Professor Christine Brown BSc(Hons), MSc, PhD, DipEd (Melb) Professor and Discipline Head, Finance Address: Department of Accounting and Finance Monash University PO Box 197 Caulfield East, Vic. 3145 Australia Located at: Room H3.13 Telephone: +61 3 9903 1793 Fax: +61 3 9903 2422 Email: Christine.Brown@monash.edu

Prof Brown completed her PhD at the University of Melbourne, and prior to joining Monash University in 2010 she held several positions at the University of Melbourne. She has also had visiting research positions at the University of Strathclyde, Queens University Belfast and Manchester University.

Prof. Brown has served on the editorial board of three international journals, including the Global Finance Journal. She has consulted to the Australian Treasury and the Board of Taxation on security design and taxation issues. She has extensive experience in Executive Education, teaching for over ten years on the joint ANZ/University of Melbourne Understanding Treasury Management program.

Recent Publications

Journals and Professional Publications

1. Brown, CA & Ma, J* (2011). The collapse of Pasminco: Misjudgment, misfortune and miscalculation. Australian Journal of Management, 36(2), 287-312. United Kingdom:Sage Publications Ltd
2. Brown, CA & Dark, J* & Davis, K* (2010). Exchange traded contracts for difference: Design, pricing and effects. Journal of Futures Markets, 30(12), 1108-1149. Hoboken USA:John Wiley & Sons, Inc
3. Brown, CA & Trusler, C* & Davis, K* (2010). Managed investment scheme regulation: Lessons from the great southern failure. JASSA: Journal of the Australian Society of Security Analysts,(2), 23-28. Australia:Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia)
4. Brown, CA & Norman, D* (2010). Management choice of buyback method: Australian evidence. Accounting and Finance, 50(4), 767-782. Australia:Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
5. Brown, CA & Davis, K* (2009). Capital management in mutual financial institutions. Journal of Banking and Finance, 33(3), 443-455. North-Holland, Netherlands:Elsevier BV
6. Brown, CA & Fung, C* (2009). Keiretsu affiliation and stock market driven acquisitions. Journal of Financial Research, 32(4), 479-503. New Jersey, USA:Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc
7. Brown, CA & Davis, K* (2008). Distortions in the tax treatment of rights issues. JASSA: Journal of the Australian Society of Security Analysts, 1(1), 5-10. Sydney, NSW, Australia:Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia)
8. Brown, CA & Davis, K* (2008). Sons of Gwalia judgment - aftermath and implications. Keeping Good Companies, 60(1), 52-54. Sydney, NSW, Australia:Chartered Secretaries Australia Ltd
9. Brown, CA & Davis, K* (2008). The sub-prime crisis down under. Journal of Applied Finance: theory, practice, education, 18(1), 16-28. Florida, USA:Financial Management Association International
10. Alonso-Conde, AB* & Brown, CA & Rojo-Suarez, J* (2007). Public private partnerships: Incentives, risk transfer and real options. Review of Financial Economics, 16(4), 335-349. North-Holland, Netherlands:Elsevier BV
11. Brown, CA (2007). The announcement effects of off-market share repurchases in Australia. Australian Journal of Management, 32(2), 369-385. United Kingdom:Sage Publications Ltd

Book Chapters

1. Brown, CA & Davis, K* (2010). Australia's Experience in the Global Financial Crisis. (1 th ed.). In Lessons from the Financial Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and Our Economic Future, (pp 537-544). New Jersey, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc