Piyadasa Edirisuriya

Region of Interest

South Asia

Primary Country of Residence

Australia

Title

Ph.D

Affiliation

Monash University

Email

Piyadasa.Edirisuriya@BusEco.monash.edu.au ; piyadasa@smtp.monash.edu.au

Mailing Address

Department of Accounting and Finance
Monash University
P.O. Box 197
Caulfield East, Victoria 3145
AUSTRALIA

Phone/Fax Number(s)

phone: +61/3-9903-2226
fax: +61/3-9903-2422

Countries of Specialization

Sri Lanka

Education

B.Ec (Hons) (Sri Lanka), Dip Ec.(New England), M.Ec (New England)
PhD (Economics) (La Trobe)

Research Interests

Financial markets, deregulations, South Asian banking
and the impact of corruption and ethnic related issues on investment

Publications

Articles in Journals:
Determinants of Military Expenditure in Sri Lankad, South Asia Vol.
XX, 1997, pp 255-268.

A Study on the Behavioural Pattern of Portfolio Investors in Developing
Countries: Evidence from Sri Lankad, (with P. Ratnayake), Saga
University Economic Review Vol. 34, No. 1, May 2001, pp 1-18.

Financial Deregulation and Financial Performance: A Comparative Study
on Indian Banks and OECD Banksd, (with Victor Fang) Journal of
Accounting and Finance , Vol. 15, No. 2, April-September 2001, pp 5-24.

Conference Presentations:

The Rise and Fall of the Colombo Stock Exchanged Paper presented for
the 7th Sri Lankan Studies Conference, 1999 Dec. 3-6 - Canberra,
Australia

"Conflict and the Economy of Sri Lanka: Evidence from the Colombo Stock Exchange"
Paper presented at Monash South Asia Centre Conference Series, October
2000

Financial Deregulation and Financial Performance: A Comparative Study
on Indian Banks and OECD Banksd, Paper presented at the Conference on
Management of Finance and International Accounting Issues, Jaipur, India
January 2001.

Keywords

financial markets ; deregulations ; South Asian banking ; corruption ; ethnicity ; investment