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Kym Brown

BCom (Hons), Grad Dip MIS, PhD Monash, CPA

Kym Brown

Kym is a Lecturer in banking. Her PhD examined the financial development and bank efficiency across the Asia Pacific region. Research interests include the areas of Chinese bank and Islamic bank performance. Previously she was employed by Deakin University as a research assistant and tutor, and by a number of small businesses.

Research: Chinese bank and Islamic bank performance
Teaching:

AFF3841 Lending decisions
AFC3170 Management of financial intermediaries
Address: Department of Accounting and Finance
Monash University
900 Dandenong Rd
Caulfield East, Vic, 3145
Australia
Located at: Room 3.38, Building H, Caulfield Campus
Tel: +61 3 9903 1053
Fax: +61 3 9903 2422
Email: Kym.Brown@buseco.monash.edu.au
Publications:

Journal Articles

  • Viverita, R., Brown, K. and M. Skully (2007) ‘Efficiency
    analysis of Islamic banks in Africa, Asia and the Middle East’, Review of Islamic Economics, 11(2). Also presented at the 2nd International Banking Conference, Monash University, Kuala Lumpur, 9-10 September.
  • Brown, K., & M. Skully (2006) ‘Evaluating cost performance of banks in the Asia Pacific’, Economic Papers, 25(5): 61-70.
  • Chen, X., Skully, M. and K. Brown (2005) ‘Banking Efficiency in China: Application of DEA to Pre- and Post- Deregulation Eras: 1993-2000’ ChinaEconomic Review, 16 (3): 229-245.
  • Brown, K. & M. Skully (2004) ‘Islamic Banks: A Cross-Country Study of Cost Efficiency Performance’, Accounting, Commerce & Finance: The Islamic Perspective Journal, Vol 8, No. 1&2: pp. 43-79.
  • Brown, K. (2003) ‘Islamic banking comparative analysis’, Arab Bank Review, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 43-50.

Recent Contributions to Book Chapters or Research Volumes

  • Ng, K., Brown, K. and K. Avram (2007) ‘Proposed depositor protection in Australia’, Monash Business Review, 3(2): 7-9.
  • Brown, K. & M. Skully (2007 forthcoming) ‘Ethical investments, cost efficiency and performance of Islamic banks’. Edited book chapter in Issues and Development in Islamic Capital Market, UPM Press. Presented at the Asia FA/FMA conference, 10-12 July, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Brown, K., Hassan, M.K., & M. Skully (2007) ‘Operational efficiency and performance of Islamic banks’, in The Handbook of Islamic Finance, Edward Elgar, London, chapter 7. Edited by M. Kabir Hassan, and Mervyn K. Lewis: pp. 96-115. Also presented at the 3rd International Islamic Banking and Finance Conference 2005, Kuala Lumpur, 16 & 17 November.
  • Brown, K., & M. Skully (2006) ‘Recovery of Post Crisis Asian Banking Markets’, Monash Business Review, 2(2): 44-46.
  • Skully, M. and Brown, K. (2006) ‘Romanian Financial Markets’ in International Finance Review, Volume 6, Emerging European Financial Markets: Independence and Integration Post-Enlargement, edited by Chapter 12:International Finance Review, Volume 6, Independence and Integration Post-Enlargement, edited by Prof. Jonathan A. Batten and Colm Kearney, Chapter 12, pp. 281-321, Elsevier Ltd.
  • Brown, K. and M. Skully (2005) ‘A comparative analysis of China’s banking system’. In On Kit Tam, Malcolm Warner, Cherrie Zhu & Russell Smyth, China's Business Reforms: Institutional Challenges in a Globalised Economy, Chapter 3 Routledge Publishers, pp.27-45. Also presented at Institutional Challenges for the Global China Conference, 13-14 November, Melbourne, 2003.
  • Brown, K. and M. Skully (2004) ‘A cross-country analysis of Islamic bank performance’. In Islamic Banking: An International Perspective, The Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Press, Kuala Lumper. Edited by Bala Shanmugam, Vignesen Perumal, Alfieya Hanuum Ridzwa, Serdang, pp.184-206.  Also presented at the First International Banking Conference, Prato, 9-10th September, 2003 and Deakin University, School of Accounting and Finance Seminar Series.