The GDC is an inter-disciplinary Faculty Research Centre established in 2007. It aims to encourage collaboration and to promote high quality and innovative research within the broad field of globalisation. There is a research focus on the Asia-Pacific region as well as issues dealing with the economic development within the Asia-Pacific.
One broad emphasis is the impact of globalisation on financial and labour markets. From a socio-cultural perspective, globalisation has also raised interesting issues with regard to sustainable development, identity, the quality of life and deterritorialisation.
It is, therefore, imperative to study the implications of globalisation for the cultural identity, quality of life and sense of being on people impacted by globalisation. A systematic study of these and other vital issues constitutes the agenda of the GDC.
For more information see the GDC website.
Pictured left to right:
Sudhir Kale, Ahmed Khalid, Ingrid Bonn, Barry Williams, Noel Gaston, Gulasekaran Rajaguru
Documents from 2011
How an export boom affects unemployment, Noel Gaston and Gulasekaran Rajaguru
The growth effects of corporate and personal tax rates in the OECD, Norman Gemmell, Richard Kneller, and Ismael Sanz
The role of culture on new product development decisions, Sudhir H. Kale
A diagnosis of inherent problems in implementing internal marketing in Macau and Singapore casino companies, Sudhir H. Kale, Sangita De, and Mark T. Spence
Cultural differences in imagery generation: the influence of abstract versus concrete thinking, Beichen Liang and Sudhir H. Kale
Documents from 2010
Financial constraints, the distribution of wealth and international trade, Emmanuel Amissah, Spiros Bougheas, and Rodney Falvey
Is the labour demand curve downward sloping for Australia?, Melissa Bond and Noel Gaston
Current global financial crisis: the great recession and the nascent recovery, Dilip K. Das
Financial globalization and the shifting sands of contemporary financial markets, Dilip K. Das
The evolution and unfolding of financial globalisation, Dilip K. Das
Trade liberalisation, economic crises and growth, Rodney Falvey, Neil Foster, and David Greenaway
Introduction, Noel Gaston and Ahmed M. Khalid
International migration, Noel Gaston and Doug Nelson
The impact of political events on financial market volatility: Evidence using a Markov Switching process, Ahmed M. Khalid and Gulasekaran Rajaguru
Market development for fixed income securities: The role of socio-economic and institutional factors, Ahmed M. Khalid and Gulasekaran Rajaguru
Access regulation, competition, and the investment of network operators in the mobile telecommunications industry, Jihwan Kim, Yunhee Kim, Noel Gaston, Yeonbae Kim, and Romain Lestage
Cultural differences in imagery generation: the influence of concrete versus abstract thinking, Beichen Liang and Sudhir H. Kale
Documents from 2009
Does trade weaken product quality standards, Katia Berti and Rodney E. Falvey
The impact of material and service outsourcing on employment in Thailand's manufacturing industries, Aekapol Chongvilaivan and Shandre M. Thangavelu
The life and death of a vituperative anti-globalization movement, Dilip K. Das
Measuring globalisation - opening the black box: a critical analysis of globalisation indices, Axel Dreher, Noel Gaston, Pim Martens, and Lotte Van Boxem
Development aid and international politics: does membership on the UN Security Council influence World Bank decisions?, Axel Dreher, Jan-Egbert Sturm, and James R. Vreeland
The long-run determinants of Australian income inequality, Noel Gaston and Gulasekaran Rajaguru
Documents from 2008
The divide between developed and emerging capital markets in a globalised world: can we discriminate?, Mohamed Ariff, Guoma Alrgibi, and Louis Murray
Sino-Turkish relations in a globalising Asia-Pacific, Rosita Dellios and Nadir Kemal Yilmaz
Has globalisation increased inequality?, Axel Dreher and Noel Gaston
The handmaiden’s tale: Japan’s foreign investment as a reflection of its domestic economy, Craig Freedman, Alexander Blair, and Demi Chung
The inverse domino effect: are economic reforms contagious?, Martin Gassebner, Noel Gaston, and Michael Lamla
Shedding ‘light’ on marriage: the influence of skin shade on marriage for black females, Darrick Hamilton, Arthur H. Goldsmith, and William Darity Jr.
Modelling the policy challenges confronting globalising developing countries, Neil Dias Karunaratne
Labour market transitions for female workers in Japan: the role of global competition, Tomoko Kishi and Noel Gaston
The united states empire of debt: the roots of the current financial crisis, Bill Lucarelli
The global village and the social and cultural aspects of globalisation, Pim Martens, Axel Dreher, and Noel Gaston
The pursuit of Asian hegemony: a comparison of Chinese and Indian strategic objectives and containment policies, Jeremy Moore
Harmonisation of intellectual property: issues in the South Pacific, Owen Morgan
Trade policy, exchange-rate adjustment and unemployment, Yoshiyasu Ono
Averting armageddon: in search of nuclear governance, Joseph Siracusa
Characteristics determining the efficiency of foreign banks in Australia, Jan-Egbert Sturm and Barry Williams
Documents from 2007
Derivative markets and economic growth: Is there a relationship?, A. Baluch and Mohamed Ariff
Contents and introduction of: Measuring Globalisation and its Consequences, Axel Dreher, Noel Gaston, and Pim Martens
Trade liberalisation and human capital adjustment, Rodney E. Falvey, David Greenaway, and Joana Silva
The employment and wage effects of immigration: an overview of theory, method and results, Noel Gaston and Doug Nelson
Cultural adaptation on the Web: review and implications, Sudhir H. Kale, Sangita De, and Nicholas Kreider
Homeless abroad, homeless at home: the conundrum of globalisation, Sudhir H. Kale, Sangita De, and Robin Pentecost
Financial market contagion: evidence from the Asian crisis using a multivariate GARCH approach, Ahmed M. Khalid and Gulasekaran Rajaguru
The global impact of the Russian financial crisis: evidence using granger causality and impulse reponses in a VAR model, Ahmed Khalid and Gulasekaran Rajaguru
What determines differences in foreign bank efficiency? Australian evidence, Jan-Egbert Sturm and Barry Williams