Thesis Supervision

PhD Thesis Supervision

Current

Primary Supervisor of Nicholas Fearnley.

PhD, Thesis Topic: Role of informal institutions on economic development.
Primary Supervisor of James Endres
PhD, Thesis Topic: Economic impact of broadband infrastructure in Australia.
Primary Supervisor of Yi Bai Yang.
PhD, Thesis Topic: Modelling of Time Preference Determination under Endogenous
Growth Theoretic Framework.
Primary Supervisor of Bradley Miller.
PhD, Thesis Topic: The role aerospace technology in development process.

Completed

Primary Supervisor of Kozo Otsuka, 2010.

PhD, Thesis Topic: Role of science and technology on knowledge production
function: The case of Japan and USA.
Primary Supervisor of Supriyo De, 2008.
PhD, Thesis Topic: Intangible capital and productivity growth: The case of the Indian
Information Technology Software Industry.
Primary Supervisor of Mohammad Mafizur Rahman, 2007.
PhD, Thesis Topic: Gravity Models of Bangladesh's Trade and Intra-SAARC Trade
Prospects.
Primary Supervisor of Cengiz Cihan, 2006.
PhD, Thesis Topic: An Empirical Analysis of Knowledge Production Function: What
differs among the OECD countries including Turkey?.
Primary Supervisor of Ananthalakshmi Sekhar, 2005.
PhD, Thesis Topic: Information and Communication Technology in India: A Study of
Approaches Toward Achieving Quality.
Primary Supervisor of Ihab Magableh, 2005.
PhD, Thesis Topic: A Socio-Economic enquiry into the Determinants of Microfinance
in Jordan: An Econometric Analysis.
Primary Supervisor of Paritosh Chandra Ghosh, 2005.
PhD, Thesis Topic: Economic Growth, The Environment and Economic Openness:
An Investigation into Their Structural Linkages.
Primary Supervisor of Richard Culas, 2004.
PhD, Thesis Topic: A re-examination of the causes for deforestation: Evidences from
Latin America, Africa and Asia.
Primary Supervisor of Catherine Roc, 2000.
PhD, Thesis Topic: Foreign Portfolio Investment in the Indonesian Stock Market
1987-1997 : Causes and Impact on the JSX's Development.
Associate Supervisor of Faizal Yahya, 2000.
PhD, Thesis Topic: Decentralising Economic Development in India and the
Emergence of Growth Centres (Associate supervisor).

Primary Supervisor of Nasiruddin Ahmed, 1999.

PhD, Thesis Topic: Trade Liberalisation in Bangladesh: An Empirical Investigation.
Primary Supervisor of Robert Christie, 1998.
PhD, Thesis Topic: Organisational and Institutional Influences on Rotating Savings
and Credit Associations: Evidence from Australian Ethnic Communities.
Primary Supervisor of Amir Hussain, 1994.
PhD, Thesis Topic: Tenurial Efficiency and Interlinked Markets in Bangladesh
Agriculture: Issues and Evidence.
Primary Supervisor of Farzana Naqvi, 1994.
PhD, Thesis Topic: A Computable General Equilibrium Model of Energy-Economy
Interaction in Pakistan.

MPhil Thesis Supervision

Current

Primary Supervisor of Xin Zheng.

MPhil, Thesis Topic: Open economy growth with asymmetric shock response.

Completed

Primary Supervisor of Sarita Bista, 2007.

MPhil, Thesis Topic: The Effects of Trade Liberalisation in South Asia.
Primary Supervisor of Kozo Otsuka, 2005.
MPhil (Research), Thesis Topic: Information Technology and Aggregate Economic
Growth in Asia: Panel Analysis with Endogenous Growth Framework.

MEc Thesis/Essay Supervision

Completed

Primary Supervisor of Ping Alice Cheung, 1997.

Masters (Research), Thesis Topic: The Manpower Management in China's Economic
Planning.
Primary Supervisor of Yannick Tran, 1996.
Masters (Research), Thesis Topic: Reviewing Vietnam's Transition Progress to a
Market Economy.
Primary Supervisor of Mohammad M. Hoque, 1995.
Masters (Research), Thesis Topic: Agricultural Development Policy and
Implementation: The Case of Bangladesh.
Primary Supervisor of Hsien_Chuang Jeng, 1995.
Masters (Honours), Thesis Topic: Hong-Kong and Singapore: A review and
comparison of economic planning, development and policy.
Primary Supervisor of Ian Morrow, 1994.
Masters (Research), Thesis Topic: The Human Development Index.
Primary Supervisor of James Farrell, 1992.
Masters (Research), Thesis Topic: Wasted Labour and Macroeconomic Adjustment in
Revolutionary Nicaragua.

BEc (Honours) Thesis Supervision

Completed

Primary Supervisor of Alex Peat, 2006.

Bachelors (Honours), Thesis Topic: Efficiency and Privatisation in Transitional
Russia: The Role of the Domestic Oil Industry, Compulsory B.Ec. honours thesis.
Primary Supervisor of Prasanna Shanmukanathan, 2006.
Bachelors (Honours), Thesis Topic: Service Sector Dynamics: The Role of
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in an Endogenous Framework,
Compulsory B.Ec. honours thesis.
Primary Supervisor of Nick Biddle, 2000.
Bachelors (Honours), Thesis Topic: The Employment Status of Australian Aborigines
and Torres Islanders: Evidence on Underemployment (Major Thesis jointly with
Economics and Econometrics Disciplines).
Primary Supervisor of Daniel O?Neil, 1999.
Bachelors (Honours), Thesis Topic: India: Poverty and Dualism 1980-1996 (Major
Thesis).
Primary Supervisor of Amanda Ho, 1996.
Bachelors (Honours), Thesis Topic: The Impact of Structural Change in Hong Kong's
Manufacturing Sector in the Process of Integration with China-An Analysis of the
"Front Shop, Back Factory" Phenomenon (Minor Thesis).
Primary Supervisor of Andrew S. Liu, 1995.
Bachelors (Honours), Thesis Topic: Hong Kong's Manufacturing Investments in
China (Minor Thesis).