Dr Barry Oliver
Honorary Associate Professor
School of Business
Room 349, Colin Clark Building, St. Lucia Campus
Books
Bishop, Steve, Faff, Robert, Oliver, Barry, and Twite, Garry (2004). Corporate finance. 5th ed. Australia: Pearson Education.
Brailsford, Timothy J., Faff, Robert W. and Oliver, Barry (1997). Research design issues in the estimation of Beta. Sydney, NSW, Australia: McGraw-Hill.
Book Chapters
Brailsford, Tim and Oliver, Barry (1997). Time-varying volatility estimates in option pricing: can superior estimates be obtained?. Advances in Pacific Basin financial markets. (pp. 191-212) edited by Theodore Bos and Thomas A. Fetherson. London: JAI Press.
Oliver, Barry and Psaros, Jim (1987). Audit reports: Does AUP3 provide adequate guidance?. Readings and Case Studies in Auditing. (pp. ---) edited by Michael Harding, Barry J. Cooper, William R. Edge and Kevin R. Adams. Sydney, NSW: Law Book Co.
Journal Articles
Bajo, Emanuele, Cecchini, Marco and Oliver, Barry (2023). Psychological profile and investment decisions. Finance Research Letters, 58 104245, 104245. doi: 10.1016/j.frl.2023.104245
Haghighi, Afshin, Zhang, Lei, Oliver, Barry and Faff, Robert (2023). Information acquisition and market liquidity: Evidence from EDGAR search activity. Global Finance Journal, 57 100865, 100865. doi: 10.1016/j.gfj.2023.100865
Rahman, Dewan, Kabir, Muhammad, Ali, Muhammad Jahangir and Oliver, Barry (2023). Does product market competition influence annual report readability?. Accounting and Business Research, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-32. doi: 10.1080/00014788.2023.2165031
Le, Trinh Hue, Oliver, Barry and Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng (2022). Nowhere to hide: response of corporate restructuring activities to mandatory segment disclosure. Journal of Corporate Finance, 76 102251, 1-22. doi: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2022.102251
Rahman, Dewan and Oliver, Barry (2022). The readability of 10-K reports and insider trading profitability. Australian Journal of Management, 47 (3), 031289622110251-578. doi: 10.1177/03128962211025118
Im, Hyun Joong, Oliver, Barry and Park, Heungju (2022). The effect of stock liquidity on corporate cash holdings: the real investment motive. International Review of Finance, 22 (3), 580-596. doi: 10.1111/irfi.12377
Rahman, Dewan, Kabir, Muhammad and Oliver, Barry (2021). Does exposure to product market competition influence insider trading profitability?. Journal of Corporate Finance, 66 101792, 1-25. doi: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2020.101792
Rahman, Dewan, Faff, Robert and Oliver, Barry (2020). Does board independence constrain insider opportunism?. Australian Journal of Management, 46 (3), 031289622094638-522. doi: 10.1177/0312896220946384
Hasan, Mostafa, Rahman, Dewan, Taylor, Grantley and Oliver, Barry (2020). Crash risk and debt maturity: evidence from Australia. International Journal of Managerial Finance, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 377-400. doi: 10.1108/ijmf-12-2019-0467
Zhaunerchyk, Katsiaryna, Haghighi, Afshin and Oliver, Barry (2020). Distraction effects on stock return co-movements: Confirmation from the Shenzhen and Shanghai stock markets. Pacific Basin Finance Journal, 61 101301, 101301. doi: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2020.101301
Rahman, Dewan, Oliver, Barry and Faff, Robert (2020). Evidence of strategic information uncertainty around opportunistic insider purchases. Journal of Banking & Finance, 117 105821, 105821. doi: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2020.105821
McCarthy, Scott, Oliver, Barry and Verreynne, Martie-Louise (2017). Bank financing and credit rationing of Australian SMEs. Australian Journal of Management, 42 (1), 58-85. doi: 10.1177/0312896215587316
McCarthy, Scott, Oliver, Barry and Song, Sizhe (2017). Corporate social responsibility and CEO confidence. Journal of Banking and Finance, 75, 280-291. doi: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2016.11.024
Cheah, Kuan Kiat, Foster, F. Douglas, Heaney, Richard, Higgins, Timothy, Oliver, Barry, O'Neill, Terry and Russell, Roslyn (2015). Discussions on long-term financial choice. Australian Journal of Management, 40 (3), 414-434. doi: 10.1177/0312896214532476
Avkiran, Necmi K., Kanol, Direnc K. and Oliver, Barry (2015). Knowledge of campaign finance regulation reduces perceptions of corruption. Accounting and Finance, 56 (4), 961-984. doi: 10.1111/acfi.12121
Oliver, Barry, Pérez-Gladish, Blanca and Mendex, Paz (2015). Corporate social responsibility, stock salience, and the asymmetric market impact of consumer sentiment news on Spanish firms. Review of Behavioral Finance, 7 (2), 98-115. doi: 10.1108/RBF-05-2014-0030
Akhtar, Shumi, Faff, Robert, Oliver, Barry and Subrahmanyam, Avanidhar (2013). Reprint of: stock salience and the asymmetric market effect of consumer sentiment news. Journal of Banking and Finance, 37 (11), 4488-4500. doi: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2013.07.032
Akhtar, Shumi, Faff, Robert, Oliver, Barry and Subrahmanyam, Avanidhar (2012). Stock salience and the asymmetric market effect of consumer sentiment news. Journal of Banking and Finance, 36 (12), 3289-3301. doi: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2012.07.019
Akhtar, Shumi, Faff, Robert and Oliver, Barry (2011). The asymmetric impact of consumer sentiment announcements on Australian foreign exchange rates. Australian Journal of Management, 36 (3), 387-403. doi: 10.1177/0312896211410723
Akhtar, Shumi, Faff, Robert, Oliver, Barry and Subrahmanyam, Avanidhar (2011). The power of bad: The negativity bias in Australian consumer sentiment announcements on stock returns. Journal of Banking and Finance, 35 (5), 1239-1249. doi: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2010.10.014
Oliver, Barry R. and Mefteh, Salma (2010). Capital structure choice: The influence of sentiment in France. International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance, 1 (4), 294-311. doi: 10.1504/IJBAF.2010.032844
Oliver, Barry R. (2010). The impact of market sentiment on capital structures in the USA. International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance, 1 (4), 335-348. doi: 10.1504/IJBAF.2010.032846
Akhtar, Shumi and Oliver, Barry (2009). Determinants of capital structure for Japanese multinational and domestic corporations. International Review of Finance, 9 (1-2), 1-26. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2443.2009.01083.x
Brooke, Jesse and Oliver, Barry (2005). The source of abnormal returns from strategic alliance announcements. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 13 (2), 145-161. doi: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2004.07.003
Brailsford, Tim, Heaney, Richard and Oliver, Barry (2005). Use of derivatives in public sector organisations. Accounting and Finance, 45 (1), 43-66. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2004.00120.x
Benson, Karen and Oliver, Barry (2004). Management motivation for using financial derivatives in Australia. Australian Journal of Management, 29 (2), 225-242. doi: 10.1177/031289620402900205
Fleming, Grant, Oliver, Barry and Skourakis, Steve (2003). The valuation discount of multi-segment firms in Australia. Accounting and Finance, 43 (2), 167-185. doi: 10.1111/1467-629X.00087
Brailsford, T. J., Heaney, R. A. and Oliver, B. R. (2003). Practices and attitudes to derivatives use in Australian commonwealth organisations. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 62 (2), 87-100. doi: 10.1111/1467-8497.00328
Brailsford, T. J., Oliver, B.R. and Pua, S.L.H. (2002). On the relation between ownership structure and capital structure. Accounting and Finance, 42 (1), 1-26. doi: 10.1111/1467-629X.00001
Oliver, Barry R. (1999). The legality of derivative contracts entered into by Commonwealth organisations. Accounting, Accountability and Performance, 5 (1), 43-53.
Faff, R. W. and Oliver, B. R. (1998). Consumption versus market betas of Australian industry portfolios. Applied Economics Letters, 5 (8), 513-517.
Oliver, Barry and Tahir, M. (1997). A note on the expiration day price effect in the Australian 90 day bank accepted bills market. Pacific Accounting Review, 9 (1), 43-50. doi: 10.1108/eb037919
Oliver, Barry (1996). An examination of volatility smiles in the Australian options market. Accounting Research Journal, 9 (2), 30-37.
Oliver, Barry (1994). Ex-dividend day behaviour of call option prices in the Australian options market. Accounting Research Journal, 7 (1), 9-19.
Oliver, Barry and Psaros, Jim (1985). Audit reports: Does AUP3 provide adequate guidance?. The Chartered Accountant, 56 (8), ---.