A collection of empirical and research papers on corporate governance in Australia and New Zealand (Updated October 6, 2020)

The editorial team of the publishing house “Virtus Interpress” has updated the list of empirical and research papers published in Corporate Ownership and Control journal during last few years devoted to the questions of Corporate Governance in Australia and New Zealand.

We hope that the below-mentioned collection of papers will be useful for those scholars pursuing research in the field of corporate governance (specifically Australian and New Zealand issues):

  • Backhouse, K., & Wickham, M. (2020). Corporate governance, boards of directors and corporate social responsibility: The Australian context. Corporate Ownership & Control, 17(4), 60-71. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv17i4art5
  • Hewa Dulige, J., Ali, M. J., Mather, P., & Young, S. (2020). Independent directors: Exploring the heterogeneous nature of multiple directorships. Corporate Ownership & Control, 17(4), 18-34. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv17i4art2
  • Duong, P., Liu, J., & Eddie, I. (2020). New financial regulatory philosophy: A paradigm shift in securities market supervision. Corporate Ownership & Control, 17(4), 8-17. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv17i4art1
  • Um, S., Khandaker, S., & Yap, C.-J. (2020). The impact of deposit guarantee scheme on operation of Australian financial institutions. Corporate Ownership & Control, 17(3), 121-133. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv17i3art9
  • Hunjra, A. I., Perveen, U., Li, L., Chani, M. I., & Mehmood, R. (2020). Impact of ownership concentration, institutional ownership and earnings management on stock market liquidity. Corporate Ownership & Control, 17(2), 77-87. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv17i2art7
  • Boulanouar, Z., Ayed, T. L., & Locke, T. (2019). Behavioural factor-based clustering to examine why small businesses choose particular bank: The New Zealand evidence [Special issue]. Corporate Ownership & Control, 17(1), 292-305. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv17i1siart11
  • Huang, L., Endrawes, M., & Hellmann, A. (2015). An experimental examination of the effect of client size and auditors’ industry specialization on time pressure in Australia. Corporate Ownership & Control, 12(4-3), 398-408. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv12i4c3p7
  • Bradbury, T., & O’Boyle, I. (2015). Batting above average: Governance at New Zealand cricket. Corporate Ownership & Control, 12(4-3), 352-363. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv12i4c3p3
  • Northcott, D. & Smith, J. (2015). Board diversity and effectiveness: Implications for the role of the chair. Corporate Ownership & Control, 12(3-2), 261-276. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv12i3c2p6
  • Faghani, M., Monem, R, & Ng, C. (2015). ‘Say on pay’ regulation and chief executive officer pay: Evidence from Australia. Corporate Ownership & Control, 12(3), 28-39. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv12i3p3
  • Kummer, T. F., Singh, K., & Best, P. (2014). The effect of fraud on risk management in not-for-profit organizations. Corporate Ownership & Control, 12(1-7), 641-655. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv12i1c7p4
  • Cameron, R. (2014). Applying the materiality concept: The case of abnormal items. Corporate Ownership & Control, 12(1-4), 428-437. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv12i1c4p6
  • Miglani, S. (2014). Voluntary audit committee characteristics in financially distressed and healthy firms: a study of the efficacy of the ASX corporate governance council recommendations. Corporate Ownership & Control, 12(1-2), 308-321. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv12i1c2p8
  • Rashid, K., Islam, S. M. N., & Nuryanah, S. (2014). The role of regulatory authority in affecting firm performance. Corporate Ownership & Control, 11(4-6), 539-548. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv11i4c6p4
  • Prokofieva, M., & Clark, C. (2014). The effect of press visibility on voluntary disclosure: cross-country evidence. Corporate Ownership & Control, 11(3), 72-82. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv11i3p5
  • Scrimgeour, F., & Duppati, G. (2014). Corporate governance in the public sector: Dimensions; guidelines and practice In India and New Zealand. Corporate Ownership & Control, 11(2-4), 364-377. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv11i2c4p2
  • Lamba, A. S., & Stapledon, G. (2014). What motivates block share ownership? Corporate Ownership & Control, 11(2-4), 349-363. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv11i2c4p1
  • Miglani, S. (2014). CEO characteristics and corporate turnaround: evidence from Australia. Corporate Ownership & Control, 11(2-3), 362-376. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv11i2c3p5
  • Seng, D., & Findlay, J. (2013). Corporate governance and earnings management in New Zealand. Corporate Ownership & Control, 10(2), 40-55. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv10i2art4
  • Shi, Q., Darrat, A. F., Li, B., & Chung, R. (2013). Technology prospect and the cross-section of stock returns: evidence from the Australian market. Corporate Ownership & Control, 11(1-2), 295-303. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv11i1c2art7
  • Zhang, X., Taylor, D., Qu, W., & Oliver, J. (2013). Corporate risk disclosures: Influence of institutional shareholders and audit committee. Corporate Ownership & Control, 10(4-3), 341-354. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv10i4c3art5
  • Kang, H., Leung, S., Morris, R. D., & Gray, S. J. (2013). Corporate governance and earnings management: An Australian perspective. Corporate Ownership & Control, 10(3), 95-113. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv10i3art8
  • Jiang, H., & Habib, A. (2012). Ownership concentration, free cash flow agency problem and future firm performance: New Zealand evidence. Corporate Ownership & Control, 9(3), 96-110. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv9i3art8
  • Kalyebara, B., & Ahmed A. D. (2012). Capital markets, corporate governance and capital budgeting: Implications for firm value. Corporate Ownership & Control, 9(3), 9-26. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv9i3art1
  • Andrew, N., Wickham, M., O’Donohue, W., & Danzinger, F. (2012). Presenting a core-periphery model of voluntary CSR disclosure in Australian annual reports. Corporate Ownership & Control, 9(2-4), 438-448. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv9i2c4art5
  • Singh, H., & Khoo, M. S. (2012). The impact of industry specialist audit firms on pricing of discretionary accruals and earnings management: Australian evidence. Corporate Ownership & Control, 9(2-1), 158-177. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv9i2c1art2
  • Hartnett, N. (2012). IPO returns, board composition and committee characteristics: some Australian evidence of signalling attributes. Corporate Ownership & Control, 9(2), 123-132. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv9i2art10
  • Imam, T., Ahmed, A., & Tickle, K. (2012). Relating firm performance to corporate governance characteristics: A research perspective on the publicly listed information technology companies in Australia. Corporate Ownership & Control, 9(2), 106-122. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv9i2art9
  • Farshadfar, S., & Monem, R. (2011). Discretionary accruals and the predictive ability of earnings in the forecast of future cash flows: Evidence from Australia. Corporate Ownership & Control, 9(1-6), 597-608. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv9i1c6art3
  • Canil, J. M., & Rosser, B. A. (2011). Tests of two optimal incentive models for executive stock options. Corporate Ownership & Control, 9(1), 136-155. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv9i1art9
  • Khan, A., & Mather, P. (2011). Managerial share ownership and discretionary accruals in Australia: Do independent and executive directors have different incentives? Corporate Ownership & Control, 9(1), 122-135. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv9i1art8
  • Liu, Q., & de Villiers, C. (2011). Does the provision of voluntary corporate social responsibility disclosure influence the cost of equity capital? Evidence from Australia and the United Kingdom. Corporate Ownership & Control, 8(4-1), 201-213. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv8i4c1p6
  • Cai, S. W., Balachandran, B., & Dempsey, M. (2011). The financial profiles of takeover target firms and their takeover predictability: Australian evidence. Corporate Ownership & Control, 8(3-6), 567-584. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv8i3c6p1
  • Perera, S., Wickramanayake, J., & Mehta, A. (2010). Wealth effects of business takeover announcements: The case of Australian acquirers’ shareholders. Corporate Ownership & Control, 8(1-8), 758-771. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv8i1c8p2
  • Perera, S., Bertsch, T., & Wickremanayake, J. (2010). Exit market liquidity and venture capitalists’ investment behaviour: Evidence from Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. Corporate Ownership & Control, 8(1-8), 743-757. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv8i1c8p1
  • Watson, J., Allen, N., Phoon, K., & Wickramanayake, J. (2010). Investing into the abyss: The continued misclassification of multi-sector managed funds. Corporate Ownership & Control, 8(1-6), 600-623. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv8i1c6p3
  • Aripin, N., Tower, G., & Taylor, G. (2010). Linkages between ownership concentration and financial ratio communication. Corporate Ownership & Control, 8(1), 76-86. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv8i1p7
  • Andrew, N., & Wickham, M. (2010). The voluntary CSR disclosure in corporate annual reports: Evidence from Australia. Corporate Ownership & Control, 8(1), 49-55. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv8i1p4
  • Kent, P. & Chan, C. (2009). Application of stakeholder theory to corporate environmental disclosures. Corporate Ownership & Control, 7(1-3), 394-410. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv7i1c3p6