Dr Sisira Colombage - Researcher Profile

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Address

Monash University
Wellington Road, Clayton

Biography

Sisira works in the Office of the PVC & President Gippsland at Monash University as a Lecturer.

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Institution: Kobe University
Year awarded: 2006
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Institution: Kobe University
Year awarded: 2003
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Institution: University of Colombo
Year awarded: 1995

Publications

Journal Articles

Taha, R., Colombage, S.R.N., Maslyuk, S., Nanthakumar, L., 2013, Does financial system activity affect tax revenue in Malaysia? Bounds testing and causality approach, Journal of Asian Economics [P], vol 24, Elsevier BV * North-Holland, Netherlands, pp. 147-157.

Colombage, S.R.N., Halabi, A., 2012, Asymmetry of information and the finance-growth nexus in emerging markets: empirical evidence using panel VECM analysis, Journal of Developing Areas [P], vol 46, issue 1, Journal of Developing Areas, United States, pp. 133-146.

Boone, N., Colombage, S., Gunasekarage, A., 2011, Block shareholder identity and firm performance in New Zealand, Pacific Accounting Review [P], vol 23, issue 2, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 185-210.

Amarasena, I., Colombage, S., 2010, An emerging Asian niche market for exports, Thunderbird International Business Review [P], vol 52, issue 6, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA, pp. 525-539.

Taha, R., Colombage, S., Maslyuk, S., 2010, The financial system and revenue collection in Malaysia: an empirical analysis, Empirical Economics Letters [P], vol 9, issue 11, Mohammad A. Wadud, Bangladesh, pp. 1027-1032.

Colombage, S.R.N., 2009, Financial markets and economic performances: Empirical evidence from five industrialized economies, Research in International Business and Finance [P], vol 23, issue 3, Elsevier Science B.V, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 339-348.

Colombage, S.R., 2007, Consistency and controversy in corporate financing practices: Evidence from an emerging market, Studies in Economics and Finance, vol 24, issue 1, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, United Kingdom, pp. 51-71.

Tetsushi, K., Makoto, I., Koji, S., Colombage, S.R., 2007, Promotion of community-based disaster reduction activity through hands-on training in Sri Lanka, Journal of Natural Disaster Science [E], vol 29, issue 2, Journal of Natural Disaster Science, Japan, pp. 41-51.

Tetsushi, K., Masaru, A., Colombage, S.R., 2007, Regional characteristics of tsunami risk perception among the tsunami affected countries in the Indian Ocean, Journal of Natural Disaster Science [E], vol 29, issue 1, Journal of Natural Disaster Science, Japan, pp. 29-38.

Tetsushi, K., Akiko, N., Miki, K., Colombage, S.R., 2006, Tsunami public awareness and the disaster management system of Sri Lanka, Disaster Prevention & Management [P], vol 15, issue 1, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 92-110.

Colombage, S.R., 2005, Sectoral analysis of corporate capital structure choice- Emerging market evidence from Sri Lanka, Journal of Asia-Pacific Business [P], vol 6, issue 3, Routledge, United States, pp. 5-35.

Conference Proceedings

Taha, R., Colombage, S., Maslyuk, S., 2011, Stock market, tax revenue and economic growth: a case-study of developing Asia, The Institute for Business and Finance Research: Global Conference on Business and Finance Proceedings & Program, 2 January 2011 to 5 January 2011, The Institute for Business and Finance Research, USA, pp. 24-29.

Boone, N., Colombage, S., Gunasekarage, A., 2010, Block shareholder identity and firm performance in New Zealand, Proceedings of the 2010 AFAANZ Conference, 4 July 2010 to 6 July 2010, AFAANZ, Carlton Vic Australia, pp. 1-37.

Taha, R., Colombage, S., Maslyuk, S., 2010, Stock market, tax revenue and economic growth: A case-study of Malaysia, 2010 International Conference on Management Science and Engineering 17th Annual Conference Proceedings, 24 November 2010 to 26 November 2010, IEEE Conference Publications Operations, Harbin China, pp. 1084-1090.

Colombage, S.R.N., Halabi, A., 2008, Asymmetry of information and the finance-growth nexus: Evidence from emerging markets, Proceedings of the IASK International Conference Global Management 2008, 13 October 2008 to 15 October 2008, IASK International Association for the Scientific Knowledge, Porto Portugal, pp. 374-380.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
A comprehensive study of the syndicated loans market in Australia.
Supervisors:
Colombage, S (Main), Do, M (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Competition, bank stability, revenue diversification and loan pricing; evidence from ASEAN countries 1998-2008.
Supervisors:
Colombage, S (Main), Perera, S (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
The performance of bidding firms in merger and acquisition (M&A) deals: an empirical investigation of public, private and subsidiary acquisitions in Australia.
Supervisors:
Colombage, S (Main), Gunasekarage, A (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:
Taha, R.
Program of Study:
Financial systems and taxation: the role in the economy. (PHD) 2011.
Supervisors:
Colombage, S (Main), Maslyuk, S (Associate).