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Dr Taiji Watanabe

Name :	Dr Taiji Watanabe
Position :	Senior Lecturer (Finance & Banking)
Section :	Faculty of Business and Law School of Accounting, Economics and Finance
Office :	T323
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 1287
Extension :	1287
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BA, BSc Lock Haven GDipLegPrac Griffith JD Qld PhD New York SU

Languages

Language	Accredited Translator	Proficiency Levels *N/A = not available
		Speaking	Reading	Writing
JPN	No

Professional Memberships

Legal Practitioner of the Supreme Court of Queensland
Barrister at Law (the Supreme Court of Queensland)
Barrister at Law (the High Court of Australia)
Barrister Member of the Bar Association of Queensland
Associate Member of Queensland Law Society

Professional Affiliations

Memeber of the Accounting & Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ)
Member of the American Economic Association
Member of the American Law and Economics Association
Member of the Econometric Society
Member of the Chinese Economic Association of North America

Research Interests

Economic Microstructures, Law and Economics, Corporate Finance and Governance, Derivatives, Market Structures, Risk and Uncertainty, Auction Theories, Resource Management, Water Laws, Financial Laws, International Public and Private Laws.

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

"Neutrality of a Dividend Imputation System under the Modigliani-Miller Proposition," Atlantic Economic Journal, 2009 (forthcoming).

"An Application of Auction Theories to Price-Trading Volume Correlations," Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol 32 No1 March 2004.

"Managing the Political Environment in International Firms," Robert Jones and Taiji Watanabe, Western Decision Science Institution Proceedings, April 2003.

"Volatility, Information, and Double Auction Versus Walrasian Auction Pricing in US and Japanese Futures Markets," Taiji Watanabe, Upinder S. Dhillon and Dennis J. Lassor, Journal of Banking and Finance (July 1997), Vol. 21 No.7, pp1045-1061.

Most notable :
Recipient of the Chicago Board of Trade Best Paper Award on Options and Futures

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

FIN8103 Investment Management Strategies
FIN8072 Property Ownership
FIN5000 Financial Management

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 17 years

Administrative Responsibilities

Chair: Professional and Regional Engagement Committee