Andrew Worthington was the Professor of Finance in the School of Accounting and Finance at the University of Wollongong until 2007. Born and raised in Gunnedah in north-western New South Wales, he completed his undergraduate study of economics, modern history, politics and business studies at the University of New England (1986-1988) with credit from the University of Technology Sydney (1984) and the University of Sydney (1985) and worked in security analysis and portfolio management in Sydney (1984-1986 and 1988-1991) before embarking upon his academic career in 1993. His career appointments include the University of New England (1993-1996), Queensland University of Technology (1996-2005) and the University of Wollongong (since January 2005) along with short teaching-related appointments at the Securities Institute of Australia, Shafston College, Griffith University and QUT's Brisbane Graduate School of Business. His areas of expertise include Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, Alternative Investments, Personal Finance, Behavioural Finance.
Articles
Personal bank account access and awareness: An analysis of the technological and informational constraints of Australian consumers, Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2007)
Logit models are used to predict access and awareness of personal bank accounts. Access is...
A comparative analysis of oil as a risk factor in Australian industry stock returns, 1980-2006 (with E. McSweeney), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2007)
This paper uses a multifactor model to examine the role of crude oil as a...
A Primer on Islamic Finance: Definitions, Sources, Principles and Methods (with A. Gait), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2007)
Islamic finance is one of the most rapidly growing segments of the global financial system....
An empirical note on the holiday effect in the Australian stock market, 1996-2006 (with G. Marrett), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2007)
This note examines the holiday effect in Australian daily stock returns at the market and...
An Empirical Survey of Individual Consumer, Business Firm and Financial Institution Attitudes towards Islamic Methods of Finance (with A. Gait), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2007)
Islamic finance – financial institutions, products and services designed to comply with the central tenets...