Piyadasa Edirisuriya

Region of Interest	South Asia
Primary Country of Residence	Australia
Title	Ph.D
Affiliation	Monash University
Email	Piyadasa.Edirisuriya@BusEco.monash.edu.au ; piyadasa@smtp.monash.edu.au
Mailing Address	Department of Accounting and Finance Monash University P.O. Box 197 Caulfield East, Victoria 3145 AUSTRALIA
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: +61/3-9903-2226 fax: +61/3-9903-2422
Countries of Specialization	Sri Lanka
Education	B.Ec (Hons) (Sri Lanka), Dip Ec.(New England), M.Ec (New England) PhD (Economics) (La Trobe)
Research Interests	Financial markets, deregulations, South Asian banking and the impact of corruption and ethnic related issues on investment
Publications	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.
Keywords	financial markets ; deregulations ; South Asian banking ; corruption ; ethnicity ; investment