Scott J Niblock HonsI(SCU)PhD(SCU) Dr Scott Niblock is a Finance lecturer with the Southern Cross Business School (SCBS). He holds a Bachelor of Business with First Class Honours and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Finance from Southern Cross University. Scott teaches undergraduate and postgraduate programs (both domestically and internationally) such as foundations of finance, portfolio/wealth management, corporate finance, financial derivatives and risk management. His research is driven by financial econometrics using time-series data and other empirical approaches, and is particularly passionate about the informational efficiency of securities markets (both developed and emerging), funds management performance (both conventional and socially responsible), options trading, and the carbon economy. Scott also holds the position of SCBS Honours Coordinator, sits on the Honours Advisory Group (HAG) Committee, and is an active SCBS Research Committee member. Scott has also worked as a private client advisor and wealth manager in the stockbroking industry, gaining high level Australian stock and derivatives accreditation. He has traded shares, options and warrants during his career. Outside of his work commitments, Scott enjoys investing, sports, wine, cooking, reading, cinema, concerts, theatrical productions, and spending time with family and friends.
Journal articles
Carbon markets in times of VUCA: a weak-form efficiency investigation of the phase II EU ETS (with Jennifer L. Harrison), Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment (2013)
We examine the weak-form efficiency status of the European carbon market over periods of sustained...
Do dynamic linkages exist among European carbon markets? (with Jennifer L. Harrison), International Business & Economic Research Journal (2012)
In this paper we examine statistical relationships among European carbon markets from 2005 to 2010....
Risk-adjusted returns of socially responsible mutual funds: how do they stack up? (with Keith Jacob), The Journal of Index Investing (2011)
This article establishes index suitability on a risk-adjusted basis for socially responsible investment (SRI) mutual...
Theses
A diachronic informational efficiency investigation of European carbon markets, PhD thesis, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW (2011)
The aim of this research is to address the inter-phase informational efficiency of the European...
Conference publications
Carbon markets in times of economic uncertainty: a weak-form efficiency investigation of the Phase II EU ETS, 12th International Research Conference on Finance Perspectives (2012)
Do dynamic linkages exist among European carbon markets? (with Jennifer L. Harrison), Clute Institute International Academic Conference (2011)
In this paper we examine statistical relationships among European carbon markets from 2005 to 2010....
European carbon markets and the global financial crisis (with Jennifer L. Harrison), Global Business Conference (2011)
This paper considers investment characteristics of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) during...
Climate change policy developments in Australia: a comparison of Stern, Garnaut, and the carbon pollution reduction scheme (with Jennifer L. Harrison and Alex Kouzmin), 23rd ANZAM Conference 2009: Sustainable Management and Marketing (2009)
The carbon market: an investigation of the current state and trends (with Jennifer L. Harrison), 23rd ANZAM Conference 2009: Sustainable Management and Marketing (2009)
Reports
Emission trading: developing rail industry foresight (with Michael Evans, Rocco Zito, Neal Ryan, Michael B. Charles, Jennifer L. Harrison, Brett Hughes, and Ivan Iankov), CRC for Rail Innovation (2008)
There is possibly no more prominent global issue than that of climate change. It is...