Andrew Ferguson

University of Technology Sydney (UTS)

15 Broadway, Ultimo

PO Box 123

Sydney, NSW 2007

Australia

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Scholarly Papers (24)

1.

Choice between Alternative Routes to Go Public: Backdoor Listing versus IPO

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 29 Jul 2011
Philip R. Brown, Andrew Ferguson and Peter Lam
UWA Business School, M250, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and University of Technology, Sydney - Discipline of Accounting
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Citation 6

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IPO, backdoor listing, going public, reverse takeover

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What’s in a Shell? Analysing the Gain to Shareholders from Reverse Takeovers

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 29 Jul 2011
Philip R. Brown, Andrew Ferguson and Peter Lam
UWA Business School, M250, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and University of Technology, Sydney - Discipline of Accounting
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reverse takeover, reverse merger, backdoor listing, shell premium

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Fair Value of Earnouts: Valuation Uncertainty or Managerial Opportunism?

The Accounting Review (2023)
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 13 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2023
Andrew Ferguson, Cecilia Wei Hu and Peter Lam
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Deakin University and University of Technology, Sydney - Discipline of Accounting
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acquisitions, earnouts, contingent consideration, fair value accounting, financial liability, IFRS 3

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The Size, Cost and Asset Allocation of Australian Self-Managed Superannuation Funds

CIFR Paper No. 033/2014
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 10 Jul 2014
University of Technology Sydney (UTS) - Faculty of Business, UNSW Australia Business School, School of Risk & Actuarial Studies, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and Deakin Business School
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self-managed superannuation funds, pension funds, asset allocation, SMSF costs

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Predicting Failure of Developmental Gold Mining Projects

Australian Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 05 Jan 2011
Andrew Ferguson, Greg Clinch and Stephen Kean
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Deakin University - Department of Accounting and University of Otago
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Failure Prediction, Gold Mining

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Factors Affecting the Value-Relevance of Capitalized Exploration and Evaluation Expenditures Under IFRS 6

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Aug 2019
Andrew Ferguson, Stephen Kean and Gabriel Pundrich
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), University of Auckland Business School and University of Florida
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IFRS 6, intangible assets, value relevance, extractive activities

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Wealth Effects of Farmout Arrangements in the Oil and Gas Industry

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 29 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2020
Luiz Fernando Distadio, Andrew Ferguson and Peter Lam
Griffith University - Griffith Business School, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and University of Technology, Sydney - Discipline of Accounting
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alliances, farmout, oil and gas, resource pooling, real options

8.

CEO Compensation in Early-Stage Firms

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 07 Sep 2019
Thi Bui, Andrew Ferguson and Peter Lam
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and University of Technology, Sydney - Discipline of Accounting
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CEO compensation; capital and ownership structure; corporate governance; capitalised exploration and evaluation assets; early-stage entities

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Information asymmetry, hedging and wealth effects of project finance loan approvals

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 23 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 11 May 2021
Andrew Ferguson and Peter Lam
University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and University of Technology, Sydney - Discipline of Accounting
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Project finance, hedging, event study, political uncertainty, loan pricing

10.

Understanding Assurance in the Australian Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Industry

CIFR Paper No. 001/2014
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 29 May 2014
University of Technology Sydney (UTS) - Faculty of Business, UNSW Australia Business School, School of Risk & Actuarial Studies, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and Deakin Business School
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pension funds, audit fees, industry specialisation, professional affiliations, auditor independence, non-audit services

11.

Political Uncertainty and Deal Structure: Evidence from Australian Mining Project Acquisitions

Pacific-Basin Finance Journal 73 (2022): 101756.
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 09 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2023
Andrew Ferguson, Cecilia Wei Hu and Peter Lam
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Deakin University and University of Technology, Sydney - Discipline of Accounting
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Policy uncertainty, federal voting intention, acquisitions, mining sector investment, real options, growth options

12.

The R&D Tax Incentive as a Source of Funding for Early Stage Firms: Evidence From Australian Mining Exploration Entities

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 13 Dec 2019
Andrew Ferguson and Sam Sherry
University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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tax incentives; research and development; extractive industries; pecking order

13.

Mine Offtake Contracting, Strategic Alliances and the Equity Market

Journal of Commodity Markets, 27,2022
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 09 Apr 2024
Luiz Fernando Distadio and Andrew Ferguson
Griffith University - Griffith Business School and University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
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Offtake, strategic alliance, event study, project finance, bargaining

14.

Market Reactions to the Reports of a Star Resource Analyst

Australian Journal of Management, Vol. 39, No. 1, 2014, FIRN Research Paper
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 11 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2014
Philip R. Brown, Alexey Feigin and Andrew Ferguson
UWA Business School, M250, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) - UTS School of Accounting and University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Downloads 91 (605,535)
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detecting abnormal market behavior, gold, extractive industries, market microstructure, specialist, star analyst

15.

Mine Developers and Environmental Screening

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 28 Feb 2024 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2024
Andrew Ferguson
University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
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Judgement-proof problem, Dodd-Frank Act, Environmental approvals, Environmental quality, Screening, Event study, Pollution haven hypothesis

16.

Managing Expectations Through Budgetary Slack: Evidence from Project Financing

European Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 15 Feb 2024
Zahn Bozanic, Andrew Ferguson and Gabriel Pundrich
Florida State University, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and University of Florida
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Budgetary slack, mandatory management forecasts, project financing, private loans, transactional lending, non-relationship lending, first-time debt financing, first-time lender monitoring

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Auditor Industry Specialization, Service Bundling and Partner Effects in a Mining-Dominated City

Ferguson A, G. Pündrich, A. Raftery, 2014.Auditor Industry Specialization, Service Bundling, and Partner Effects in a Mining-Dominated City. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory 33(3):153-180
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 05 Jun 2024
Andrew Ferguson, Gabriel Pundrich and Adrian Raftery
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), University of Florida and Deakin Business School
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audit fees, industry specialisation, service bundling, non-audit services, second-tier firms, mining industry

18.

Government Policy Uncertainty and Stock Prices: the Case of Australia's Uranium Industry

Energy Economics, Vol. 60, 2016
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 08 Apr 2024
Andrew Ferguson and Peter Lam
University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and University of Technology, Sydney - Discipline of Accounting
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Uranium; Government policy uncertainty; Sentiment; Event study; Stock prices; Opinion polls

19.

Pierpont and the Capital Market 

UNSW Business School Research Paper
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 26 Aug 2024
Philip R. Brown, Andrew Ferguson and Andrew B. Jackson
UWA Business School, M250, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and UNSW Australia Business School, School of Accounting
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Star Analyst, market efficiency, press coverage

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“Know when to fold ʹem”: Policy Uncertainty and Acquisition Abandonment

Accounting & Finance (2023)
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 12 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2024
Andrew Ferguson, Cecilia Wei Hu and Peter Lam
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Deakin University and University of Technology, Sydney - Discipline of Accounting
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policy uncertainty, acquisition abandonment, post-announcement period, mining sector investment

21.

Your Governance or Mine?

Australian Accounting Review, 21, 406-417. (DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2011.00147.x)
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 09 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2024
Andrew Ferguson, Matthew Grosse, Stephen Kean and Tom Scott
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), University of Technology Sydney (UTS) - UTS School of Accounting, University of Otago and Auckland University of Technology
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corporate governance, resource sector, extractive industries

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What if there were Three? Audit Pricing within the Big 4 and the PricewaterhouseCoopers' Premium in the Australian Audit Market

International Journal of Auditing (DOI: 10.1111/ijau.12011)
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 07 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2024
Andrew Ferguson and Tom Scott
University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and Auckland University of Technology
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Audit pricing, Big 3, market structure, cartel, brand names, PwC

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Information Asymmetry, Expropriation Risks, and Executive-to-Firm Matches

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Posted: 18 Apr 2025
Andrew Ferguson, Cecilia Wei Hu and Godsway Kadey
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Deakin University and University of Technology Sydney

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human capital, executive-to-firm matching, property rights, expropriation risks, mining exploration entities, event study JEL: C78, D23, H13, J2

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The Effects of Firm-Wide and Office-Level Industry Expertise on Audit Pricing

Posted: 26 Mar 2003
Andrew Ferguson, Jere R. Francis and Donald J. Stokes
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), University of Missouri and Monash University

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industry expertise, audit fees, big 5 accounting firms