Dr Jean Canil

Biography/ Background

Jean lectures advanced corporate finance at under- and postgraduate, as well as Honours levels. She has published extensively in both Australian and international journals. She also has presented several papers at international conferences and at research seminars at other universities. Jean is also active professionally. She is a principal lecturer for Finsia and a Council member for the South Australian division. Jean also has consulting experience in the field of corporate finance. Jean came to the university from the South Australian State Treasury.

Teaching Interests

She is lecturer-in-charge of Corporate Finance Theory and Corporate Finance Theory for Masters. She also lectures a more advanced version in Singapore. Her principal teaching and research interests are in the area of corporate finance, including executive stock options, risk management, diversification, capital structure, takeover strategies and real options.

Professional Associations

Financial Management Association
Senior Fellow of Finsia

Qualifications

B.Ec., B.Com (Hons), Ph.D, F Fin, FMA

Research Interests

Jean's research in Corporate Finance is essentially applied, although some theoretical contributions have been made. Areas of interest include executive stock options, risk management, diversification, capital structure, toehold strategies with respect to corporate acquisitions, measuring firm growth opportunities and real options.

Selected publications: (a full list is located at the bottom of this page)

Evidence of Tax Loss Selling in Corporate Asset Sales, Accounting Research Journal, 2000, 13(2)53-66 (with B. Rosser).

EVA and financial analysis, Journal of Australian Society of Security Analysts, 2001, Summer, 27-31 (with B. Rosser).

Executive Stock Options: Don't Throw the Baby Out With the Bathwater, Journal of Australian Society of Security Analysts, 2003, Winter, 32-35 (with B. Rosser).

Corporate Responses to the Introduction of the Australian Consolidation Standard: A Test of Disclosure Cost Explanations, Journal of Academy of Business and Economics, 2003, 1(2), 146-154 (with B. Rosser).

The Before-/After-Interest Choice In The Measure Of Segment Earnings, Global Business and Finance Review, 2004, 9, 51-62 (with B. Rosser).

Toeholds, African Finance Journal, 2004, 6, 37-55 (with B. Rosser).

Executive Stock Options: Preliminary Australian Evidence of Shareholder Wealth Effects of Pre-effort Contracting, Journal of Corporate Ownership and Control, 2005, 2, 94-105 (with B. Rosser).

A Test of a Mandated Accounting Change: Consolidation Standard AASB 1024, Global Business and Finance Review, 2005, 10, 75-86 (with B. Rosser).

Corporate Hedging and Managerial Ownership, Journal of Australian Society of Security Analysts, 2005, Autumn, 37-39 (with B. Rosser).

Financial Risk Hedging, Borrowing and Capital Expenditure, Global Business and Finance Review, 2005, 10, pp. 59-69 (with B.Rosser).

How Toeholds Become Footholds, Journal of Corporate Ownership and Control, 2007, 4, pp. 26-44 (with B.Rosser).

Files

• Publication List - Publications.pdf [55.6K] (application/pdf)

Entry last updated: Thursday, 10 Apr 2008