Research

Valuing Quality Information

1. ​“Is Customers' Financial Reporting Quality Associated with Suppliers' Decision to Contract?”.

• Dharmendra Naidu and Kumari Ranjeeni

• The Accounting Review

  • 1 November 2024; 99 (6): 325–350. https://doi.org/10.2308/TAR-2021-0652

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Valuing Ability and Talent

1. ​“Do More Able Top Management Teams Unconditionally Lead to Better Internal Operations? A Case of ‘Just-in-Time’ Inventory Management”.  Kumari Ranjeeni: PhD Thesis (2019), Monash University

2. “Valuing Talent: Do CEO’s Ability and Discretion Unambiguously Increase Firm Value”, Cheung, K. T. S., Naidu, D., Navissi, F., and Ranjeeni, Kumari. (2017), Journal of Corporate Finance, 42, 15-35. 

3. “Managerial Ability and Just-in-Time Inventory Management”. Ranjeeni, Kumari and Truong, C., and Kober, R. (January 16, 2023). 

   • Seminar presentation at Transitional Artificial Intelligence Research Group, School of Mathematics and Statistics, UNSW Sydney.​

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Valuing Board Gender Diversity and Female Directors

1. “Equity mispricing and Females on Board”. Ranjeeni, Kumari (2015): Monash University. Honours Thesis.

2. “Shhh... Do Gender Diverse Boards Prioritize Product Market Concerns over Capital Market Incentives?”. Dharmendra Naidu and Kumari Ranjeeni. Journal of Business Ethics. 193, 235–257 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-023-05553-3 Open Access. 

3. “Do Investors Undervalue Female Directors due to Gender Role Stereotypes? Evidence from the United States”. Kumari Ranjeeni and Dharmendra Naidu (2024). Abacus. https://doi.org/10.1111/abac.12321 Open Access.

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COVID-19 Fear, Firm-Specific Knowledge of Directors and Stock Market

1. “Effect of Coronavirus ‘Fear’ on the Performance of Australian Stock Returns: Evidence from an Event Study”. Dharmendra Naidu and Kumari Ranjeeni (2021). Pacific Basin Finance Journal, 66 (April), 101520.

2.  “Did Outside Directors’ Firm-Specific Accumulated Knowledge Benefit the Firm’s Stock Performance during COVID-19?” Dharmendra Naidu and Kumari Ranjeeni.(2023). Australian Journal of Management. Open Access.

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Global Financial Crisis, Lehman Brothers' Bankruptcy and Stock Market

1. “Impact of Global Financial Crisis on United States Stock Market Performance”. Kumari Ranjeeni, Masters Thesis (2014): The University of the South Pacific.

2. “Sectoral and Industrial Performance during a Stock Market Crisis”, Kumari Ranjeeni (2014). Economic Systems, 38(2), 178-193.

3. “The Effect of the Lehman Brothers’ Bankruptcy on the Performance of Chinese Sectors”, Ranjeeni, Kumari. and Sharma, S. S. (2015). Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 51 (5), 904-914.

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Consumer Data Rights and Capital Market Implications

1. “How Do Investors in the Energy Sector Perceive Australian Consumer Data Right in Energy?” Dharmendra Naidu and Kumari Ranjeeni, (February 13, 2023). 

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Anomalies in Capital Markets

1. “Net Stock Issuance Anomaly and Cash Flow Explanation: A Research Note”, Li, M., D. Naidu, F. Navissi, and Kumari Ranjeeni. (2018). Australian Journal of Management, 43 (2), 286-304.

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Psychological Barrier in Economics and Trading Strategy:

1. “New Evidence of Psychological Barrier from the Oil Market”, Narayan, P. Kumari Ranjeeni, and D. Bannigidadmath. (2017). Journal of Behavioral Finance, 18 (4), 457-469.