Barry A. Goss

Founding Director

Barry Goss is Founding Director of Futures Markets Research Associates Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia. He has a Ph D from the London School of Economics, and a BCom (Hons) from University of Melbourne. Previously he was Reader in Economics, Monash University, Australia, and Director of the Derivatives Research Unit at Monash University. His visiting appointments include University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, University of Cambridge UK, LUISS University Rome, European University Institute Florence, Université Catholique de Louvain, Queen Mary College London, and University of Bologna. He has been a consultant to the World Bank Washington DC on futures markets, and to public and private sector entities on development of new derivatives contracts and infrastructure.

Goss has published papers on futures markets for grains, non-ferrous metals, currencies, livestock, electricity, wool, and other commodities and financial instruments in international journals., His books include

• (ed.) Debt, Risk and Liquidity in Futures Markets (2008, pbk 2014)
• (ed.) Models of Futures Markets (2000);
• (ed.) Rational Expectations and Efficiency in Futures Markets (1992);
• Economia Dei Mercati a Termine (with B.S. Yamey) (1980);
• (ed.) Futures Markets: Their Establishment and Performance (1986, re-issued Routledge Revivals 2013);
• (ed. with B.S. Yamey) The Economics of Futures Trading (1976, 1978);
• The Theory of Futures Trading (1972, re-issued Routledge Revivals 2013);

He edited (with Jerome L. Stein) special issues of Economic Record and Australian Economic Papers, relating to futures markets.