Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework: Recent submissions
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The impact of a tick size reduction in Futures Markets: evidence from the Sydney Futures Exchange
Published 2008-02-04This dissertation examines the impact of a reduction in the minimum price increment on market quality and price impact in the 3 Year Commonwealth Treasury Bond Futures contract. Prior to the tick size reduction, the minimum ...Open AccessThesis -
Filling the Void: Hizbullah's State Building in Lebanon
Published 2007-12-21Abstract Hizbullah is a militarised sub-state group that challenges Lebanon's authority by establishing a parallel power-structure within the state. This thesis argues that the failure of the Lebanese government to provide ...Open AccessThesis -
Gathering Storm: Structuring More Successful Responses to Disasters
Published 2007-12-21Abstract The period between 1992 and 2005 was turbulent for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Failed responses to Hurricanes Andrew and Katrina resulted in academics questioning the efficacy of FEMA’s structure ...Open AccessThesis -
Women and Work in Contemporary Japan: Deconstructing the "Crisis" of the Gender Order
Published 2007-12-21ABSTRACT The 1990s saw important developments in the employment practices of Japanese women as necessitated by economic recession. Japanese women are increasingly postponing their traditional roles of wife and mother in ...Open AccessThesis -
"Dangerously Radical?" - Explaining the position of the Revolutionary Association of Women in Afghanistan in Post Taliban Afghanistan
Published 2007-12-21ABSTRACT The Revolutionary Association of Women in Afghanistan is an organisation that provides a fascinating insight into understandings of gender, national identity and universal human rights. In its construction of a ...Open AccessThesis