Diana Beal Diana Beal is a self-funded retiree.
Between 1988 and 2006 she was at the
University of Southern Queensland and
between 2001 and her retirement was an
Associate Professor in Personal Finance.
She is an author of several books including
Helping your parents with their money
matters which was published in 2004 by
John Wiley. She is also co-author of
numerous books. Her last joint work,
Financial Markets, Institutions and Money
was published in 2007 by John Wiley. She
is also the author and co-author of numerous
papers which have been published in
academic journals.
She was awarded her Ph.D in 1996 from the
University of Queensland.
DIANA BEAL | FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009 Diana Beal is a retired academic. Her paper comes from research she conducted while Associate Professor in personal finance at the University of Southern Queensland. The research sought to answer the question about how much older Australians intended ... Read more PAGE: 1 |
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