John Watson

John Watson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Banking and Finance at Monash University since 2002. Prior to this role, he worked as a senior teaching fellow at Otago University (2000–2002). He completed his PhD, titled 'Issues in Managed Funds: Australian Evidence,' in 2010. His research focuses on superannuation, pension plans, operations research, efficiency analysis (particularly Data Envelopment Analysis), mutual fund performance, and financial risk. Watson has published extensively on topics such as spillover effects in bond defaults, gender dynamics in finance academia, and the interplay between mutual fund flows and market returns during crises.

Education:

• PhD in Banking and Finance, Monash University (2010)

Research Interests:

• Superannuation and pension fund efficiency
• Operations research applications in finance
• Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) modeling
• Mutual fund performance evaluation
• Behavioral finance and investor psychology

Recent Work Trends: His recent articles analyze systemic risks in Chinese corporate debt markets, gender disparities in finance journal authorship, and the global financial crisis's impact on mutual fund dynamics. Methodologically, he frequently employs DEA frameworks to assess efficiency in fund management and pension systems.

Awards: None explicitly listed.

Advising/Grants: No formal student advisees or grants are documented in the provided texts.