Piyadasa Edirisuriya (Monash University)

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

phone: +61/3-9903-2226
fax:   +61/3-9903-2422
email: Piyadasa.Edirisuriya@BusEco.monash.edu.au
email: piyadasa@smtp.monash.edu.au

Description of work:

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

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

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.