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Professor Chandrasekhar Krishnamurti

Name :	Professor Chandrasekhar Krishnamurti
Position :	Professor (Finance)
Section :	Faculty of Business and Law School of Accounting, Economics and Finance
Office :	L305A
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 2941
Extension :	2941
E-mail :
Qualifications :	PhD Iowa

Professional Memberships

Board Member, Asian Finance Association

Professional Affiliations

CFA Society of Melbourne

Research Interests

• Market microstructure
• Corporate governance
• Emerging markets
• International Finance
• Carbon Finance

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

1. “Is Corporate Governance Relevant during the Financial Crisis?” co-authored with Kartick Gupta, and Alireza Tourani-Rad (AUT University), The Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money (A), 2013, volume 23, pp 85-110.

2. “No News is Not Good News: Evidence from the Intraday Return Volatility-Volume Relationship in Shanghai Stock Exchange”, co-authored with Gary Tian, University of Wollongong, Min Xu (Research, China Construction Bank) and Guangchuan Li (China Securities Finance Corporation Limited), Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy (A), accepted and forthcoming.

3. “Board Structure and Survival of New Economy IPOs”, co-authored with Nongnit Chancharat and Gary Tian, University of Wollongong), Corporate Governance: An International Review, 2012, volume 20, No. 2, pp 144-163.

Most notable :

1. “Dividend reductions, the timing of dividend payments and information content”, (co-authored with Bala Balachandran (La Trobe University), Michael Theobald, (University of Birmingham) and Berty Vidanapathirana, La Trobe University), Journal of Corporate Finance, 2012, volume 18, pp 1232-1247.
2. “The Order Aggressiveness of Institutional and Individual Investors”, (co-authored with Huu Duong and Petko Kalev, Monash University). Pacific-Basin Financial Journal, 2009, volume 17, No. 5, pp 533-546. (cited by 22)
3. “Stock Exchange Governance and Market Quality”, with John Sequeira, Fu Fangjian, Journal of Banking and Finance, Special Issue on Future of Stock Exchanges in a Globalizing World, 2003, volume 27, pp 1859-1878.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

FIN3101 Finance Theory and Applications
FIN8202 Finanical Markets and Instruments

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 22 years

Administrative Responsibilities

Head of Finance Discipline
Director of Research (School of AEF)