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Dr Anna Golab

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 5663
Email: a.golab@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO2.450  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6827-5252

Dr Anna Golab is the Course Coordinator for Finance and a Lecturer in the School of Business and Law.

Key Research Areas

  • Behavioural Finance in Times of Economic Uncertainty
  • Forecasting in Financial and Economic Contexts
  • Innovations in Teaching and Learning
  • Positive Education Psychology in Higher Education

Biography

Dr Anna Golab is a Course Coordinator and Lecturer in the Finance Discipline at the School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, Australia. Her research focuses on behavioural finance during economic uncertainty, forecasting analysis, and modelling financial market volatility. Her PhD examined volatility and long-term relationships in European emerging markets using cointegration techniques. She is a member of the Finance and Investment Research Cluster (FIRC), contributing to research in financial markets, investment behaviour, and economic modelling.

With a background in teaching and a passion for student development, Dr Anna Golab is a teaching-focused academic dedicated to positive education psychology and effective learning strategies. Her vision—Empowering Minds, Inspiring Lives—reflects her commitment to helping students grow through mindfulness, resilience, and future-focused learning.

2018 - Discipline Award - Commerce, School of Business and Law, ECU

2011 - Outstanding Lecturing Performance in the School, School of Accounting, Finance and Economics, ECU

2010 - Outstanding Lecturing Performance in the School, School of Accounting, Finance and Economics, ECU

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2013.
  • Master of Professional Accounting, Edith Cowan University, 2006.

Research Outputs

Book Chapters

  • Polkowska, M., Golab, A. (2025). Legal and Political Determinants of Changes. Air Transportation Industry: History and Developments (59-166). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003437604-4.

Journal Articles

  • Golab, A., Barratt, T., Yong, J., Afroz, T. (2025). Teacher wellbeing and teaching excellence in higher education: Exploring the interplay through the lens of the PERMA framework. Higher Education Quarterly, 79(1), article number e12563. https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12563.

Journal Articles

  • Pham, T., Bannigidadmath, D., Goh, E., Golab, A. (2024). Hitting the jackpot: what drives casino hotel stock returns’ predictability?. Tourism Recreation Research, 2024(Article in press), 15 pages. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2024.2327258.

Journal Articles

  • 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.
  • Pawski, D., Powell, R., Golab, A. (2022). An Analysis of Whether Privately Owned Financial Planning Practices Are Transitioning to Fully Independent Advice Providers. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 15(8), Article Number 356. https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm15080356.
  • Pawski, D., Powell, R., Golab, A. (2022). Factors affecting the growth of small privately‐owned financial planning businesses. Australian Economic Papers, 61(4), 717-737. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8454.12275.

Journal Articles

Journal Articles

  • Golab, A., Zamojska, A. (2019). Volatility spillovers between European financial markets: evidence since the Brexit. International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 23(3), 345-366. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBG.2019.102909.

Journal Articles

  • Golab, A., Jie, F., Powell, R., Zamojska, A. (2018). Cointegration between the European Union and the selected global markets following Sovereign Debt Crisis. Investment Management and Financial Innovations, 15(1), 14. https://doi.org/10.21511/imfi.15(1).2018.05.

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.
  • Golab, A., Gengatharen, D., Jie, F., Kiani Mavi, R., Moore, C., Korecki, M. (2018). Impact of positive education psychology on the first-year student experience. STARS 2018 Proceedings (5p.). https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/4958.
  • Golab, A., Zamojska, A. (2018). Uncertainty and risk premium. 2nd Business Doctoral and Emerging Scholars Conference (125-128). ECU SBL Australia. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/4970.

Book Chapters

  • Golab, A., Allen, D., Powell, R., Yap, G. (2014). Volatility and Spillover Effects of Central and Eastern Europe: Impact of EU Enlargement. Emerging Markets and the Global Economy: A Handbook (449-482). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-411549-1.00019-3.
  • Golab, A., Allen, DE., Powell, R. (2014). Aspects of Volatility and Correlations in European Emerging Economies. Emerging Markets and Sovereign Risk (59-80). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137450661_4.

Conference Publications

  • Allen, D., Golab, A., Powell, R., Yap, G. (2012). The Comovements of Emerging Stock Markets of Central and Eastern Europe: Impact of EU. Proceedings of the International Finance, Banking and Insurance Congress (FIBAC) 2012 (1-17). Istanbul Kultur University.

Research Projects

  • EU economy and finance in the era of Brexit – impacts on Australian society, Edith Cowan University, ECU Early Career Researcher Grant - 2019, 2019 ‑ 2020, $23,666.

Research Student Supervision

No data available

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, Is the privately owned financial planning sector growing or going?
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The determinants of banking system soundness: Evidence from selected developed economies
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