Peter Swan
School of Banking & Finance - PhD, Monash University | BEc (Hons), Australian National University
Professor Peter Swan AO FRSN FASSA is currently in the School of Banking & Finance at UNSW Business School.
He completed his Honours Economics Degree at ANU, his PhD at Monash and after visiting positions at Chicago and Rochester, joined the Economics faculty at ANU, then to a chair at AGSM, and established the Finance Department at the University of Sydney prior to returning to UNSW.
On the Queen's Birthday Honours List 9 June 2003 he was appointed as Member of the Order of Australia (AM).Citation: 'For services to academia as a scholar and researcher and through contributions to public policy in the fields of economics and finance'.
UNSW appointed him to the title of Scientia Professor for the period, January 2003 - December 2008, in recognition of international eminence in research. Peter was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia in 1997. According to Mark Blaug's Who's Who in Economics: A Biographical Dictionary of Major Economists, 2nd ed., 3rd ed., 1999, he is in the top ten most highly cited economics and finance academics in Australia.
From This Author
Stock exchange rebates: Do they help or harm market quality?
When NASDAQ slashed trading fees across fourteen stocks during a 2015 fee pilot experiment, it revealed insights about how exchange pricing shapes market behaviour
It's the cost of government, stupid
Australia faces a ‘cost-of-government’ crisis, driven by inefficient policies that hinder productivity and economic growth, write Peter Swan and Dimitri Burshtein
Fixing the construction industry house of cards
Australia's homebuilding crisis demands urgent reforms to protect consumers from financial loss, writes UNSW Business School's Bradley Hastings and Peter Swan
When is a good time to purchase your first home in Australia?
Understanding property market trends, the impact of investors and various first homeowner grants could be crucial before making a significant property purchase
The great construction company collapse: when your builder goes bust
The great Australian dream of home ownership is becoming a nightmare for would-be homeowners whose residential builders have recently gone bankrupt
Are rent freezes a viable solution for housing stress?
While rent freezes may appear beneficial for renters, addressing the root cause of housing stress requires an approach that goes beyond short-term solutions
Rising interest rates and inflation: signs of economic pain to come?
The decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia to increase interest rates is designed to put the brakes on inflation and reduce pressure in Australia’s housing market
Three useful things to know about franking credits
Political point scoring has misrepresented a tax system designed to be fair
Did independent directors cause the subprime crisis?
New research cites the effect of poor performance monitoring
Sorry Treasurer, but your corporate tax sums are not adding up
New research refutes the benefits of a proposed cut in the top rate
Sorry guys, but women make better investors than men
Women make for better investors and are superior in trading performance compared to men according to UNSW Business School research
How volatility risk explains a trading anomaly
New research offers a solution to the equities premium puzzle
Out-classed: How mum-and-dad investors are beating the professionals
New research shows that individuals can make better traders than institutions