Thomas (Tom) Smith (born 17 May 1958) is an Australian

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academic. He has been ranked as the number one finance academic in

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and New Zealand by both the ''Journal of Financial Literature'' and the ''Pacific Basin Finance Journal''.

Biography

After undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the University of Queensland ( Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) 1980, Masters in Financial Management 1982) where he was the recipient of numerous academic and merit awards. He completed his

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studies at

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. He has held appointments at

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(1988–1995), Australian Graduate School of Management (1995–2002), Australia National University (2003-2011) and the University of Queensland (2012-2017). At

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, he held the Frank Finn

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in Finance. Smith's current research includes work on environmental finance,

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volatility, market microstructure and

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. Earlier interests are in the areas of asset pricing theory and tests, the design of markets and derivatives. His research has been published in the leading financial economic journals, including the '' Journal of Finance'', ''

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'', '' Journal of Financial Economics'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Journal of Law and Economics'' and the '' Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis''.

References

External links

Tom Smith at University of Queensland

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Academic staff of the Australian National University Australian economists Duke University faculty Stanford Graduate School of Business alumni 1958 births Living people Financial economists {{Australia-academic-bio-stub