The recent meltdown in some Asian economies highlights the urgent need of more proper measures of economic performance. Measures such as GNP growth rates alone are not good enough in revealing the true strength of an economy unless costs of capitals are also examined. In recent years, there have...

The relative contribution to stock price volatility of news in expected future dividends and in expected future returns in Australia is studied. The effect of the dividend imputation tax system on such contribution is investigated. It is found that news in expected future returns contributes...