David Tripe is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Finance Banking & Property and Director of the Centre for Banking Studies, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. He joined the University in February 1994 after a banking career lasting 17 years.

The Centre for Banking Studies is a specialist teaching group at Massey University, focusing on teaching at a post-graduate level to people who work in banks (most teaching is therefore by distance education methods, to part-time students). The Centre strives to maintain a close working relationship with the banks who provide some of its students, so as to allow it to offer courses which reflect the industry.

Professional Membership
Senior Fellow of FINSIA (formerly the Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance)

Present Research Interests
Bank efficiency
Measures of risk in banking
Small business lending
Competition in banking
Retail payment systems

Major Publications (since 2001)
Tripe, D. & Scott, S. (2001). Chapters 20- 26 in Electronic Business and Technology Law. Wellington: Butterworths.

To, H. M & Tripe, D. W. (2002). Factors affecting the performance of foreign-owned banks in New Zealand. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money. 12. 341-357.

Liu, B. & Tripe, D. W. (2002). New Zealand bank mergers and efficiency gains. Journal of Asia-Pacific Business. 4 (4). 61-81.

Tripe, D. W. L. (2003). Trends in New Zealand bank efficiency over time. Applied Econometrics and International Development. 3 (1). 55-80.

Tripe, D. W. L & Matthews, C. D. (2003). The international expansion of Australian banks. In Lőnnborg, M: Olsson, M.; Rafferty, M. & Nalson, I (eds), Money and Finance in Transition. Huddinge, Sweden: Sődertőrns hőgskola. (pp 155-180).

Matthews, C. D. & Tripe, D. W. L. (2004). Bank computing in a changing economic environment: the IBIS project in New Zealand. Accounting, Business and Financial History. 14 (3). 301-315.

Chandran, C.; Matthews, C. D. & Tripe, D. W. L (2005). Competition in the New Zealand credit card market from the consumer perspective. Journal of Asia-Pacific Business. 6 (1). 59-74.

Tripe, D. W. L.; McDermott. J. & Petro, B. (2005). A test of the response to a monetary policy regime change in New Zealand. Published in Batten J. A & Fetherston, T. (eds), Asia Pacific Financial markets in comparative Perspective: Issues and implications for the 21st Century. Contemporary Studies in Economics and Financial Analysis, Vol 86 (pp 453-467). Elsevier.

Tripe, D. W. L. (2006). To orient or not to orient while fretting about returns to scale! A Case Study using Menswear Retail Business. Published in N. K. Avkiran (ed), Productivity Analysis in the Service Sector with Data Envelopment Analysis" (third edition), (published 2006 by N K Avkiran, Ipswich, Queensland).

McIntyre, M. & Tripe, D. W. L. (forthcoming). A specific role for boards in a regulatory framework: the New Zealand banking case. Corporate Governance: the International Journal of Business and Society.

Tripe, D. W. L. (various). The performance of New Zealand banks in the .... quarter (regular series). Available at http://centre-banking-studies.massey.ac.nz/research_group.asp?research_group_id=10