)

Neluka Devpura
Neluka Devpura

Email: ndevpura@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2011

PhD Title: Three essays on the Sri Lankan Stock Market
PhD Supervisor/s: Prof Paresh Narayan (Principal), Dr Susan Sharma (Associate)

Thi Anh Thu Pham
Thi Anh Thu Pham

Email: tapham@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2011

PhD Title: Firm efficiency and average returns - Growth versus Value stocks
PhD Supervisor/s: Assoc Prof Victor Fang (Principal), Dr Sohel Azad (Associate), Dr Hoa Nguyen (Associate)

Yuwei Zhou
Yuwei Zhou

Email: zyuw@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2011

PhD Title: Assets Pricing and Monetary Pricing
PhD Supervisor/s: Prof Gerald Gannon (Principal)

Wen Hua Sharpe
Wen Hua Sharpe

Email: wsharpe@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2011

PhD Title: Auditing Quality and Financial policies
PhD Supervisor/s: Prof Nava Subramaniam (Principal), Dr John Zhang (Associate), Dr Li Liu (Associate)

Puspalia Muniandy
Puspalia Muniandy

Email: puspa.muniandy@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2010

PhD Title: Family Firms and Voluntary Disclosure Practices: An Australian study
PhD Supervisor/s: Prof George Tanewski (Principal), Dr Shireenjit Johl (Associate)

Venura Welagedara
Venura Welagedera

Email: v.welaged@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2012

PhD Title:The impact of analysts
PhD Supervisor/s: Dr Harminder Singh (Principal), Dr Saikat S Deb (Associate)

Zhisong Chen
Zhisong Chen

Email: zhisongc@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2012

PhD Title: Multi-period portfolio choice and equity risk premium
PhD Supervisor/s: Prof Ed Lin (Principal), Prof Leo Lee (Associate)

Qile Tan
Qile Tan

Email: qt@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2012

PhD Title: The underpricing and long run performance of Chinese Infrastructure IPOs
PhD Supervisor/s: Prof Bill Dimovski (Principal), Assoc Prof Victor Fang (Associate)

Rashad Hasanov
Rashad Hasanov

Email: rhasanov@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2012

PhD Title: Common factors behind financial crises and constructing Early Warning Systems
PhD Supervisor/s: Prof Chris Doucouliagos (Principal), Dr Debdulal Mallick (Associate), Dr Prasad Bhattacharya (Associate)

Azlina Abdul Jalil
Azlina Abdul Jalil

Email: abintiab@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2012

PhD Title: The Quality of Financial Statements: Evidence from Proprietary Companies in Australia
PhD Supervisor/s: Prof George Tanewski (Principal), Prof Peter Carey (Associate)

Lan Anh Tong
Lan Anh Tong

Email: latong@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2012

PhD Title: Non-Tariff Barriers and Their impact on Trade Flows: An Empirical Investigation
PhD Supervisor/s: Dr Cong Pham (Principal), Assoc Prof Mehmet Ulubasoglu (Associate)

Deepa Bannigidadmath
Deepa Bannigidadmath

Email: deepa.bannigidadmath@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Commenced at Deakin: 2012

PhD Title: Three essays on disasters and behaviour of stock markets
PhD Supervisor/s: Prof Paresh Narayan (Principal), Dr Kannan Thuraisamy (Associate), Dr Susan Sharma (Associate), Dr Huson Ali Ahmed (Associate)

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