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Associate Professor Timothy Fisher
BA(Hons) Queen's, MA UBC, PhD UBC
Associate Professor
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A02 - Social Sciences Building
The University of Sydney
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Timothy Fisherholds aPhD and MA from the University of British Columbia and a BA (Hons) from Queen’s University at Kingston. After working in the Research Department at the Bank of Canada and Department of Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University he joined the School of Economics at the University of Sydney as Associate Professor in 2004. His primary area of research is law and economics, with a particular interest in empirical analysis of commercial bankruptcy and corporate restructuring.
Publications
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Book Chapters
- Fisher, T., Melatos, M. (2007). The Economics of Doing Business in China, Indonesia, and Thailand. In Gibson, J. and B. du Marais (Eds.), Réformes du droit économique et développement en Asie Enseignements de la Chine, de l'Indonésie et de la Thaïlande (Economic Reforms and Development in Asia. Lessons from China, Indonesia and Thailand), (pp. 17-36). Paris France: La Documentation française.
Journals
- Fisher, T., Gavious, I., Martel, J. (2019). Earnings Management in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Abacus, 55(2), 273-305. [More Information]
- Fisher, T., Martel, J., Gavious, I. (2016). Tax claims, government priority, absolute priority and the resolution of financial distress. International Review of Law and Economics, 48, 50-58. [More Information]
- Fisher, T., Martel, J. (2015). Too much of a good thing? The impact of a new bankruptcy law in Canada. Finance, 36(2), 37-66.
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2019
- Fisher, T., Gavious, I., Martel, J. (2019). Earnings Management in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Abacus, 55(2), 273-305. [More Information]
2016
- Fisher, T., Martel, J., Gavious, I. (2016). Tax claims, government priority, absolute priority and the resolution of financial distress. International Review of Law and Economics, 48, 50-58. [More Information]
2015
- Fisher, T., Martel, J. (2015). Too much of a good thing? The impact of a new bankruptcy law in Canada. Finance, 36(2), 37-66.
2014
- Nguyen, K., Fisher, T. (2014). Efficiency analysis and the effect of pollution on shrimp farms in the Mekong River Delta. Aquaculture Economics and Management, 18(4), 325-343. [More Information]
2009
- Fisher, T., Martel, J. (2009). An Empirical Analysis of the Firm's Reorganization Decision. Finance, 30(1), 121-149.
- Barthelemy, F., Fisher, T., Martel, J. (2009). What discount rate should bankruptcy judges use? Estimates from Canadian reorganization data. International Review of Law and Economics, 29(1), 67-72. [More Information]
2007
- Fisher, T. (2007). Discussion of Wong et al. Abacus, 43(3), 388-395. [More Information]
- Fisher, T., Martel, J. (2007). Does it Matter How Bankruptcy Judges Evaluate the Creditors' Best-interest Test? American Bankruptcy Law Journal, 81, 497-514.
- Fisher, T., Melatos, M. (2007). The Economics of Doing Business in China, Indonesia, and Thailand. In Gibson, J. and B. du Marais (Eds.), Réformes du droit économique et développement en Asie Enseignements de la Chine, de l'Indonésie et de la Thaïlande (Economic Reforms and Development in Asia. Lessons from China, Indonesia and Thailand), (pp. 17-36). Paris France: La Documentation française.
2006
- Fisher, T., Waschik, R. (2006). A Numerical General Equilibrium Model with Endogenous Formation of Trading Blocs. Journal of Economic Integration, 21(4), 881-914.
- Fisher, T., Konieczny, J. (2006). Inflation and Costly Price Adjustment: A Study of Canadian Newspaper Prices. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 38(3), 615-633. [More Information]
2005
- Fisher, T., Martel, J. (2005). The Irrelevance of Direct Bankruptcy Costs to the Firm's Financial Reorganization Decision. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 2(1), 151-169.
2004
- Fisher, T., Martel, J. (2004). Empirical Estimates Of Filtering Failure In Court-Supervised Reorganization. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 1(1), 143-164.
2003
- Fisher, T., Preece, S. (2003). Evolution, Extinction, or Status Quo? Canadian Performing Arts Audiences in the 1990s. Poetics, 31(2), 69-86. [More Information]
- Chande, D., Fisher, T. (2003). Have a penny? Need a penny? Eliminating the one-cent coin from circulation. Canadian Public Policy, 29(4), 511-517. [More Information]
- Fisher, T., Martel, J. (2003). The Effect of Bankruptcy Reform on the Number of Corporate Reorganization Proposals. Canadian Public Policy, XXIX (3), 339-350. [More Information]
2002
- Fisher, T., Preece, S. (2002). Evaluating Performing Arts Audience Overlap. International Journal of Arts Management, 4(3), 20-32.
2001
- Fisher, T. (2001). An Asymmetric Information Model of Lockouts. Bulletin of Economic Research, 53(2), 153-159. [More Information]
2000
- Fisher, T., Konieczny, J. (2000). Synchronization of price changes by multiproduct firms: evidence from Canadian newspaper prices. Economics Letters, 68(3), 271-277. [More Information]
- Fisher, T., Waschik, R. (2000). Union bargaining power, relative wages, and efficiency in Canada. Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'Economique, 33(3), 742-765. [More Information]
Selected Grants
2006
- An Economic Analysis of Bankruptcy and Financial Reorganization in Australia, Fisher T, Sengupta K, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)