Strategic Aims
Promote cross-disciplinary research within the Faculty of Economics and Business. Develop a research infrastructure that will encourage a collaborative scholarly environment across the disciplines of Accounting, Econometrics and Business Statistics, Economics, and Finance.
Implement a programme of joint research on Methodological and Empirical Advances in Financial Analysis, relevant to stakeholders, policy makers and market regulators, in Australia and beyond.
Facilitate interaction between senior member of staff and early career researchers.
Communicate results through seminars, workshops, conference presentations and publications in academic journals and commercial textbooks.
Attract higher research degree students with an interest in the topics covered by MEAFA.
Deliver research training through workshops to higher research degree students and academic researchers.
Facilitate the exchange of relevant research expertise between Australian and New Zealand institutions.
Establish industry links with private institutions, companies, policy makers and standard setters.
Establish links with leading international institutions through individual researchers but also through other established international research networks.
Research Funding
MEAFA acknowledges the support from the following research grant schemes
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Faculty of Economics and Business Research Group Support, 28 November 2007.
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Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Research Fund, 29 May 2007.
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Faculty of Economics and Business Strategic Research Initiatives, 26 April 2007.
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Research Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (RIHSS) Inter-disciplinary Research Networks and Clusters, 26 March 2007.