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Associate Professor Deepa Bannigidadmath

Associate Dean (Accounting and Finance)

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 5605
Email: d.bannigidadmath@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO2.454  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9428-9850

Associate Professor Deepa is the Acting Associate Dean (Accounting and Finance) at the School of Business and Law.

Key Research Areas

  • Asset Pricing
  • Forecasting
  • Commodity Markets
  • Applied Financial Econometrics

Biography

Prior to joining Edith Cowan University, Deepa held an academic appointment at Deakin University and worked for over three years in the IT industry as a Programmer Analyst. She brings extensive experience in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate finance courses. Deepa enriches the student learning experience by integrating practical and experiential components into her teaching. This includes leveraging finance industry databases such as Bloomberg and Refinitiv Eikon, web-based stock market simulation tools, and real-world business case studies to bridge theory and practice in the classroom.

Deepa’s research interests include asset pricing, forecasting, financial markets, commodity markets, behavioural finance, applied financial econometrics, and corporate finance. She has published in leading international journals such as the Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of International Money and Finance, Energy Economics, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, and Economic Modelling, among others. She has also secured multiple research grants, including two Category 3 grants, and received several awards in recognition of her contributions to teaching and research excellence.

She is the founding leader of the Finance and Investment Research Cluster and a founding member of the Corporate Governance and Sustainability Research Centre.

In addition to her academic and research achievements, Deepa has actively contributed to the development and implementation of school and university policies. She has served on a range of key committees, including the School’s Research and Research Training Committee, Scholarship and Research Grants Review Committee, Awards Sub-Committee, Workload Model Working Committee, and Learning Management System Consultative Committee. She has also led the management of the SMART Lab at ECU, served as Acting Course Coordinator, and regularly reviews submissions for ABDC A*/A-ranked journals, further contributing to the advancement of the finance discipline.

2020 - Commerce Discipline Award, School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University

2018 – Appreciation Award, 3rd Business Doctoral and Emerging Scholars Conference, Edith Cowan University

2016 – Most cited Article of the Journal of Banking and Finance, Elsevier ScienceDirect

2016 – Publications Success Acknowledgement in Dean’s Newsletter, Deakin University

2014 – Deakin University’s Postgraduate Research Scholarship

2013 – Best PhD Paper Presentation Award at Performance of Financial Markets Symposium, Melbourne.

2012 – Dean’s Postgraduate Merit Listee, Deakin University.

  • Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ)
  • Commercial Education Society of Australia (CESA) Fellow
  • Asia-Pacific Applied Economics Association (APAEA)
  • English
  • Kannada
  • Hindi

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Deakin University, 2017.
  • Master of Business Administration (International), Deakin University, 2011.
  • Bachelor of Engineering, India, 2005.

Research Outputs

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Journal Articles

  • Bannigidadmath, D., Narayan, PK. (2022). Economic importance of correlations for energy and other commodities. Energy Economics, 107(March 2022), article number 105854. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2022.105854.
  • Bannigidadmath, D., Narayan, PK., Phan, DH., Gong, Q. (2022). How stock markets reacted to COVID-19? Evidence from 25 countries. Finance Research Letters, 45, article number 102161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2021.102161.
  • Goh, E., Mat Roni, S., Bannigidadmath, D. (2022). Thomas Cook(ed): Using Altman’s z-score analysis to examine predictors of financial bankruptcy in tourism and hospitality businesses. Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, 34(3), 475-487. https://doi.org/10.1108/APJML-02-2021-0126.
  • Golab, A., Bannigidadmath, D., Pham, T., Thuraisamy, K. (2022). Economic policy uncertainty and industry return predictability – Evidence from the UK. International Review of Economics and Finance, 82(November 2022), 433-447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2022.07.006.

Journal Articles

  • Narayan, PK., Bannigidadmath, D. (2021). Financial news and CDS spreads. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 29(March 2021), Article number 100448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2020.100448.
  • Bannigidadmath, D., Narayan, P. (2021). Economic news and the cross-section of commodity futures returns. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 31(September 2021), Article number 100540. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2021.100540.
  • Bannigidadmath, D., Narayan, PK. (2021). Commodity futures returns and policy uncertainty. International Review of Economics and Finance, 72(March 2021), 364-383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2020.11.009.
  • Narayan, P., Bannigidadmath, D., Narayan, S. (2021). How Much Does Economic News Influence Bilateral Exchange Rates?. Journal of International Money and Finance: theoretical and empirical research in international economics and finance, 115(July 2021), Article number 102410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2021.102410.
  • Pham, T., Powell, R., Bannigidadmath, D. (2021). Systemically important banks in Asian emerging markets: Evidence from four systemic risk measures. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 70(Dec 2021), Article number 101670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pacfin.2021.101670.
  • Bannigidadmath, D., Truter, A. (2021). Do Asymmetries in the Indian Equity Market Exist during the COVID-19?. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 57(10), 2838-2851. https://doi.org/10.1080/1540496X.2021.1891882.

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Conference Publications

  • Bannigidadmath, D., Powell, R. (2019). The effectiveness of climate change models in measuring financial risk. The Proceedings of 3rd Business Doctoral and Emerging Scholars Conference (10-14). Edith Cowan University. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/7566.

Conference Publications

  • Nguyen, TT., Powell, R., Golab, A., Bannigidadmath, D. (2018). Analysis of approaches to the relationship between risk and bank diversification. The proceedings of 3rd Business Doctoral and Emerging Scholars Conference (26-30). Edith Cowan University. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/7567.

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Research Projects

  • Operational risk incidents and stock price crash risk: An international evidence, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, AFAANZ - Grant, 2023 ‑ 2024, $5,900.
  • Board reforms and corporate innovation: An international evidence, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, AFAANZ - Grant, 2021 ‑ 2022, $6,031.
  • Financial and economic impacts of climate change in Australia, Edith Cowan University, ECU Early Career Researcher Grant – 2020, 2020 ‑ 2021, $28,273.

Research Student Supervision

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Family vs Non-Family Firms: Three Essays on Natural Capital disclosure

Associate Supervisor

  • Master of Business by Research, Impact of macroeconomic and monetary policy uncertainty shocks on economic growth - An empirical study of Pakistan
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Three Essays on Systemic Risk in Asian Emerging Markets
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Regulatory Capital, Liquidity Creation, Bank Characteristics and Profitability: Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries
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