Accounting and Finance Honour Students
              (with Philip Lee as supervisor or co-supervisor)

2011:
Patrick Chan  - The Determinants and Effects of Early IRFS Reporting in Australia and the Value Relevance of IRFS - A Capital Markets Perspective

2010:
Sophie Bentwood  - The Effect of Australia's Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards on the Level of Benchmark Management

2006:
Lachlan Tuite  - An Analysis of Accounting-Based Valuation Models using Australian Initial Public Offerings

2005:
Lachlan Whittaker  - Unsuccessful Takeovers: A Unique Perspective on Mergers and Acquisitions in the Australian Capital Market and Regulatory Environment

Andrew Bilsky   - Earnings Management Prior to Successful Mergers and Takeovers: Evidence from the Perspective of the Acquiring Firms

2004:
David Gibson - The Post-Merger Performance of Australian Takeovers: Evidence and Efficiencies
 

2003:
Lee Johns - The determinants and impacts of disclosure before and after an IPO
 

2002:
Nicholas Rozario - Valuation Effects of Operating Lease Capitalisation  
 

2001:
Luke Bayley - Flipping: A study of the IPO Aftermarket on the ASX
(with Terry Walter)
 

2000:
Chris Rock - Going Public: The Real Cost to the Issuer
(with Stephen Taylor)

Kosala Wickramage - The Relevance of Accounting Fundamentals In The Valuation of Australian IPOs
(with Stephen Taylor)
 

1999:
Sarah Taylor - IPO Earnings Forecasts: Useful Disclosure or Hyping the Stock ?
(with Stephen Taylor)

Sylvia Preda - Australian Share BuyBacks and Special Dividends: Motivation And Share Market Consequences
(with Raymond da Silva Rosa and Terry Walter)

Michael Skott - Competition in the Market for Acquiror Takeover Advisers
(with Raymond da Silva Rosa and Terry Walter)
 

1998:
Martin Lee - Unit Initial Public Offerings - Motives, Characteristics and Relative Performance
(with Stephen Taylor)

Nicholas Steiner - Australian Share Issue Privatizations: Balancing Finance and Politics
(with Terry Walter and Stephen Taylor)

1997:
Sasha Levitt - An Analysis of Cross-Sectional Variations in Takeover Premia: The Undervalued Firm Hypothesis
(with Terry Walter and Stephen Taylor)

1996:
Jason Robertson - Liquidity, Market Microstructure, Transaction Costs and the Post Earnings Announcement Drift
(with Terry Walter)

Justin Cheung - The Impact of changes in the Corporations Law on the Accuracy of Prospectus Earnings Forecasts ?????????????????
(with Stephen Taylor)

Peter Lambousis - Empirical Evidence on the Edwards-Bell-Ohlson Valuation Framework in the Context of Australian Initial Public Offerings
(with Stephen Taylor)

1995:

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1994:

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1993:
Susan Shehatta - An Assessment of IPO Disclosure (??)
(with Stephen Taylor)

Andrew Gray - The Announcement Effects to Rights Issues and the Existance of Growth Opportunities (??)
(with Terry Walter)

1992:

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1991:
Conrad Yee - An Analysis of IPO Earnings Forecasts
(with Stephen Taylor)

Johannes Snyman - Underpricing of Unseasoned Equity Issues Pursuant to Information Memorandum Floats
(with Stephen Taylor)

Recep Aydogan - An Analysis of the Two Alternative Listing Methods in Australia
(with Stephen Taylor)
 

1990:
Mervyn Yee - The Voluntary Disclosure of IPO Earnings Forecasts
(with Stephen Taylor)

Diana Kwok - Underwriting and the Certification of Initial Public Offerings
(with Stephen Taylor)


Philip Lee p.lee@.econ.usyd.edu.au , University of Sydney, January 2008.