Rate My Professor Damien Wallace

Damien Wallace is a Senior Lecturer in FinTech whose research delves into the dynamic intersections of emerging technologies, financial markets, and behavioral economics. Previously based at the School of Commerce within UniSA Business, University of South Australia, he currently holds his position in the College of Business, Law, and Governance at James Cook University. His primary research specializations include cryptocurrency markets and their responses to external shocks such as drug busts and terrorist events, the impact of technological advancements on financial inclusion—particularly for small and medium enterprises in South-East Asia—energy sector dynamics, and the influence of CEO demographic characteristics and duality on firm performance and innovation. Wallace's scholarship provides actionable insights for investors, academics, and policymakers, emphasizing robust governance frameworks, effective cryptocurrency regulations, and strategic infrastructure investments to bolster economic resilience in low-income countries.

Wallace maintains a robust publication portfolio in high-impact journals. Among his key contributions is 'Environmental performance and the role of government support: Evidence from the recent COVID-19 pandemic' in Finance Research Letters (2023, with Nirosha Wellalage and Krishna Reddy), analyzing governmental interventions' effects on corporate environmental outcomes. He co-authored 'Is it possible to establish the link between drug busts and the cryptocurrency market? Yes, we can!' in the International Journal of Information Management (2023, with Laith Almaqableh, Vijay Pereira et al.), establishing causal market reactions to enforcement announcements. Other notable works encompass 'An investigation of CEO characteristics on firm performance' in Accounting and Finance (2022, with Yun Shen, Krishna Reddy, and Vikash Ramiah), 'Does technological inclusion promote financial inclusion among SMEs? Evidence from South-East Asian (SEA) countries' in Global Finance Journal (2022, with Francis K. Agyekum et al.), 'The Behavioural Aspects of Financial Literacy' (Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 2021, with Florian Gerth et al.), and 'The determinants of recovery from the Black Saturday bushfire: demographic factors, behavioural characteristics and financial literacy' in Accounting and Finance (2020, with Ammar Asbi et al.). Forthcoming publications address access to finance via production-level technologies, CEO attributes' effects on firm innovation, and the welfare implications of financial inclusion sources. With more than 460 citations, his research exerts considerable influence in FinTech, behavioral finance, and sustainable economic policy domains.