Completed topics 2009

Ali Jafar Al Dawood, Determinants of Underpricing in Saudi Arabian IPOs
Supervisor(s): Dr Les Coleman

Jiahao Chen, Financial Experts and Payout Policies
Supervisor(s): Dr Ali Akyol

Jasenthu Liyana De Silva, Seasonality in the Colombo Stock Exchange: Empirical Evidence on Market and Industry Effects
Supervisor(s): Dr Gil Aharoni

Jasenthu Liyana Nimali De Silva, Seasonality in the Colombo Stock Exchange: Empirical Evidence on Market and Industry Effects
Supervisor(s): Dr Gil Aharoni

Wenjun Ding, The Relationship between Risk, CEO Compensation, and Firm Performance in the U.S Banking Industry
Supervisor(s): Dr Harry Scheule

Chi Chong Foo, Stock Price Performance Surrounding Actual Share Buybacks: Evidence from Australia
Supervisor(s): Dr Ali Akyol

Guilherme Rocha Gomes, Cross-sectional Behaviour of the Volatility Dynamics of Crude Oil and Natural Gas Futures with an Application to Value at Risk
Supervisor(s): Dr Jonathan Dark

Rangika Dissanayake Iddamalgoda, Systematic Risk and A-REIT Debt Characteristics
Supervisor(s): Assoc Prof Greg Schwann

Xiao Mei Jiang, An Empirical Analysis of Industry Effect in Capital Structure
Supervisor(s): Dr Ali Akyol

Yen Quynh Le, Dividend Catering Theory, Evidence in Australian Stock Market
Supervisor(s): Dr Qi Zeng

Monica Yoanita Octavia, Short Selling Constraints and Market Price Efficiency: the Case of the Australian Market
Supervisor(s): Dr Bryan Lim

Ju Shen, The Gender Gap in Top Executive Compensation
Supervisor(s): Assoc Prof Asjeet Lamba

Mintwab Mesfin Tafesse, Financial Contagion from Hedge-funds to Financial Markets
Supervisor(s): Dr Rayna Brown

Edwin Soekandar Tijoe, Bank Regulations and Supervisions: What Works Best During Systematic Banking Crisis?
Supervisor(s): Dr Carsten Murawski

Renxiang Wang, Globalization and bidder gains: A comparison study between US corporations that acquire targets from emerging countries and developed countries
Supervisor(s): Assoc Prof Christine Brown

Nan Yin, Do Quality of Earning and Cash Flows Reflect Stock Returns: An Event Study Using Japanese Market Data
Supervisor(s): Dr Callum Scott

Bo Zhou, Does the Positive Tradeoff Between Risk and Return Still Hold During Sub-prime Mortgage Crisis?
Supervisor(s): Dr Jonathan Dark

Jian Zhu, Underpricing of Foreign IPOs in the US Market: Comparison of American Depository Receipts (ADRs) IPOs and US IPOs
Supervisor(s): Assoc Prof Greg Schwann