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Employee Share Schemes : Regulation and Policy

Landau, Ingrid - 2011

consequence of discouraging the growth of broad-based employee share ownership in Australia. After a series of consultative … the paper provides background by briefly outlining current evidence on broad-based employee share schemes in Australia. In … Part III, we explain the extent to which these schemes have received support from Australia's two major political parties …

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The Costs of Corporate Litigation in Australia

Lamba, Asjeet S. - 2011

This paper presents the results of a study that measures the costs associated with litigation for plaintiff and defendant companies for a sample of companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. The study uses event study methodology to examine the effects of litigation initiation...

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The Evolution of Shareholder and Creditor Protection in Australia : An International Comparison

Anderson, Helen L. - 2012

Australia there was a sustained upward trend in shareholder protection, but not in the case of creditor protection. Compared to …

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The Role and Use of Debt Agreements in Australian Personal Insolvency Law

Ramsay, Ian - 2011

The authors report the results of an empirical study of the use of debt agreements in Australian personal insolvency law. Debt agreements were introduced into Australian personal insolvency law in 1996 as an alternative to bankruptcy. This alternative has become increasingly popular, and in 2010...

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Consumer Credit Reform and Behavioural Economics : Regulating Australia's Credit Card Industry

Ali, Paul - 2012

.9 million credit card accounts in Australia with outstanding balances of $49.2 billion, representing an ownership rate of 87% of …

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Shareholder and Creditor Protection Indices - Australia 1970-2010

Anderson, Helen L. - 2013

The shareholder and creditor protection indices for Australia are part of a larger international study examining the … creditors in Australia. The index of shareholder rights consists of 60 items in total. It has been divided into two sub …

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Shareholder and Creditor Protection in Australia - A Leximetric Analysis

Anderson, Helen L. - 2013

show changes in levels of shareholder and creditor protection in Australia for the period 1970-2010. This form of analysis …

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Legal Considerations for Superannuation Investors When Investing in Complex Financial Products

Ali, Paul - 2015

Institutional investment in Australia is both highly innovative and complex. The regulatory focus – and associated … financial products. We have chosen to focus on synthetic CDOs. This research report is the first study in Australia of the …

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Super Behaviour : A Note on Young Australian Adults’ Engagement with their Superannuation Accounts

Anderson, Malcolm Edward - 2017

The authors examine the behaviour and attitudes towards superannuation of 25-34 year old Australians. The results of the survey suggest they are generally uninterested in their superannuation accounts. They seldom read the information provided by their funds, rarely change their fund, and a...

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Proxy Voting in Australia's Largest Companies

Stapledon, Geofrey P. - 2009

This research report, published jointly by the Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation at the University of Melbourne and Corporate Governance International, contains the results of a study of proxy voting at a sample of major listed Australian companies during 1999.When institutional...

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