Swansea University - evans_p

Dr. Pornsawan (Twm) Evans

Specialist Subjects: Financial Market Microstructure, Corporate Finance and Portfolio Analysis, Asset and Derivatives Markets, Risk Management

Publications

  • Chris Bilson, Tim Brailsford, and Twm Evans, “The international transmission of arbitrage information across futures markets”, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, June/July 2005, Vol. 32, Issue 5/6, pp. 973-1000 and in ANU and EBMS working paper series.
  • Twm Evans, “Efficiency tests of the UK financial futures markets and the impact of electronic trading system”, Applied Financial Economics, November 2006, Vol. 16, Issue 17, pp.1273-1283.
  • Twm Evans and David McMillan, “Volatility Forecasts: The Role of Asymmetric and Long-Memory Dynamics and Regional Evidence”, Applied Financial Economics, 2007, Vol. 17, Issue 17, pp. 1421-1430.
  • Twm Evans and David McMillan, “Asymmetric Return Patterns: Evidence from 33 International Stock Market Indices”, Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 16, Issue 8, June 2009, pp. 775-777.
  • Twm Evans and David McMillan, “Financial Co-Movement and Correlation: Evidence from 33 International Stock Market Indices”, International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance, 2009, Vol. 1, Issue 3, pp. 215-241.
  • Twm Evans, Nick Wilson, Barry Ip and Ali Altanlar, “A Longitudinal Analysis of Business Characteristics and Growth Performance of SMEs in UK Assisted Areas”, Working Paper Series, School of Business and Economics, Swansea University, August 2010.

Research in Progress

  • A Comparative Study on Equity Cross-listing in Europe from China, Hong Kong and Singapore, with David McMillan (St. Andrews).
  • An Empirical Analysis on the UK High-Growth Firms: Welsh Regional Evidence, with Nick Wilson (Leeds), Barry Ip (Swansea Metropolitan University), Ali Altanlar (Leeds).

Research Funding

  • Project Manager and Principal Investigator, “Empirical of Foreign Direct Investment in Wales”, with Dr. A. Roberts (Cardiff) and Dr. R. Holz (Stuttgart), Research Grant Project - Economic Research Unit, Welsh Assembly Government, October 2007-September 2008. http://wales.gov.uk/docs/dfm/research/090701foreigndirectinvestmenten.pdf
  • Project Manager and Principal Investigator, “A Longitudinal Analysis of Firm Performance, Financial Health and Growth Potential of SMEs in Wales, with Prof. Nick Wilson (Leeds), Dr. Barry Ip (SMU), Dr. Ali Altanlar (Leeds), Research Grant Project - Economic Research Unit, Welsh Assembly Government, October 2008-September 2009. http://wales.gov.uk/docs//dfm/research/100524smesinwalesen.pdf
  • Project Manager, “Stock of Inward Investors in Wales”, Research Grant Project - International Business Wales, Welsh Assembly Government, September-December 2008.

Conferences
  • Presentation at the University of Wales Accounting and Finance Colloquium 2004
  • Gregynog, Wales UK, May 10-12, 2004.
  • Presentation at the Forecasting Financial Markets, FFM 2006
  • Aix-en-Provence, France May 31-June 2, 2006.
  • Presentation at the University of Wales Accounting and Finance Colloquium 2006
  • Gregynog, Wales UK, May 9-11, 2006.
  • Presentation at the British Accounting Association (BAA) Annual Conference,
  • Royal Holloway, University of London, April 3-5, 2007.
  • Presentation at the International Equity Market Comovements and Contagion Workshop,
  • Cass Business School, City University, London, May 11, 2007.
  • Presentation at the 5th INFINITI Conference on International Finance, Trinity College, Dublin, June 11-12, 2007.
  • Presentation at the University of Wales Accounting and Finance Colloquium 2009
  • Gregynog, Wales UK, May 10-12, 2010.
  • Presentation at the Regional Studies Association Annual International Conference 2010, Regional Responses and Global Shifts: Actors, Institutions and Organisations, Pécs, Hungary, May 24-26, 2010.
General Information

BEcon (Chulalongkorn), BSc (Warwick), MA (Thammasat), PhD (Swansea)

School of Business and Economics
Swansea
TEL: +44 (0) 1792 602788
FAX: +44 (0) 1792 295626
E-MAIL: p.evans@swansea.ac.uk

Courses Taught

EBF232: Corporate Finance I

EBF234: Corporate Finance II

EBF303: Contemporary Issues in Finance

EBFM19: Principles in Finance