We explore the linkage between financial risk tolerance (FRT) and risk aversion. To do this, we obtain FRT scores from a psychometrically validated survey and conduct a battery of online lottery choice experiments involving the same nonstudent participants. We contrast: real and hypothetical...

The stability of global industry betas is analysed over the twenty-year period 1975 to 1994. In addition, the impact of the October 1987 international stock market crash on these betas is investigated. Generally, a considerable variation in betas is found. In terms of the effect of the 1987...

A recent addition to the ARCH family of econometric models was introduced by Ding and co-workers wherein the power term by which the data is transformed was estimated within the model rather than being imposed by the researcher. This paper considers the ability of the Power GARCH class of models...

The paper presents an investigation of the equity beta risk of 23 Australian industry portfolios over the period 1974 to 1992. A comparison of domestic and international market model betas, favours the domestic risk measures, although the international counterparts are generally statistically...

The primary objective of this paper is to assess the affect of data 'censoring' on asset pricing tests. This is achieved by modifying tests to incorporate a 'selectivity bias' correction factor in a Gibbons (Journal of Financial Economics, 10, pp. 3-27, 1982) multivariate framework. The sample...

While considerable evidence has been produced concerning the efficacy of trading rules in futures markets, the results have generally not allowed for the reinvestment of profits as might be observed for real traders. Similarly, the determination of the appropriate capital allocation required per...

We investigate the effect of firm size on the market's short-window response to annual earnings announcements for a large sample of Australian listed companies. Our research design involves regressions of unexpected earnings against unexpected returns. Non-linearity in the returns-earnings...