Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles

• Anderson W., Białkowski J. and Wagner M. (2023) Midterm elections and stock returns. Finance Research Letters 55 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2023.103825.

• Sharma R., Jones K., Anderson W. and Inthiran A. (2022) The Digital Disruption of Higher Education– “uni for nothin’, MOOCs for free”? Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research 24(1).

• Anderson W., Bhattacharyya N., Morrill C. and Roberts H. (2020) Dividend payout and executive compensation: theory and evidence from New Zealand. Accounting and Finance 60(S1): 1007-1022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acfi.12399.

• Kraiger N. and Anderson W. (2020) Characteristics of New Zealand dividend omissions and resumptions. Managerial Finance 46(1): 40-55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/MF-01-2019-0039.

• Lama T. and Anderson WW. (2019) “If not, why not” form of governance: Do firm-specific variables explain the nature of justification? Accounting Research Journal 32(2): 236-251. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ARJ-01-2017-0029.

• Lama T. and Anderson WW. (2015) Company characteristics and compliance with ASX corporate governance principles. Pacific Accounting Review 27(3): 373-392. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/PAR-12-2013-0104.

• Anderson WW. and Laurenson IC. (2013) Dealing with Trading Thinness in Event Studies: The Trade-to-trade Model versus the Market Model. Focus: The International Journal of Management Digest 9(1): 19-38.

• Anderson W. and Chang A. (2011) Are Profit Warnings and Suspension Notices Adequate Distress Disclosures on the New Zealand Stock Exchange? International Research Journal of Finance and Economics 2011(73): 27-45.

• Anderson W. and Chang A. (2011) Are profit warnings and suspension notices Adequate distress disclosures on the New Zealand stock exchange? International Research Journal of Finance and Economics 73: 38-56.

• Anderson W. (2009) Alternative event study methodology for detecting dividend signals in the context of joint dividend and earnings announcements. Accounting and Finance 49(2): 247-265. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-629X.2008.00289.x.

• Anderson WW. and Sawyer AJ. (1997) Legislative Complexity: The Need for Appropriate Variables and Some Likely Candidates. New Zealand Journal of Taxation Law and Policy 3(1): 3-44.

Conference Contributions - Other

• Anderson W., Bialkowski J. and Wagner M. (2020) The midterm election effect on US stock returns: is it a pan-market or a sectoral phenomenon? Auckland: 24th New Zealand Finance Colloquium, 13-14 Feb 2020.

• Anderson W., Sharma R., Inthiran A. and Jones K. (2019) THE DIGITAL DISRUPTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION – “uni for nothin’, MOOCs for free”? Munich: ICIS Conference (TREO Talk), 15 Dec 2019-18 Feb 2020.

• Sharma R., Kevin J., Anderson W. and Inthiran A. (2019) Higher Education 4.0: Uni for nothin’, MOOCs for free? Munich, Germany: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2019 Conference, 15-18 Dec 2019.

• Lama T. and Anderson WW. (2016) In response to Australia’s ‘if not why not?’ corporate governance disclosure requirements, are explanations for non-compliance systematic? Gold Coast, Australia: AFAANZ (Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand), 3-5 Jul 2016.

• Anderson W. (2011) Dealing with Trading Thinness in Event Studies: an Improved Trade-to-trade Model. Christchurch, New Zealand: 15th New Zealand Finance Colloquium, 10-11 Feb 2011.

• Anderson WW. and Chang A. (2011) The Impact of Disclosures of Financial Distress on the Market Value of Shares of Publicly-Listed New Zealand Firms. Darwin, Australia: 2011 Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ), 3-5 Jul 2011.

• Anderson W. (2007) An Alternative Event Study Methodology for detecting Dividend Signals in the Context of Joint Dividend and Earnings Announcements. Gold Coast, Australia: 2007 Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Annual Conference, 1-3 Jul 2007.

• Anderson WW. (1999) The Role of Company Dividend Announcements as a Signalling Device: a New Zealand Investigation. Cairns, Australia: Accounting Association of Australia and New Zealand 1999 Doctoral Colloquium, 1 Jul 1999.

• Anderson WW. and Newberry SM. (1997) Organizational Boundaries and the Struggle for Control within a Major National Charity. Manchester, UK: Proceedings of the Fifth Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting Conference, 1 Sep 1997.

Conference Contributions - Published

• Anderson W. and McLaughlin S. (2012) Buybacks versus Ordinary Dividends: Marginal Investor reactions to Cash-return Announcements. In Proceedings of the 2012 New Zealand Finance Colloquium and PhD Symposium.

• Anderson WW. (2011) The role of mid-year dividends as predictors of yearly earnings. In Proceedings of the 2011 Financial Management Association International Asian Conference (FMA).

• Anderson W. (2010) Zero-Value Company Returns, Thin Trading and the Use of State Asset Pricing Models in Event Study Research. In.

• Anderson WW. (2010) A Revised Trade-to-Trade Model for All Levels of Trading Thinness in Event Studies. In Proceedings of the 23rd Australasian Finance & Banking Conference (AFBC): 33pp.

• Anderson W. (2009) Zero-Value Company Returns, Thin Trading and the Use of State Asset Pricing Models in Event Study Research. In.

Theses / Dissertations

• Anderson WW. (2006) An investigation of dividend signalling on the New Zealand Stock Exchange in the 1990s and of several new tools employable in such an investigation. Christchurch, New Zealand. University of Canterbury.

Additional Publications

• Anderson W. (2013) Event Studies in thinly-traded markets: An improvement to the market model. University of Canterbury. 37pp.

• Anderson W. (2013) The role of mid-year dividends as predictors of yearly earnings. University of Canterbury. 32.

• Anderson W. and McLaughlin S. (2013) Buybacks versus Ordinary Dividends: Marginal Investor Reactions to Cash-return Announcements. University of Canterbury. 23.

• Anderson W. (2012) Dealing with Trading Thinness in Event Studies: An Improved Trade-to-Trade Model. University of Canterbury. 35.

• Anderson WW. (2009) Ivo Welch, Corporate Finance: An Introduction, Boston, MA: Pearson International Edition/Prentice-Hall, 2009. Pacific Accounting Review 21(2): 186-188. [Book review].

• Anderson WW. and Sawyer AJ. (1998) The Impact of Framing Effects on the Risks Taxpayers take when Filing Income Tax Returns: A New Zealand Replication of a Prospect Theory-based Laboratory Experiment. In The Impact of Framing Effects on the Risks Taxpayers take when Filing Income Tax Returns: A New Zealand Replication of a Prospect Theory-based Laboratory Experiment: A Report prepared for the Inland Revenue Department, 104.

Student Supervision

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Current
• PhD - Chen S: Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) of multinational enterprises in New Zealand in response to the tax differences between subsidiaries and parents
• PhD - Crombie N: Institutional Logics of Corporate Governance and Discourse on Executive Remuneration (2012)
• Masters - Kabir M: The Conglomerate Premiun
Completed
• PhD - Crombie N: Institutionalising the Discourse of Executive Remuneration: An Analysis of Corporate Governance Codes and Annual Reports from Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom (2013)
• Masters - Chang A: Deception in the Corporate Narrative of Financially Distressed Companies (2012)
• Masters - Ji X: The Transformation of Corporate Board Characteristics: A Study of New Zealand Listed Firms 1995 - 2007 (2010)
• Masters - Chang ACC: Deception in the Corporate Narrative of Financially Distressed Companies (2013)
• Masters - Grewal A: Momentum in the Foreign Exchange Market (2015)
• Masters - Kraiger NC: Dividend Omissions and Firm Policy (2016)
• Masters - Liu L: An investigation of financial distress employing three detection methods (2018)
• Masters - Ward GTC: CEO Origin and Performance Consequences: Evidence from New Zealand Firms (2014)
• Honours - Aziz A: Do Investors Interpret Dividend and Earnings Announcements Jointly? The Case of Bursa Malaysia (2008)
• Honours - Brears R: Companies' Perspectives of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (2008)
• Honours - Chang A: The Impact of Disclosures of Financial Distress on the Market Value of Shares of Publicly-listed New Zealand Firms (2010)
• Honours - de Freitas G: Regular versus Special Dividends: The Effect on the Marginal Investor (2010)
• Honours - Grewal A: The Nature of Share Buybacks versus Dividend Increases in New Zealand (Provisional Title) (2012)
• Honours - Harris A: Survival from Financial Distress: An Analysis of Smiths' City (2007)
• Honours - McLaughlin S: Share Repurchases versus Dividend Increases: Is there a Preference in New Zealand? (2011)
• Honours - Oren M: The Share Price Effects of Rights Issue Announcements versus Debt Issue Announcements (2011)
• Honours - Steven G: The Dividend Premium (2017)
• Honours - Suppan M: Comparison of Dividend Policies across companies on the NZSX (2018)

Review and Refereeing

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• Applied Economics ( 2012 - 2023)
• Cogent Business and Management ( 2018 - 2023)
• Cogent Economics and Finance ( 2018 - 2023)
• International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance (IJBAAF) ( 2011 - 2023)
• Managerial Finance ( 2009 - 2023)
• Pacific Accounting Review ( 2008 - 2023)

Future Research

• Corporate governance
• Corporate distress
• Socially responsible investing
• Dividend policy