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Journal Articles

2025

1. Board gender diversity at target firms and acquisition decisions of gender diverse bidders
   Journal of Financial Stability, 2025, 78, (C)
2. CEO Power and Carbon Emissions Management: Australian Evidence
   Business Strategy and the Environment, 2025, 34, (2), 2239-2272 View citations (1)
3. CEO power and financial statement comparability
   International Journal of Managerial Finance, 2025, 21, (3), 693-731

2024

4. Does continuous disclosure affect the market reaction to mergers and acquisitions announcements?
   Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2024, 88, (C)
5. Gender diversity and acquisitions: How female directors add value in acquisition decisions
   Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 2024, 51, (1-2), 113-147 View citations (4)

2023

6. Board gender diversity and acquisition choices
   Journal of Financial Research, 2023, 46, (4), 949-991

2022

7. Does corporate tax avoidance promote managerial empire building?
   Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, 2022, 18, (1) View citations (7)

2021

8. CEO pay slice and acquisitions in Australia: the role of tournament incentives
   International Journal of Managerial Finance, 2021, 18, (5), 833-868
9. Female directors and acquisitions: Australian evidence
   Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2021, 68, (C) View citations (2)

2020

10. Do the business cycle and revenue diversification matter for banks’ capital buffer and credit risk: Evidence from ASEAN banks
    Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, 2020, 16, (1) View citations (3)
11. Does takeover competition affect acquisition choices and bidding firm performance? Australian evidence
    Accounting and Finance, 2020, 60, (4), 3581-3619 View citations (2)
12. Growth and market share matrix, CEO power, and firm performance
    Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2020, 59, (C) View citations (7)
13. Stock market volatility: friend or foe?
    Accounting and Finance, 2020, 60, (4), 3477-3492

2019

14. Competition in the acquisition market and acquirers' long‐run performance
    International Finance, 2019, 22, (3), 399-421 View citations (2)
15. Product diversification and bank risk: evidence from South Asian banking institutions
    Applied Economics, 2019, 51, (5), 444-464 View citations (7)
16. The association between dividend payout and firm growth: Australian evidence
    Accounting and Finance, 2019, 59, (4), 2345-2376 View citations (3)

2017

17. Risk regulation, community pressure and the use of management accounting in managing climate change risk: Australian evidence
    The British Accounting Review, 2017, 49, (1), 25-38 View citations (14)

2016

18. Operating performance following corporate acquisitions: Does the organisational form of the target matter?
    Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, 2016, 12, (1), 1-14 View citations (7)
19. Private public distinction of the target and the long run operating performance of acquirers
    Pacific Accounting Review, 2016, 28, (1), 38-58 View citations (1)

2015

20. Australian Specific Bank Features and the Impact of Income Diversification on Bank Performance and Risk
    Australian Economic Papers, 2015, 54, (2), 63-87 View citations (8)
21. Bank diversification, performance and stock market response: Evidence from listed public banks in South Asian countries
    Journal of Asian Economics, 2015, 41, (C), 69-85 View citations (22)

2014

22. Target's organisational form and returns to Australian bidders in cross-border acquisitions
    Accounting and Finance, 2014, 54, (4), 1063-1091 View citations (8)

2013

23. Does the organisational form of the target influence market reaction to acquisition announcements? Australian evidence
    Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2013, 24, (C), 89-108 View citations (24)
24. The influence of blockownership level and identity on board composition: evidence from the New Zealand market
    Applied Financial Economics, 2013, 23, (16), 1287-1299 View citations (1)

2011

25. Block shareholder identity and firm performance in New Zealand
    Pacific Accounting Review, 2011, 23, (2), 185-210 View citations (2)

2010

26. State‐dominant and non‐state‐dominant ownership concentration and firm performance
    International Journal of Managerial Finance, 2010, 6, (4), 264-289 View citations (12)

2008

27. Corporate governance practices of small cap companies and their financial performance: an empirical study in New Zealand
    International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics, 2008, 4, (1), 51-78 View citations (20)
28. The long‐term inflation hedging effectiveness of real estate and financial assets
    Studies in Economics and Finance, 2008, 25, (4), 267-278 View citations (1)
29. The market reaction to the appointment of outside directors
    International Journal of Managerial Finance, 2008, 4, (4), 259-277 View citations (2)

2007

30. Causal and Dynamic Relationships among Stock Returns, Return Volatility and Trading Volume: Evidence from Emerging markets in South-East Asia
    Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, 2007, 14, (4), 277-297 View citations (27)
31. Return‐based investment strategies in the New Zealand stock market: momentum wins
    Pacific Accounting Review, 2007, 19, (2), 108-124 View citations (2)
32. The influence of the degree of state ownership and the ownership concentration on the performance of listed Chinese companies
    Research in International Business and Finance, 2007, 21, (3), 379-395 View citations (28)

2004

33. Macroeconomic Influence on the Stock Market: Evidence from an Emerging Market in South Asia
    Journal of Emerging Market Finance, 2004, 3, (3), 285-304 View citations (28)

2002

34. The post–announcement performance of dividend–changing companies: The dividend–signalling hypothesis revisited
    Accounting and Finance, 2002, 42, (2), 131-151 View citations (10)

2001

35. The profitability of moving average trading rules in South Asian stock markets
    Emerging Markets Review, 2001, 2, (1), 17-33 View citations (57)

1996

36. The stock market reaction to dividend announcements
    Journal of Economic Studies, 1996, 23, (1), 32-52 View citations (2)

Chapters

2005

1. Return and Volatility Spillovers from Developed to Emerging Capital Markets: The Case of South Asia
   A chapter in Asia Pacific Financial Markets in Comparative Perspective: Issues and Implications for the 21st Century, 2005, pp 139-166 View citations (1)