The Statex-Actuaries Daily Accumulation Index is the only index for Australian equity markets which incorporates dividends, has daily observations, and has a long sample period. It is thus of considerable interest to researchers in finance who need to work with daily data. Unfortunately, a...

The proposed tax on economic rents earned from Australian resources investments is examined from the viewpoint of the economist's neutrality criterion. Proposed by Garnaut and Clunies-Ross (1975, 1977), the Resources Rent Tax is alleged to be neutral in that it is alleged not to inhibit or...

This study examines the pricing behaviour of share price index futures contracts traded on the Australian market. Particularly, we investigate the relationship between futures prices and the no-arbitrage price predicted by the current spot prices. Consistent with similar studies of U.S. markets,...

Historical mean returns and risk measures are presented for four classes of assets, in both nominal and inflation-adjusted for M. Over the period 1974–85, Australian stocks and property earner appreciably more than inflation, whereas Government securities earned a zero or very low real...