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Department of Financial & Management Studies (DeFiMS)

PhD Students in DeFiMS

Recent Research Theses
  • Joachim Kolb (2010), Regulatory Change in Peripheral Authoritarianism: the case of Egypt
  • Norman Mugarura (2009), Globalisation and paradigmatic control of money laundering threat
  • Graeme Baber (2009), The impact of legalisation and regulation on the freedom of movement of capital in Estonia, Poland and Latvia
  • Kajorn Thanapase (2008), Resolving financial and corporate distress through central asset management company: The case study of Thailand
  • Majak D'Agoot (2008), Islamic Thocracy and the Art of Central Banking: Analyses of the Central Bank of Sudan's Regulatory Processes, Monetary Policy Options and Prospects for Dual System
  • Nhat To Van (2008), Financial Constraints and Investment: Evidence from Vietnamese Small and Medium Enterprises
  • Geraldine Dalton (2008),Financing Potable Water Supply Services in Rural Areas: Challenges, Approaches and Lessons from the Pager Experience in Moroco
  • Eunsuk Hong (2008), Location of Foreign Direct Investment in China: A Spatial Dynamic Analysis by Country of Origin
  • Sebastian Bruck (2008) The Making of Banking Scope Regulation: A Comparative Political Economy Analysis across Mainland China, Korea and Taiwan
  • Francis Chipimo (2008), Information Costs and Firm Leverage in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Ghana and Tanzania

Current research students

Edoardo Agamennone
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“Bank and financial support of the internationalisation process of Chinese enterprises” (Provisional)


Alasdair Brown
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The Market Microstructure of a Betting Exchange

Edward Buckingham
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Determinants of Chinese Indonesian Entrepreneurship in the Oil Palm Industry

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Jason Donovan
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Value Chain Approaches and Smallholders: Issues of asset building, resilience and tradeoffs


Luke Harman
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Voucher subsidy programmes in low-income settings: learning lessons from agriculture and health (working title)


Jody Harris
Jody Harris

(Working title) Realigning agriculture to improve nutrition: Evaluation of cross-sectoral nutrition governance in the Zambian context



Zulkarin Jahangir
Zulkarin Jahangir

'Complexity' through mobile phone led 'networking'; exploring financial benefits of rural residents in Bangladesh




Vivian Polar Funez
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Participative Development Processes and Empowerment in Rural Bolivia

Tetsuji Tanaka
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Risk Management of Food Supply


Boying Xu
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Private equity investment and portfolio company performance - Evidence from Chinese mainland listed companies