| Born | May 17, 1958 |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australia |
| Institution | Australian National University |
| Field | Financial economics |
| Alma mater | Stanford University (Ph.D. 1984) |
| Influences | Michael Gibbons |
Thomas (Tom) Smith is an Australian finance academic. Smith has been a professor at the Australian National University since 2003. Prior appointments were at the Australian Graduate School of Management (1995–2002) and Duke University (1988–1995).
He completed his PhD studies at Stanford Graduate School of Business, after undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the University of Queensland. Smith's research has been published in the leading financial economic journals, including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. Current research includes work on stock volatility, market microstructure and dividend policy.