Prof Arusha Cooray ~ Head, Accounting

Arusha Cooray is a Professor of Finance and Head of  Academic Group, Accounting and Finance, at the College of Business, Law and Governance. She completed her PhD at the University of New South Wales, Australia

Arusha is an applied macroeconomist, with research interests in the areas of macro-finance, international finance, open economy macroeconomics and development macroeconomics.

Prior to joining James Cook University, Arusha worked at many different universities including, the University of Wollongong, University of Tasmania, University of Nottingham Malaysia and the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

She is currently joint Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Development and a Fellow at the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER), Fellow at the Centre for Poverty Analysis Sri Lanka and Research Associate at the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, ANU. 

She has held visiting positions at the University of Oxford, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (Geneva), Centre for Poverty, Equity and Growth in Developing Countries (Gottingen), Institute of Policy Studies (Sri Lanka), Australian National University and Macquarie University (Australia).

Arusha has also served as Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Norway, Finland, and Iceland.

Arusha has published in journals including the Journal of Macroeconomics, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Oxford Economic Papers among others.

Teaching

• BX3134: Finance of International Trade (Level 3; TSV)
• CO5109: Corporate Finance (Level 5; TSV)
• CO5809: Corporate Finance (Level 5; ONL)

Research Disciplines

• Applied economics (3801)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Macroeconomics (1502)
• economic framework (1599)
• International trade policy (1501)

Awards

• 2022 - New Colombo Plan Mobility Grant, DFAT, AUD 33,000

Other

• 2022 - Non-Resident Fellow, Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability, Monash University
• 2021 - Editor-in-Chief (joint), Journal of International Development
• 2019 - Honorary Research Fellow, United Nations University (UNU-WIDER)
• 2018 - Fellow, Global Labour Organization
• 2017 - Fellow, Centre for Poverty Analysis, Sri Lanka
• 2007 - Research Associate, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Australian National University

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Apergis N, Cooray A and Rehman M (in press) US partisan conflict uncertainty and households' access to bank credit: Evidence from UK survey data. Global Finance Journal,
• Aziz N, Chowdhury M and Cooray A (2022) Why do people from wealthy countries migrate? European Journal of Political Economy, 73.
• Cooray A, Jha C and Panda B (in press) Corruption and assortative matching of partners in international trade. European Journal of Political Economy,
• Apergis N, Rehman M and Cooray A (2021) Do fiscal shocks explain bond yield in high- and low-debt economies? Journal of Economic Studies, 48 (2). pp. 468-494
• Aziz N, Cooray A and Teo W (2021) Do immigrants’ funds affect the exchange rate? The World Economy, 44 (2). pp. 560-585
• Vadlamannati K, Cooray A and de Soysa I (2021) Health-system equity, egalitarian democracy and COVID-19 outcomes: an empirical analysis. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 49 (1). pp. 104-113
• Apergis N and Cooray A (2020) How do human rights violations affect poverty and income distribution? International Economics, 161. pp. 56-65
• Apergis N, Chatziantoniou I and Cooray A (2020) Monetary policy and commodity markets: unconventional versus conventional impact and the role of economic uncertainty. International Review of Financial Analysis, 71.
• Apergis N, Cooray A, Khraief N and Apergis I (2019) Do gold prices respond to real interest rates? Evidence from the Bayesian Markov Switching VECM model. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 60. pp. 134-148
• Cooray A and Khraief N (2019) Money growth and inflation: new evidence from a nonlinear and asymmetric analysis. Manchester School, 87 (4). pp. 543-577
• Apergis N and Cooray A (2018) Asymmetric real exchange rates and poverty: the role of remittances. Emerging Markets Review, 35. pp. 111-119
• Apergis N and Cooray A (2018) The behaviour of interest rate spreads prior to and after the financial crisis: evidence across OECD countries. Manchester School, 86 (5). pp. 559-585

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 31+ research outputs authored by Prof Arusha Cooray from 2016 onwards.

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Current

• How will digital disruption change accounting higher education and future accounting employability skills? (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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