As a visiting exchange student to the University of Queensland from China, Jie Teng, approached the 1st author inquiring about opportunities for research projects. Recognizing that the student had only limited exposure to research and an unknown appreciation of what it entails, the mentor...

TWENTY16 has been a BIG year! As a companion to Faff (2015, 2016), the current paper reviews experiences and draws insights from a series of workshops, pitch days, competitions, webinars and other events based on the “pitching research” template tool. With close to 80 unique events conducted...

The current paper offers an extensive array of advice – framed around so-called “rules of engagement” – for budding researchers on how to optimize their experience in prospectively applying the “Pitching Research” [Faff (2015, 2019)] framework to their research setting. This guidance...

The current paper offers some simple tips for budding researchers on how to get the best out of their “Pitching Research” [Faff (2015, 2019)] experience. These tips are built upon three basic perspectives. First, WHAT? Here, the framework is briefly outlined and mapped into a simple...

We apply a new methodology, modified Granger causality tests, to further analyze the information flows between earnings and forecasts. Our application focuses on the dynamic interaction between reported earnings and analysts' forecasts. Based on long time series of analyst earnings forecasts and...

In this paper we investigate the empirical performance of an alternative beta risk estimator, which is designed to be superior to its conventional counterparts in situations of extreme thin trading. The estimator used is based on the sample selectivity model. The study compares the resultant...

We examine whether social capital and trust provide a form of liquidity/trading resilience. Specifically, can social capital play a role in speeding the stock recovery process following activations of the market-wide circuit breaker (MWCB), which occurred at the beginning of the COVID-19...

Analogous to an experienced mariner choosing a safe harbour depending on the wind direction, we find that investors should choose their safe-haven asset(s) conditional on the cause of the underlying adverse event. Using oil markets as a salient case study, we find that several stock markets...

This study examines the insider trading profitability of the United State (US) firms, during calendar time windows that capture tropical storms over the period 1988-2017. Using event study and multivariate regression analyses, we analyze cumulative abnormal returns following insider trades as a...

This study investigates the value-relevant implications of the target firm’s annual report readability for acquiring firms. We find robust evidence that readability has a positive association with bidder market reaction and bid premiums, as well as a negative association with the time to...