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Assoc Prof Peter Phillips

Name :	Assoc Prof Peter Phillips
Position :	Associate Professor (Finance & Banking)
Section :	Faculty of Business and Law School of Accounting, Economics and Finance
Office :	T319
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 5490
Extension :	5490
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BBus(Hons), PhD USQ

Home Page : http://ssrn.com/author=727719
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Research Interests

Peter obtained his PhD in financial economics from USQ in 2003 (on full scholarship). His thesis was examined by Dr Stanford and Professor Philip Gray at UQ. His current research is focussed on defence economics, especially lone wolf terrorism, and economic methodology, especially from an Austrian perspective. He has publications in leading international defence economics journals as a result of his investigations into terrorism. In his other research areas, Peter has publications in leading Austrian economics journals and, with regards to his research into self managed superannuation, he has publications in leading Australian economics journals. Peter has a number of working papers on these topics either under review at various journals or available publicly on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) (see author homepage URL above).

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Phillips, P.J. (2013), "The End of Al-qa´ida: Rationality, Survivability and Risk Aversion," International Journal of Economic Sciences, 2(1), pp.61-81.

Phillips, P.J. (2012), “The Lone Wolf Terrorist: Sudden Sprees of Violence,” Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, 18 (3), pp.1-11.

Phillips, P. & Loch, B. (2012). Dynamic and Interactive Teaching with Technology. Journal of Financial Education, 38 (3/4), Fall/Winter, pp.46-68.

Phillips, P.J. (2012), “Switching Costs, Grassroots Support of Terrorism and the Escalation of Conflict,” European Journal of Social Sciences, 31 (2), pp.148-159.

Phillips, P. & Pohl, G. (2012). Economic Profiling of the Lone Wolf Terrorist. Journal of Applied Security Research. 7:2, pp.151-177.

Phillips, P.J. (2012), “Lone Wolf Terrorism and Sprees of Violence,” In: 12th Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference, 25-27 June 2012, Berlin, Germany.

Most notable :

Published in the premier defence economics journal, this article has been cited by researchers at RAND:

Phillips, P.J. 2009, "Applying Modern Portfolio Theory to the Analysis of Terrorism: Computing the Set of Attack Method Combinations From Which the Rational Terrorist Group will Choose in Order to Maximise Injuries and Fatalities," Defence and Peace Economics, Vol. 20, No. 3, June, pp.193-213.

Published in Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, this article was the most downloaded in its category in LogEc/RePeC in 2012:

Phillips, P. (2011). Lone wolf terrorism. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, 17, Article 1.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

Peter currently teaches FIN1101 Introduction to Corporate Finance. This course runs in semester 1 and semester 3 and enrols approximately 800 students each year.

Administrative Responsibilities

Chair, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance Research Committee.