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DR LES COLEMAN



Contact Details

Organization: Finance
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
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Homepage: http://www.finance.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/fin_staff_webpage.cfm?StaffNo=113
Work: 8344 3696
Fax: 8344 6914

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Wagering markets Longshot bias, insider trading Australia, United Kingdom
Why managers and companies take risks Risk management, crisis management Australia, United States of America
Climate change financial policy Carbon tax, emissions trading Australia
Agricultural investment Agribusiness, rural industry Australia
Behavioral finance corporate finance, decision, risk Australia, United States of America

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Science (Economics) University of London 31-Dec-1978
Master of Economics University of Sydney 31-Dec-1984
Bachelor of Engineering University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1974
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 30-Sep-2004

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member American Finance Association CTFP (Senior) 01-Jan-2007
Member Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Member 01-Jan-2007
Member Society of Risk Analysts Member 01-Jan-2003

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
DETERMINANTS OF THE RISK APPETITE OF AUSTRALIAN OIL COMPANIES - MELBOURNE EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER GRANT SCHEME 2006 Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE Early Career Researcher Grants Scheme

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 2008

Journal Articles

  • Review of 'The Risks of Financial Institutions' by Mark Carey and Rene M Stulz
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 65-66
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  • Shorting the Bear: A test of anecdotal evidence of insider trading in early stages of the sub-prime market crisis
    Year: 2008
    Journal: The Journal of Prediction Markets
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 61-70
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Measurement of insider trading in wagering markets


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Applied Financial Economics
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 351-356
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  • Editors’ Introduction to Special Issue on Man-made Disasters: On the Need for Quantifying Corporate Crises and Other Man-Made Disasters
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 119-122
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  • A lot of hot air?
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Monash Business Review
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 10-16
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  • Applying modern portfolio techinques to agriculture
    Year: 2007
    Journal: JASSA
    Volume: 2007
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 16-21
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  • Just how serious is insider trading?  An evaluation using thoroughbred wagering markets
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Gambling Business and Economics
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 31-55
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  • Risk and decision making by finance executives: a survey study
    Year: 2007
    Journal: International Journal of Managerial Finance
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 108-124
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Publications in 2006

Books

  • Why Managers and Companies take Risks
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    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Berlin)
  • Why Managers and Companies Take Risks
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Physica-Verlag(Heidelberg)
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Journal Articles

  • Frequency of Man-made Disasters in the 20th Century
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 3-11
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  • Frequency of Man-Made Disasters in the 20th Century
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 3-11
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  • It's Time for a National Risk Strategy
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Quadrant
    Volume: 50
    Issue: 1-2
    Page numbers: 40-43
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Biases and Insider Trading in Exotic Bets on Thoroughbreds
    Year: 2005
    Book: Information Efficiency in Betting Markets
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Cambridge)
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  • Biases and insider trading in exotic bets on thoroughbreds
    Year: 2005
    Book: Information efficiency in financial and betting markets
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Cambridge)
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Journal Articles

  • Why Explore for Oil when it’s Cheaper to Buy?
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 493-497
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  • Capturing value with real options
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Banking and Financial Services
    Volume: 119
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 44-47
    Publisher: Journal of Banking and Financial Services(Melbourne)
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  • Why explore for oil when it is cheaper to buy?
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Applied Economic Letters
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 493-497
    Publisher: Routledge
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • The Frequency and Cost of Corporate Crises


     


    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 2-13
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  • New Light on the Longshot Bias
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Applied Economics
    Volume: 36
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 315-326
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