Michael Dominic D'Rosario
Present Position:
Lecturer in Finance
Phone: +61 +3
9244 6231
Email: michaeld@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne campus at Burwood
Academic Qualifications: DipSustainability Swinburne, BCom(Hons) GCertIntl&CommunityDev Deakin
Commenced at Deakin: 2006
Research Interests:
- Development Economics
- Emerging Markets
- Political Philosophy
- Ethics & Moral Reasoning
- Diaspora Communities
- Microfinance
- Financial Inclusion
Current Research Projects
- Share price clustering on the Bolsa Index (with P.Narayan)
- Mathematical Anxiety and Anxiety Alleviation (with P.Narayan)
- The feasibility of m-banking platforms in Australia (with B.Modi)
- Promoting financial inclusion within Indigenous communities
- Understanding the Sri Lankan diaspora in Australia (with J.Hall & R. Arambewela)
- An economic analysis of Corporate Takeovers legislation in Australia (with B.Modi)
- Mandatory bidding rules and Corporate takeovers in Australia (with B.Modi)
- 'Reclaiming virtue from disciplinarity' - a study of accounting ethics education in Australia (with B.Clarke)
Research Grants
- $6970 - Developing Researcher Grants, "Mathematical Anxiety and Anxiety Alleviation" (with P.Narayan)
- $20,000 - Victorian Multicultural Commission - "Understanding the Sri Lankan diaspora in Australia" (with J.Hall & R. Arambewela)
Affiliations -Professional/ Academic
- Executive Director - Nexus Foundation Australia
- Vice President - Deakin University Commerce Chapter
- Victorian State Representative - Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development
- Knox Youth Issues Advisory Committee - Education Representative
- Member - Deakin University Student Loans committee
- School Representative - Equity and SEAS candidate entrance committee
- Member - University Student Mobility committee
Academic & Other Honours
- AIBF/Finsia Prize for best finance graduate
- Alfred Deakin Medal - University medal for the best graduating student
- Asialink Leaders Program - Asia Centre, The University of Melbourne
- Ian Potter Fellowship recipient
Teaching Interests/units taught at Deakin
- MAF101 Fundamentals of Finance
- MAF202 Money and Capital Markets
- MAF203 Business Finance
- MAF302 Corporate Finance
- MAF303 Advanced Business Finance
- MAA350 Ethics in Financial Services
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MAF702 Financial Markets
