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Jonathan BATTEN
Adjunct Professor
Email: jabatten@ust.hk

 

PhD 1997 The University of Sydney, Financial Economics
MBA 1987 The NSW Institute of Technology, Sydney
BBus 1982 NRCAE Data Processing


ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Academic (full-time)

  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Finance; Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; August 2006 - present.
  • External Research Associate, Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS); Trinity College, Dublin; March 2005 – present.
  • Professor of Management, Graduate School of Management; Macquarie Graduate School of Management; August 2004 - 2009.
  • Visiting Professor of Finance, Seoul National University, Korea; August 2002 – August 2005.
  • Honorary Professor of Arts, Deakin University, Melbourne; November 2002 - 2007.
  • Professor of Finance, Deakin University, Melbourne; March 2000 – August 2002.
  • Senior Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University Singapore; January 1999 to March 2000.
  • Senior Lecturer in Finance, University of Western Sydney; 1997-1999, 1990-1995.

Professional

  • External consultant to the Asian Development Bank; 2000-present.
  • Ad hoc consultant to American Express Bank and Reuters Asia; 1997-2003.
  • Senior Consultant, Asia-Pacific Banking and Finance Group, IBM Consulting Group (Singapore); 1995-1996.
  • Senior Dealer/Manager Treasury, Credit Lyonnais; 1986-1990.
  • Senior Dealer Foreign Exchange, The Bank of Tokyo; 1985-1986.
  • Senior Funds Management Executive, Australian Industry Development Corporation; 1984-1985.
  • Economic Research Officer and Assistant Foreign Exchange Dealer, the State Bank of New South Wales, Sydney; 1982-1984.

Research Areas

  • Financial Market Development
  • Financial Econometrics
  • Fixed Income Markets
  • Non Linear Dynamics


SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND EDITORIAL DUTIES

Journal Articles (2005-2010)

  • "Macroeconomic Determinants of Volatility in Precious Metals Markets", (with Cetin Ciner and Brian M. Lucey), Resources Policy (forthcoming).
  • "Volatility in the Gold Futures Market", (with Brian Lucey). Applied Economics Letters, 17 (2): 187 – 190. 2010.
  • "Is covered interest arbitrage extinct? Evidence from the US dollar-Japanese Yen", (with Peter G. Szilagyi). Applied Economics Letters, 17 (3): 283-287. 2010.
  • "The Compass Rose Pattern in Electricity Prices", (with Mahmoud Hamada). Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 19(4):December- 043106, 2009
  • "Testing for the Elasticity of Corporate Yield Spreads", (with Gady Jacoby and Chuan Liao). Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 44: 641-656, 2009.
  • "An Analysis of the Relationship between FDI and Economic Growth", (with Xuan Vinh Vo). Applied Economics, 41(13): 1621-1641, 2009.
  • "Predicting the Event and Time Horizon of Bankruptcy Using Financial Ratios and the Maturity Schedule of Long-Term Debt", (with Leonid V. Philosophov and Vladimir L. Philosophov). Mathematics and Financial Economics, 1(3): 181-212, 2008.
  • "The Credit Spread Dynamics of Latin American Euro Issues in International Bond Markets", (with Kannon Thuraisamy and Gerard Gannon). Journal of Multinational Financial Management. 18: 328-345, 2008.
  • "Sample Period Selection and Long-Term Dependence: New Evidence from the Dow Jones", (with Craig Ellis and Thomas Fetherston). Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 36 (5): 1126-1140, 2008.
  • "Domestic Bond Market Development: The Arirang Bond Experience in Korea." (with Peter G. Szilagyi). World Bank Research Observer, 22: 165-195, 2007.
  • "Covered Interest Parity Arbitrage and Temporal Long-Term Dependence between the US dollar and the Yen", (with Peter G. Szilagyi). Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 376: 409-421, 2007.
  • "Dynamic Interaction and Valuation of Quality Yen Eurobonds in a Multivariate EGARCH Framework", (with Francis In). Applied Financial Economics, 16(12): 881-892, 2006.
  • "Modelling Credit Spreads on Yen Eurobonds in an ECM Environment", (with Seppo Pynnonen and Warren P. Hogan). Applied Financial Economics, 16(8): 583- 606, 2006.
  • "Factors Affecting the Yields of Asian Issues in International Bond Markets", (with Thomas Fetherston and Pongsak Hoontrakul). Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money16(1): 57-60, 2006.
  • "Interest Rates, Stock Market Returns, and Variations in German Credit Spreads", (with Warren P. Hogan and Niklas Wagner). Economic Notes, 34(1): 35-50, 2005.
  • "Measuring Credit Spreads: Evidence from Australian Eurobonds", (with Warren P. Hogan and Gady Jacoby). Applied Financial Economics, 15(9): 651-666, 2005.
  • "Statistical Illusions and Long-Term Return Anomalies on the Nikkei", (with Craig Ellis and Thomas Fetherston). Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 23: 1125-1136, 2005.
  • "Decomposing Intraday Dependence in Currency Markets: Evidence from the AUD/USD Spot Market", (with Craig Ellis and Warren P. Hogan). Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 352(2-4): 558-572, 2005.

Books and Book Chapters (2005-2010)

  • "The Dynamics of Treasury Bond and Interest Rate Swaps Markets Using Bivariate Threshold Autoregressive (BTAR) Models”, (with Hon-Lun Chung and Wai-Sum Chan). “Research in Finance” (forthcoming).
  • "Currency Swaps and Australian Debt Management Practice" (with Alham Yusef) in J. Choi and M. Papaioannou (editors) "International Finance Review" special issue, "Credit, Currency or Derivatives: Instruments of Global Financial Stability or Crisis". Volume 10: 293-327, 2009. The Emerald Group Publishing, U.K.
  • "Markets, Disturbances and Responses”, (with Warren P. Hogan) in K. Puttaswamaiah (ed.) in “Milton Friedman: Nobel Monetary Economist- A Review of his Theories and Policies," Isle Publishing Company, New Hampshire, USA. ISBN 978-0-9823895-0-8, pages 37-48, 2009.
  • "Credit Spread Dynamics: Evidence from Latin America" (with Kannon Thuraisamy and Gerard Gannon) in Wagner N. (ed.): Credit Risk – Models, Derivatives and Management, Financial Mathematics Series Vol. 6, Chapman & Hall / CRC, Boca Raton, London, New York, pages 97-114, 2008.
  • "What are the Next Steps for Bond Market Development in Thailand?" (with Pongsak Hoontrakul) in S-K. Kim and M. McKenzie, Editors, “Asia Pacific Financial Markets: Integration, Innovation and Challenges”, International Finance Review, Volume 8: 497-519, 2007. Elsevier Science, Amsterdam Netherlands. \

Edited Research Volumes

  • "Japanese Fixed Income Markets: Money, Bond and Interest Rate Derivatives",(with Thomas Fetherston and Peter G. Szilagyi) Elsevier Science, Amsterdam Netherlands. ISBN: 0-444-52020-1, 464 pages, 2006.
  • "Emerging European Financial Markets: Independence and Integration Post-Enlargement", (with Colm Kearney), International Finance Review Volume 6, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam Netherlands. ISBN: 0-7623-1264-5, Pages vii-515, 2006.
  • "Asian Pacific Financial Markets in Comparative Perspective", Contemporary Studies in Economics and Financial Analysis (with Thomas Fetherston), Volume 87, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam Netherlands. ISBN 0-7623-1258-0, Pages vii-514, 2005.
  • "European Fixed Income Markets: Money, Bond and Interest Rate Derivatives", (with Thomas Fetherston and Peter G. Szilagyi), John Wiley & Sons Ltd, England (part of the Wiley Finance Series). ISBN 0-470-85053-1, Pages xx-484, 2004.
Working Papers

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=160949

http://authors.repec.org/pro/pba244/

http://ideas.repec.org/f/pba244.html

http://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/pba244.htm

Journal Editorial Duties

Editor: Emerging Markets Review http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/620356/description#description

Co-editor: International Review of Financial Analysis http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/620166/description#description

Associate Editor: Journal of Banking & Finance: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505558/description#description

Associate Editor: Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13547860.asp

Associate Editor: Research in International Business and Finance http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/699534/description#description