Andrew C. Worthington

Griffith University

Professor of Finance

170 Kessels Road

Nathan, Queensland 4111

Australia

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1.

Attitudes, Perceptions and Motivations of Libyan Retail Consumers toward Islamic Methods of Finance

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 31 Mar 2009
Alsadek Gait and Andrew C. Worthington
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Griffith University
Downloads 863 (48,771)
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Islamic methods of finance, Islamic banking, consumer attitudes and perceptions

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Libyan Business Firm Attitudes Towards Islamic Methods of Finance

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 30 Mar 2009
Alsadek Gait and Andrew C. Worthington
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Griffith University
Downloads 565 (84,651)
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Islamic methods of finance, Islamic banking, business attitudes and perceptions

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Economic Value-Added: A Review of the Theoretical and Empirical Literature

Asian Review of Accounting, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 67-86, 2001
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 03 Nov 2012
Andrew C. Worthington and Tracey West
Griffith University and Griffith University
Downloads 391 (131,470)
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economic value added, EVA, accounting performance measures

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Do Islamic Banks Have Higher Credit Risk?

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Aug 2014
Nurul Kabir and Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University and Griffith University
Downloads 349 (148,998)
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Credit risk, distance to default, Z score, crisis

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Qualitative Insights into Corporate Governance Reform, Management Decision-Making, and Accounting Performance Semi-structured Interview Evidence

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 13 Jul 2021
Abdullah Alajmi and Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University and Griffith University
Downloads 332 (157,171)
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Corporate governance, accounting performance, managerial decision-making, structured interviews.

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The Month-of-the-Year Effect in the Australian Stock Market: An Analysis of the Market, Industry and Firm Size Impacts

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 29 Oct 2008
George J. Marrett and Andrew C. Worthington
University of Wollongong - School of Accounting, Economics & Finance and Griffith University
Downloads 324 (161,387)
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calendar effects, market anomalies, market efficiency

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Modelling Spot Prices in Deregulated Wholesale Electricity Markets: A Selected Empirical Review

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 29 Oct 2008
Helen Higgs and Andrew C. Worthington
Queensland University of Technology - School of Economics and Finance and Griffith University
Downloads 299 (175,574)
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wholesale electricity prices, high-frequency data, price volatility

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The Pricing and Performance of Initial Public Offerings in Australia, 1996-2007: A Comparison of Ordinary, Venture Capital and Private Equity-Backed Issues

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The Pricing and Performance of Initial Public Offerings in Australia, 1996-2007: A Comparison of Ordinary, Venture Capital and Private Equity-Backed Issues

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 29 Oct 2008
Nancy Vu, Andrew C. Worthington and Phillip Laird
University of Wollongong, Griffith University and Griffith University
Downloads 279 (188,328)

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initial public offerings, venture capital, private equity, underpricing, abnormal returns

The Pricing and Performance of Initial Public Offerings in Australia, 1996-2007: A Comparison of Ordinary, Venture Capital and Private Equity-Backed Issues

21st Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2008 Paper
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 05 Aug 2008
Nancy Vu, Andrew C. Worthington and Phillip Laird
University of Wollongong, Griffith University and Griffith University
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initial public offerings, venture capital, private equity, underpricing, abnormal returns

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The Usefulness of Economic Value-Added (EVA) and its Components in the Australian Context

Accounting, Accountability and Performance, 7(1), pp. 73-90 (2001)
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 04 Nov 2012
Andrew C. Worthington and Tracey West
Griffith University and Griffith University
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EVA, Economic Value Added, accounting-based performance measures, pooled time-series

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Household Asset Portfolio Diversification: Evidence from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (Hilda) Survey

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 18 Jun 2009
Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University
Downloads 218 (240,188)
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household asset portfolios, diversification, mean-variance efficiency

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Adverse selection in Australian private health insurance

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 13 Jul 2021
Lan Nguyen and Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University and Griffith University
Downloads 217 (241,180)

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Private health insurance, adverse selection, advantageous selection, health risk factors, self-assessed health, Australia

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Firm-Specific Determinants and Outcomes of Initial Public Offerings in Thailand, 2001–2007

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Firm-Specific Determinants and Outcomes of Initial Public Offerings in Thailand, 2001–2007

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 11 Jan 2010
Jirapun Anne Chorruk and Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University - Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics and Griffith University
Downloads 171 (298,466)

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initial public offerings, decision to go public, listing costs and benefits

Firm-Specific Determinants and Outcomes of Initial Public Offerings in Thailand, 2001-2007

23rd Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2010 Paper
Posted: 19 Aug 2010
Jirapun Anne Chorruk and Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University - Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics and Griffith University
Downloads 18 (932,076)

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initial public offerings, decision to go public, listing costs and benefits

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A Review and Synthesis of the Economic Value-Added Literature

Discussion Papers in Economics, Finance and International Competitiveness, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology, 2000
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 03 Nov 2012
Andrew C. Worthington and Tracey West
Griffith University and Griffith University
Downloads 177 (289,748)

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EVA, economic value-added, accounting performance measures

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The Decline of Calendar Seasonality in the Australian Stock Exchange, 1958-2005

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 29 Oct 2008
Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University
Downloads 175 (292,582)
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calendar effects, market anomalies, market efficiency

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Asset Diversification and Efficiency: Evidence from the Chinese Banking Sector

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Asset Diversification and Efficiency: Evidence from the Chinese Banking Sector

29th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2016
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 18 Aug 2016
Kai Du, Andrew C. Worthington and Valentin Zelenyuk
University of Adelaide, Griffith University and University of Queensland
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Asset diversification; Data envelopment analysis; Truncated regression; Bootstrapping; Chinese banks

Asset Diversification and Efficiency: Evidence from the Chinese Banking Sector

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 31 Jan 2017
Kai Du, Andrew C. Worthington and Valentin Zelenyuk
University of Adelaide, Griffith University and University of Queensland
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Asset diversification, Data envelopment analysis, Truncated regression, Bootstrapping, Chinese banks

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Smart Money in Malaysian Islamic and Conventional Equity Funds

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Aug 2012
Ainulashikin Marzuki and Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University and Griffith University
Downloads 155 (326,195)

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Islamic equity funds, fund flow–performance, smart money effect, religion

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Ownership Structure, Corporate Governance Reform and Firm Performance in Kuwait

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 13 Jul 2021
Abdullah Alajmi and Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University and Griffith University
Downloads 151 (331,521)

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Family ownership, government ownership, institutional shareholders, corporate governance, firm performance

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Frontier Efficiency Measurement in Deposit-Taking Financial Mutuals: A Review of Techniques, Applications, and Future Research Directions

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 29 Oct 2008
Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University
Downloads 140 (352,210)
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Data envelopment analysis, stochastic frontier analysis, technical, allocative, productive, profit and cost efficiency, credit unions, building societies, savings and loans

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Macroeconomic Risk Factors in Australian Commercial Real Estate, Listed Property Trust and Property Sector Stock Returns: A Comparative Analysis Using Garch-M

University of Wollongong Faculty of Commerce Papers, 2006
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 14 Aug 2012
Tracey West and Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University and Griffith University
Downloads 135 (362,231)
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property returns, listed property trust, property stocks, market risk, interest rate risk, industrial production and construction activity, generalised autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity in mean (GARCH-M) models

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New Evidence on the Pricing and Performance of Initial Public Offerings in Thailand: 1997–2008

22nd Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2009
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 27 Aug 2009
Jirapun Anne Chorruk and Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University - Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics and Griffith University
Downloads 134 (364,306)
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initial public offerings, underpricing, abnormal returns

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Australian Evidence Concerning the Information Content of Economic Value-Added

Australian Journal of Management, Vol. 29, No. 2, 2004
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 04 Nov 2012
Andrew C. Worthington and Tracey West
Griffith University and Griffith University
Downloads 125 (384,095)
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value-relevance, relative and incremental information content, economic value-added, residual income

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Economies of Scale and Scope in Australian Higher Education, 1998-2006

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 14 Dec 2008
Andrew C. Worthington and Helen Higgs
Griffith University and Griffith University
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Economies of scale, economies of scope, substitutes and complements in production, cost efficiency

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Determinants of the Use of Fintech Finance Among Chinese Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

31st Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2018
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2021
Dong Xiang, Yuming Zhang and Andrew C. Worthington
Shandong Normal University, Shandong University - School of Management and Griffith University
Downloads 115 (408,386)
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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), FinTech, Family firms, State-owned enterprises (SOEs), China

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The Impact of Trading-Restricted, Business Days and Trading, Non-Business Days on Australian Small-Cap, Large-Cap and Market Returns

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 29 Oct 2008
Mitesh Mistry, Andrew C. Worthington, Dionigi Gerace and Chandra Gulati
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Griffith University, The University of Sydney and University of Wollongong
Downloads 113 (413,683)
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security trading, settlement and clearing, market efficiency, holiday effect

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The Impact of Major Life Events on Australian Household Financial Decision-Making and Portfolio Rebalancing

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The Impact of Major Life Events on Australian Household Financial Decision-Making and Portfolio Rebalancing

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Aug 2016
Tracey West and Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University and Griffith University
Downloads 78 (537,007)
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Household finance, Asset portfolios, Portfolio rebalancing, Life events

The Impact of Major Life Events on Australian Household Financial Decision-Making and Portfolio Rebalancing

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 31 Jan 2017
Tracey West and Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University and Griffith University
Downloads 31 (810,410)

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Household finance, Asset portfolios, Portfolio rebalancing, Life events

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Economies of Scale and Scope in Australian Urban Water Utilities

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 18 May 2011
Andrew C. Worthington and Helen Higgs
Griffith University and Griffith University
Downloads 107 (430,301)

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Economies of Scale, Economies of Scope, Cost Efficiency, Urban Water Utilities

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Efficiency and Productivity of Australian Private Health Insurers

31st Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2018
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 30 Jul 2018
Lan Nguyen and Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University and Griffith University
Downloads 85 (500,519)

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Private health insurance, Technical and scale efficiency, Data envelopment analysis, Malmquist index, Productivity

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The Usefulness of Economic Value-Added in the Australian Context

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 14 Aug 2012
Tracey West and Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University and Griffith University
Downloads 79 (522,830)

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property returns, listed property trust, property stocks, market risk, interest rate risk, industrial production and construction activity, generalised autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity in mean (GARCH-M) models

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Efficiency, Technology, and Productivity Change in Australian Urban Water Utilities

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 18 May 2011
Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University
Downloads 78 (526,822)
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productivity, technical and scale efficiency, technological progress, urban water utilities, Malmquist indices

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Family Ownership, Organisational Control and Agency Costs in Australian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

25th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2012
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Aug 2012
Dong Xiang, Andrew C. Worthington and Helen Higgs
Shandong Normal University, Griffith University and Griffith University
Downloads 77 (530,752)

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agency costs, family firms, small and medium-sized enterprises

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Financial Risk Attitudes in Australian Households: A Comparative Analysis of the Impact of Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors and Macroeconomic Conditions

25th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2012
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 21 Aug 2012
Tracey West and Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University and Griffith University
Downloads 74 (542,964)

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Risk attitudes, Risk aversion, Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey, Ordered logit

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An Empirical Note on Factor Price Elasticities and Substitution in Australian Higher Education

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 10 Dec 2008
Andrew C. Worthington and Helen Higgs
Griffith University and Griffith University
Downloads 74 (542,964)
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own- and cross-price price elasticity, derived demand, factor substitutability

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Moral Hazard in Ancillary Private Health Insurance in Australia

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 13 Jul 2021
Lan Nguyen and Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University and Griffith University
Downloads 69 (564,022)

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Private health insurance, moral hazard, pent-up demand, dental care services, Australia

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Macroeconomic Conditions and Australian Financial Risk Attitudes, 2001-2010

Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2013
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 22 Jun 2013
Tracey West and Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University and Griffith University
Downloads 66 (577,446)
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Risk attitudes, Risk aversion, Household, Income and Labor Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey, Ordered logit

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Efficiency in the Highly Market-Segmented Chinese Banking Sector: A Meta-Frontier Non-Radial Directional Distance Function Approach

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Efficiency in the Highly Market-Segmented Chinese Banking Sector: A Meta-Frontier Non-Radial Directional Distance Function Approach

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 17 Feb 2015
Dong Xiang, Ning Zhang and Andrew C. Worthington
Shandong Normal University, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics and Griffith University
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Meta frontier analysis, Non-radial directional distance function, banks, China, determinants of efficiency

Efficiency in the Highly Market-Segmented Chinese Banking Sector: A Meta-Frontier Non-Radial Directional Distance Function Approach

29th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2016
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 24 Aug 2016
Dong Xiang, Ning Zhang and Andrew C. Worthington
Shandong Normal University, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics and Griffith University
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Meta-Frontier Analysis, Non-Radial Directional Distance Function, Chinese Banks, Efficiency Determinants

Efficiency in the Highly Market-Segmented Chinese Banking Sector: A Meta-Frontier Non-Radial Directional Distance Function Approach

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 29 Jan 2016
Dong Xiang, Ning Zhang and Andrew C. Worthington
Shandong Normal University, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics and Griffith University
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Meta-frontier analysis, Non-radial directional distance function, Chinese banks, Efficiency determinants

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The Theory and Practice of National Natural Disaster Insurance: Program Design Implications from an Australian Perspective

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 06 Aug 2021
Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University
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natural disasters, national disaster insurance, moral hazard, adverse selection

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Corporate Governance: Joining the Dots between Institutional Reform, Organisational Change and Firm Performance

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 13 Jul 2021
Abdullah Alajmi and Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University and Griffith University
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Corporate governance, organisational change, firm performance, regulation.

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Comparative Credit Risk in Islamic and Conventional Banks

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Comparative Credit Risk in Islamic and Conventional Banks

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 29 Jan 2016
Nurul Kabir, Andrew C. Worthington and Rakesh Gupta
Griffith University, Griffith University and Griffith University - Griffith Business School
Downloads 51 (667,084)
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Credit risk, distance to default, Z-scores, nonperforming loans, Islamic banking

Comparative Credit Risk in Islamic and Conventional Banks

Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Vol. 34, 2015
Posted: 06 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 04 Jan 2016
Nurul Kabir, Andrew C. Worthington and Rakesh Gupta
Griffith University, Griffith University and Griffith University - Griffith Business School

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Credit risk; distance to default; Z-scores; nonperforming loans; Islamic banking

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A Comparative Technical, Cost and Profit Efficiency Analysis of Australian, Canadian and UK Banks: Feasible Efficiency Improvements in the Context of Controllable and Uncontrollable Factors

24th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2011 Paper
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 22 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2021
Dong Xiang, Abul Shamsuddin and Andrew C. Worthington
Shandong Normal University, University of Newcastle (Australia) - Newcastle Business School and Griffith University
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Stochastic frontier analysis, technical, cost and profit efficiency, banks

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Life Events and Portfolio Rebalancing of the Family Home

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Life Events and Portfolio Rebalancing of the Family Home

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 09 Feb 2017
Tracey West and Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University and Griffith University
Downloads 40 (740,067)

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Life Events and Portfolio Rebalancing of the Family Home

West, T., & Worthington, A. C. (2018). Life events and portfolio rebalancing of the family home. Financial Counseling and Planning, 29(1), 103-113. doi:10.1891/1052-3073.29.1.103
Posted: 08 Feb 2022
Tracey West and Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University and Griffith University

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HILDA, home ownership, household finance, life events

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Determinants of Credit Risk: A Comparative Analysis between Islamic and Conventional Banks

26th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2013
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 28 Aug 2013
Nurul Kabir and Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University and Griffith University
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Credit Risk, Distance to Default, Islamic banking

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Nonlinear Effects of Oil Prices on Consumer Prices: A Comparative Study of Net Oil Consuming and Producing Countries

Review of Economic Analysis 9 (2017) 57-79
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 09 Jan 2018
M‐Ali Sotoudeh and Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University - Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics and Griffith University
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oil prices, consumer prices, oil consuming/producing countries, panel linear causality, nonlinear causality

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Emergency Funds in Australian Households: An Empirical Analysis of Capacity and Sources

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, Vol. 15, No. 1, 2004
Posted: 04 May 2013
Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University
Downloads 35 (757,151)
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Emergency funds, Financial planning, Financial wellness, Household Expenditure Survey

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Firm-Level Determinants and Impacts of Finance-Seeking Behaviour and Outcomes for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Australia

27th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2014 Paper
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 21 Aug 2014
Dong Xiang, Andrew C. Worthington and Helen Higgs
Shandong Normal University, Griffith University and Griffith University
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Small and medium-sized enterprises, financing decisions, debt and equity, discouraged borrowers. 

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COVID-19 and Efficiency, Technology, and Productivity Change in Australian Private Health Insurance Funds

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 29 Aug 2023
Andrew C. Worthington and Lan Nguyen
Griffith University and University of Queensland
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Technical efficiency, Scale efficiency, Total factor productivity; Private health insurance, Malmquist index

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Disinterested, Disinclined, or Discouraged? - Determinants of Finance Seeking Among Australian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

25th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2012
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 19 Aug 2012
Dong Xiang, Andrew C. Worthington and Helen Higgs
Shandong Normal University, Griffith University and Griffith University
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small and medium-sized enterprises, financing decisions, debt and equity, discouraged finance-seekers

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Capital Constraints, Capital Costs and Collateral in Chinese Family SMEs

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 25 Jan 2018
Dong Xiang, Yuming Zhang and Andrew C. Worthington
Shandong Normal University, Shandong University - School of Management and Griffith University
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Family firms, Small and medium-size enterprises, Capital constraints, Cost of capital Collateral

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Macro Drivers of Australian Housing Affordability, 1985–2010: An Autoregressive Distributed Lag Approach

24th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2011 Paper
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2021
Andrew C. Worthington and Helen Higgs
Griffith University and Griffith University
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Housing affordability, affordability drivers, retail housing finance, housing policy

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Family Ownership, Altruism and Agency Costs in Australian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 14 Feb 2013
Dong Xiang, Andrew C. Worthington and Helen Higgs
Shandong Normal University, Griffith University and Griffith University
Downloads 12 (961,172)
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agency costs, family firms, small and medium-sized enterprises

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Does Efficiency Make Bank Different in GFC? An Empirical Analysis on Australian, Canadian and UK Banks

Asian Finance Association (AsFA) 2013 Conference
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 14 Feb 2013
Dong Xiang, Abul Shamsuddin and Andrew C. Worthington
Shandong Normal University, University of Newcastle (Australia) - Newcastle Business School and Griffith University
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stochastic frontier analysis, efficiency comparison, efficiency factors, banks

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Economies of Scale and Scope in Australian Superannuation Funds

23rd Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2010 Paper
Posted: 22 Aug 2010
Helen Higgs and Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University and Griffith University
Downloads 9 (989,226)
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Economies of Scale, Economies of Scope, Cost Efficiency, Superannuation, Pension Funds

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A Comparative Analysis of Oil as a Risk Factor in Australian Industry Stock Returns, 1980-2006

20th Australasian Finance & Banking Conference 2007 Paper
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 03 Aug 2007
Evan J McSweeney and Andrew C. Worthington
University of Wollongong and Griffith University
Downloads 8 (997,869)
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Industry returns, multifactor models, market risk, interest rate risk, exchange rate risk, commodity risk

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A Canonical Correlation Analysis of Financial Risk-Taking by Australian Households

Consumer Interests Annual, 2013
Posted: 28 Jun 2013
Tracey West and Andrew C. Worthington
Griffith University and Griffith University

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financial risk-taking, HILDA Survey

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Return Relationships Among European Equity Sectors: A Comparative Analysis Across Selected Sectors in Small and Large Economies

Journal of Applied Economics, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 371-388, November 2005
Posted: 28 Feb 2006
Siv Taing and Andrew C. Worthington
Queensland University of Technology and Griffith University

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Risk and return, volatility, autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity

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Measuring the Impact of Natural Disasters on Capital Markets: An Empirical Application Using Intervention Analysis

Posted: 17 Apr 2005
Andrew C. Worthington and Abbas Valadkhani
Griffith University and University of Wollongong - School of Economics and Information Systems

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Australia, Natural events, disasters and catastrophes, market returns, intervention analysis, ARIMA

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A Note on the Rising Cost of Education in Australia

Posted: 21 Feb 2005
Abbas Valadkhani, Andrew C. Worthington and Allan P. Layton
University of Wollongong - School of Economics and Information Systems, Griffith University and Queensland University of Technology - School of Economics and Finance

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Cost of Education, Australia, Inflation

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Gambling as a Base for Hypothecated Taxation: The Uk's National Lottery and Electronic Gaming Machines in Australia

Posted: 06 Jul 2004
David Pickernell, Kerry Brown, Andrew C. Worthington and Mary Crawford
University of Glamorgan, Queensland University of Technology - School of Management, Griffith University and Queensland University of Technology

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Determinants of Recidivism in Paroled Queensland Prisoners: A Comparative Analysis of Custodial and Socioeconomic Characteristics

Posted: 09 Nov 2000
Andrew C. Worthington, Helen Higgs and Glyn Edwards
Griffith University, Queensland University of Technology - School of Economics and Finance and Queensland University of Technology - School of Economics and Finance

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