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The Systematic Interest Rate Risk Of The Returns On Australian Bank Shares, Michael Shanahan
The Systematic Interest Rate Risk Of The Returns On Australian Bank Shares, Michael Shanahan
Theses : Honours
This paper examines the relationship bank share returns have with interest rate changes. Specifically, what is the systematic interest rate risk of Australian bank share returns. The reasons why bank shares and interest rates possibly have a relationship with interest rates are numerous, interrelated and complicated. Shares and interest rates generally have a relationship because of the comparison made between interest bearing securities and dividend paying shares. However, the relationship is compounded with banks, because of their exposure to interest rate risk. This paper involves two separate analyses. The firp.t part involves attempting to measure a bank share's interest rate …
Determinants Of A Firm's Approach To Accounting For Goodwill, Christine E. Taylor
Determinants Of A Firm's Approach To Accounting For Goodwill, Christine E. Taylor
Theses : Honours
The purpose of this study is to ascertain factors that may explain an Australian firm's approach to accounting for goodwill and to examine the diversity that existed in accounting for goodwill in the pre-standard era. Utilising a costly contracting framework, determinants of the accounting policy choice are proposed and three separate groups of hypotheses are formulated. The ex ante hypothesis in this study utilises industry as an explanatory variable that would be expected to explain the motivations of accounting choices by firms. It was found that there is no significant association between industry classification and the choice of method in …