Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Barry is an Associate Professor of Banking in the Department of Banking and Finance.
Previously Barry worked at Bond University where he was a Professor of Finance and also a founding Co-Director of the Globalisation and Development Center at the Faculty of Business. Barry also is a visiting researcher at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Swiss Economic Institute (KOF), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich. Prior to working at Bond University Barry has worked at The University of Queensland and Monash University. Before commencing an academic career, Barry worked in the Economics Department of the State Bank of Victoria.
Barry has taught in the areas of Financial Markets and Institutions and International Finance. His research focuses upon the banking industry, in particular the areas of bank performance and risk, both domestically and multinationally.
Barry's reseach has been publised in number of journals including several times in the Journal of Banking and Finance as well as the Australian Journal of Management, the Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments, Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments, the Journal of Economic Surveys and Applied Economics.
Education/Academic qualification
Finance, PhD
Award Date: 16 Nov 1997
Economics, MCom, University of Melbourne
Jan 1987 → Dec 1991
Award Date: 17 Dec 1991
Economics, BEc, La Trobe University
Award Date: 17 Dec 1985
External positions
Visiting Research Professor, KOF Swiss Economic Institute
2007 → 2020
Research area keywords
- Banking, bank risk, multinational banking
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Foreign Banks in Australia: What difference have they made?
Williams, B. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
1/01/18 → 14/12/18
Project: Research
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National governance, accounting regulations and systemic stability: International evidence
Nguyen, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Skully, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Williams, B. (Chief Investigator (CI))
4/07/17 → 3/07/18
Project: Research
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The probability of Chapter 11 firms refiling again: a censored hazard approach
Fenech, J. P., Williams, B. & Yap, Y. K., 2025, In: Applied Economics. 57, 15, p. 1803-1817 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile -
Non-interest income and bank risk: the role of financial structure
Saklain, M. S. & Williams, B., Jun 2024, In: Pacific Basin Finance Journal. 85, 25 p., 102352.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
The evolution of bank revenue and risk in the Asia-Pacific Region
Williams, B. & Rajaguru, G., Feb 2022, In: Pacific Basin Finance Journal. 71, 28 p., 101693.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
7 Citations (Scopus) -
Effective governance, financial markets, financial institutions & crises
Balachandran, B. & Williams, B., 1 Sept 2018, In: Pacific Basin Finance Journal. 50, p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
15 Citations (Scopus) -
Erratum to “The impact of non-interest income on bank risk in Australia” [Journal of Banking and Finance (2016) 73C (16–37)] (S037842661630139X)(10.1016/j.jbankfin.2016.07.019)
Williams, B., 1 Jun 2017, In: Journal of Banking and Finance. 79, p. 173 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other › peer-review