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Dr Scott J Niblock

Lecturer in Finance, Southern Cross University, Gold Coast, Australia
Verified email at scu.edu.au
Cited by 334

Financial advice seeking: A review of the barriers and benefits

S Westermann, SJ Niblock… - Economic Papers: A …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reviews the literature on the perceived individual‐level demand‐side barriers to
and benefits from seeking and following financial advice. Our review reveals that poor …

Carbon markets in times of VUCA: a weak-form efficiency investigation of the phase II EU ETS

SJ Niblock, JL Harrison - Journal of Sustainable Finance & …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
We examine the weak-form efficiency status of the European carbon market over periods of
sustained volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. We use 1,035 daily spot price …

Does it pay to be responsible? Evidence on corporate social responsibility and the investment performance of Australian REITs

S Westermann, SJ Niblock, MA Kortt - Asia-Pacific Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This paper creates portfolios to better understand the influence of corporate social responsibility
(CSR) practices on the risk-adjusted returns of Australian Real Estate Investment Trusts (…

Regional stock markets and the economic development of S outheast A sia

SJ Niblock, P Heng, K Sloan - Asian‐Pacific Economic …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The paper examines the contribution made by the establishment and operation of a local stock
exchange to the economic development of S outheast A sian ( SEA ) countries. The paper …

Australian stock indexes and the four-factor model

BA Costa, K Jakob, SJ Niblock, E Sinnewe - Applied Finance Letters, 2014 - ojs.aut.ac.nz
Stock indexes are passive ‘value-weighted’portfolios and should not have alphas which are
significantly different from zero. If an index produces an insignificant alpha, then significant …

Predictors of corporate survival in the US and Australia: an exploratory case study

N Purves, SJ Niblock - Journal of Strategy and Management, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship of financial ratios and
non-financial factors of successful and failed corporations in the USA. Specifically, the authors …

ESG and the performance of energy and utility portfolios: evidence from Australia

SJ Niblock - Studies in economics and finance, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to establish the effect of environmental, social and governance (ESG)
practices on Australian energy and utility investment performance. Design/methodology/…

Trial by media: an empirical investigation of corporate reputation and stock returns in Australia

E Sinnewe, SJ Niblock - Journal of Media Economics, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines whether investors are able to generate abnormal risk-adjusted returns
in the Australian market based on media-specific firm reputational factors under market …

[PDF][PDF] Are Chinese stock markets weak-form efficient?

SJ Niblock, K Sloan - 12th Finsia-Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies …, 2007 - Citeseer
Scott J Niblock, Southern Cross University Keith Sloan, Southern Cross University …
Analysis of the integration between international and Chinese markets is reported in a …

Risk-adjusted returns of socially responsible mutual funds II: How do they stack up in Australia?

SJ Niblock, BA Costa, K Jakob… - The Journal of …, 2020 - joi.pm-research.com
This article investigates the risk-adjusted performance of Australian socially responsible
investment (SRI) mutual funds, their self-specified benchmark indexes, and an alternative SRI …