First Meeting on MEAFA
14-15 Feb 2008, Darlington Centre, The University of Sydney
The two-day workshop consisted of seven papers, each with a 45 minute presentation followed by a 35 minute discussion.
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Invited International Speakers:
- Prof Mike Bradbury, Massey University, NZ.
- Prof Stuart McLeay, The University of Wales Bangor, UK.
MEAFA acknowledges the financial support from the following institutions:
- Faculty of Economics and Business, The University of Sydney.
- Research Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences.
- Financial Integrity Research Network (FIRN).
| Thursday 14 February 2008 | |
|---|---|
09:00 |
Welcome |
09:20-10:40 |
Stuart McLeay, 'Unit Roots, Cointegration and Bank Financial Ratios' |
10:40-11:00 |
Morning break |
11:00-12:20 |
Maxwell Stevenson, 'The role of time, liquidity, volume and bid-ask spread on the volatility of the Australian equity market' |
12:20-14:00 |
Lunch |
14:00-15:20 |
Maurice Peat, 'Common Characteristics in Takeover Targets: A Self Organising Map Approach' |
15:20-15:40 |
Afternoon break |
15:40-17:00 |
Demetris Christodoulou and Vasilis Sarafidis, 'The Econometrics of Estimating Unexpected Accruals' |
Do not cite without written permission from MEAFA.
| Friday, 15 February 2008 | |
|---|---|
| 10:40 | Arrival |
11:00-12:20 |
Michael Bradbury, 'Ownership Performance in a Lightly Regulated Non-Competitive Operating Environment' |
12:20-14:00 |
Lunch |
14:00-15:20 |
Stewart Jones and David Johnstone, 'A Latent Class Analysis of Corporate Insolvency and Bankruptcy Risk' |
15:20-15:40 |
Afternoon break |
15:40-17:00 |
Maxwell Stevenson, 'Resolving the Price-Earnings Puzzle and Related Econometric Issues' |
17:00–17:15 |
Future agenda |
Do not cite without written permission from MEAFA.