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PROF KEVIN DAVIS



Contact Details

Organization: Finance
Position: RESEARCH DIRECTOR, MCFS
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Homepage: http://www.finance.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/fin_staff_webpage.cfm?StaffNo=1
Work: 9613 0930
Fax: 9613 0900
Room: 118
Level: 01
Building: Economics And Commerce
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Financial institutions, Financial Regulation, Corporate Finance, Financial Regulation Banking, Derivatives Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Economics Flinders University of South Australia
Master of Economics The Australian National University

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Risk management policies and practices of major Australian firms Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/01/2006

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
Commonwealth Bank Group Professor of Finance Chief Investigator COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 01/07/2003
Commonwealth Bank Group Professor of Finance Chief Investigator COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 01/07/2003
STATE FUNDS TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MELBOURNE CENTRE FOR FINANCIAL STUDIES Chief Investigator DEPT OF INNOVATION INDUSTRY & REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 01/01/2005
RENEWAL OF CONSORTIUM AGREEMENT BETWEEN UOM, MONASH, RMIT RE: MELBOURNE CENTRE FOR FINANCIAL STUDIES Chief Investigator FINANCIAL SERVICES INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALASIA 01/06/2005
TAXATION OF FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS (TOFA) FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTAL Chief Investigator DEPT OF TREASURY - ACT 30/09/2005
CONSULTANCY WAW CREDIT UNION VALUATION Chief Investigator WAW CREDIT UNION 01/10/2005
CONSULTANCY FOR I'D LIKE TO SPEAK WITH THE MANAGER Chief Investigator FINANCE SECTOR UNION 01/01/2006
IBSS Chief Investigator FINSIA 01/03/2006
THE MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF ASX EQUITY PORTFOLIOS FORMED ON THE BASIS OF COVERED, WRITTEN CALL OPTIONS. Chief Investigator AUST STOCK EXCHANGE 01/07/2006
FUNDS MANAGEMENT RESEARCH PROGRAM: ENHANCING AND CAPITALISING ON OUR KNOWLEDGE BASE Chief Investigator DEPT OF INNOVATION INDUSTRY & REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 01/10/2006
MENU OF POLICY OPTIONS FOR THE APEC 2007 FINANCE MINISTERS MEETING CONSULTANCY CONTRACT Chief Investigator DEPT OF TREASURY - ACT 01/11/2006
ASSESSING THE PARAMETERS OF THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE COST OF CAPITAL Chief Investigator AUST COMPETITION & CONSUMER COMMISSION 08/11/2006
DIIRD FINANCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH AND STRATEGIC PLAN Chief Investigator DEPT OF INNOVATION INDUSTRY & REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 15/03/2007
BHP SUBMISSION TO WA REGULATOR ON THE DETERMINATION OF RAIL HAULAGE RATES Chief Investigator BHP BILLITON IRON ORE PTY LTD 16/03/2007
ENHANCING THE CAPACITY OF DEVELOPING ECONOMIES IN APEC TO DEVELOP REGULATORY REGIMES Chief Investigator MONASH UNIVERSITY 14/05/2007
APEC CATALOGUE WEBSITE Chief Investigator MONASH UNIVERSITY 04/06/2008
PUBLIC COMPANIES BEING TAKEN PRIVATE Chief Investigator AUST COUNCIL OF SUPERANNUATION INVESTORS 10/07/2008
AUSTRALIAN EQUITIES DATABASE Chief Investigator ANZ TRUSTEES LTD 13/03/2009
MELBOURNE MERCER GLOBAL PENSION INDEX Chief Investigator DEPT OF INNOVATION INDUSTRY & REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 30/06/2009
DIIRD INDUSTRY INTERNSHIP ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Chief Investigator DEPT OF INNOVATION INDUSTRY & REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Capital management in mutual financial institutions
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Journal of Banking & Finance
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 443-455
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • After the Storm: Lessons from the Sub-Prime Crisis
    Year: 2008
    Journal: National Accountant
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 24
    Page numbers: 14-17
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  • Distortions in the Tax Treatment of Rights Issues
    Year: 2008
    Journal: JASSA
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 5-10
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  • Portfolio maturity choice of Australian cash management trusts
    Year: 2008
    Journal: International Review of Financial Analysis
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 1173-1185
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  • Sons of Gwalia Judgment- Aftermath and Implications
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Keeping Good Companies
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 60
    Page numbers: 52-54
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  • The sub-prime crisis down under
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Applied Finance: theory, practice, education
    Volume: 18
    Issue: Spring/Summer
    Page numbers: 16-28
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Australian Credit Unions and the Demutualization Agenda
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics
    Volume: 78
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 277-300
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  • Financial Regulation: trends and prospects
    Year: 2007
    Journal: The Melbourne Review
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 35-40
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  • Increasing Household Financial Risk – An Increasing Social Risk?
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Dialogue
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 19-32
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  • The Sons of Gwalia Judgement
    Year: 2007
    Journal: InFinance
    Volume: 2007
    Issue: June
    Page numbers: 20-22
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Banking Concentration, Financial Stability and Public Policy
    Year: 2007
    Event name: The Structure and Resilience of the Financial System
    Conference Publication: The Structure and Resilience of the Financial System
    Page numbers: 255-284
    Publisher: Reserve Bank of Australia(Sydney)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Access Regime Design and Required Rates of Return: Pitfalls in Adjusting for Inflation and Tax Effects
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Regulatory Economics
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 103-122
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  • Credit Markets and the Sons of Gwalia Judgement
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 239-252
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  • The Future of Australian Banking: Introduction and Overview
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Economic Papers
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 1-5
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Designing banking sector saftey nets: the Australian experience
    Year: 2005
    Book: Capital markets, globalization and economic development
    Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media(New York)
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Journal Articles

  • Credit unions and demutualisation
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Managerial Finance
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 6-25
    Publisher: Emerald
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  • PPPs and infrastructure investment
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 38
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 439-444
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Asia
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  • Taxing capital protected equity products
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 239-252
    Publisher: Australian National University, School of Economics
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  • The systematic risk of debt: Australian evidence
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Economic Papers
    Volume: 44
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 30-46
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • The new basel accord and advanced IRB approaches: is there a case for capital incentives?
    Year: 2004
    Book: The New Basel Capital Accord
    Publisher: Texere(California)
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Journal Articles

  • Dividend protection at a price
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Derivatives
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 62-68
    Publisher: Institutional Investor(New York)
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  • The design of regulatory pricing models for access arrangements: inflation, tax and decpreiation considerations
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Accounting Research Journal
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 6-17
    Publisher: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Department of Economics and Finance(Melbourne)
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Reports

  • Study of Financial System Guarantees
    Year: 2004
    Customer: Department of Treasury, Commonwealth Government of Australia
    Publisher: Commonwealth of Australia(Canberra)
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Financial reform in Australia
    Year: 2003
    Book: The international handbook on financial reform
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
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  • Prudential regulation and competition in banking
    Year: 2003
    Book: Regulation and market access
    Publisher: Asia Pacific Press(Canberra)
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Journal Articles

  • Government debt guarantee fees
    Year: 2003
    Journal: The Finance and Treasury Professional
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 21-26
    Publisher: The Finance and Treasury Associaty(Melbourne)
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  • Protecting Employee Entitlements
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 36
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 173-180
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Access Pricing and Asset Valuation
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 223-235
    Publisher: Australian National University, School of Economics
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Credit Union Governance and Survival of the Cooperative Form
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Financial Services Research
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 2/3
    Page numbers: 197-210
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Exchange rate volatility: causes, consequences and management.
    Year: 2001
    Event name: Melbourne Money and Finance Conference
    Conference Publication: Economic Papers Special Edition
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 1-5
    Publisher: Economic Society of Australia(Burwood)
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