This paper considers the link between ruling political parties and stock, property, and bond returns in Australasia. Australia and New Zealand provide an ideal setting as their political systems allow a precise examination of the influences of political parties. We find higher inflation under...

We investigate the impact that stronger regulation has on takeover returns in New Zealand. This is an ideal laboratory as New Zealand moved from an environment of relatively weak takeover regulation to one governed by a prescriptive Takeovers Code in several defined steps. The effect of New...