This study investigates the impact of mandatory adoption of international financial reporting standards on accrual reliability. Using a large sample of Australian firm-years drawn from before and after the mandatory adoption of international financial reporting standards, we find that accrual...

This study tests the relative prices of exchange traded puts and calls. Some evidence of violation of the parity conditions are found, particularly in the period immediately prior to expiry of the options and in instances where the exercise price exceeds the market price of the underlying stock....

Using several microstructure variables, this study provides an intra-day examination of aggressive trading around Australian takeover announcements. We conduct this analysis for both target and bidding firms. We examine aggressive trading (i.e. by those who initiate the trade) using the abnormal...

This paper analyses the investment performance of 625 investment recommendations made by practitioners attending five Australian courses on portfolio management held between 1973 and 1979. It was found that course participants consistently out-performed the market, on a risk-adjusted basis....

In North America, on the day a stock has first been quoted ex-dividend, its price has tended to fall by less than the amount of the dividend. Australian dividends likewise have been discounted, by about 25% relative to capital gains. Explanations for the North American discount have included...

This paper seeks independent confirmation of the research conclusions reached by Sinclair and Whittred (1982) regarding a capital market reaction to the introduction of the Trading Stock Valuation Adjustment (TSVA). This analysis extends and modifies that research and uses the date of the...

This paper explains the share market's response to Australian takeover bids. Both successful and unsuccessful bids are considered. Two issues are addressed. Firstly, takeovers are viewed in terms of corporate investment decisions; the profitability of these decisions to the offeree and to the...

We provide one of the first comprehensive studies on out-of-sample stock returns predictability in Australia. While most of the empirically well-known predictive variables fail to generate out-of-sample predictability, we document a significant out-of-sample prediction in forecasting ahead...