Kochi International Business School

Dr. Peter Verhoeven

Dr. Peter Verhoeven is an Associate Professor at the School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia. Prior to joining QUT, he taught Advanced Investments and Research Methods in Finance at Auckland University, New Zealand. He obtained his PhD in Financial Econometrics from the University of Western Australia in 2004. His primary research interests are in empirical finance on topics such as investment strategies, risk measurement, market microstructure, dividend modelling and forecasting, financial analysts' forecasts, capital structure and corporate governance. Dr. Verhoeven has extensive teaching experience at both the graduate and executive levels and has taught in many countries in the Asia-Pacific Region, including New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. He has supervised in excess of fifty postgraduate (Honours, Master’s and PhD) dissertions. Dr. Verhoeven is also the author of 15 papers in refereed academic journals and book chapters, including Pacific Basin Finance Journal, Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, and Thunderbird International Business Review and Accounting and Finance.

Scholarly Interests

Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Capital Structure
Investment Strategies

Selected Recent Publications

How, J.C.Y., Ling, M. and Verhoeven, P. (2009), “Does Size Matter? A genetic programming approach to technical trading”, Quantitative Finance.
How, J.C.Y., Verhoeven, P. and Wu, C.L. (2009), “Dividends and Expropriation in Hong Kong”, Asian Academy of Management Journal of Accounting and Finance.
James, K., How, J. and Verhoeven, P. (2008), “Did the Goodwill Accounting Standard Impose Material Economic Consequences upon Australian Acquirers?”, Accounting and Finance, Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 625-647.
Wahab, E., How, J.C.Y. and Verhoeven, P. (2007), “The Impact of the Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance: compliance, institutional investors and stock performance”, Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Econmics, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 106-129.
How, J.C.Y., Jelic R., Saadouni, B. and Verhoeven, P. (2007), “Share Allocation and the Performance of the KLSE Second Board IPOs”, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 292-314.
How, J.C.Y., Phung, Y.K. and Verhoeven, P. (2005), “Accuracy of Analysts’ Earnings Forecasts: Evidence from Mergers and Acquisitions in Australia”, Asian Academy of Management Journal of Accounting and Finance, Vol. 1, pp. 67-80.
How, J.C.Y., Huang, C.X. and Verhoeven, P. (2005), “Information Asymmetry Surrounding Earnings and Dividend Announcements: An Intra-day Analysis”, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Vol. 68, pp. 463-473.
How, J.C.Y., Abdul Karim, M. and Verhoeven, P. (2005), “Islamic Financing and Bank Risk: The Case of Malaysia”, Thunderbird International Business Review, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 75-94.
Verhoeven, P., Fain, A. and How, J.C.Y. (2004), “Option Strategies: A Description of the Order Flow on the Australian Stock Exchange”, Derivatives Use, Trading & Regulation, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp 241-254.
Verhoeven, P., Ching, S. and Ng, H.G. (2004), “Determinants of the Decision to Submit Market or Limit Orders on the ASX”, Pacific Basin Finance Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 1-18.
Verhoeven, P. and McAleer, M. (2004), “Fat Tails and Asymmetry in Financial Volatility Models”, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Vol. 64, No. 3-4, pp. 351-361.
How, J.C.Y., Khoo, I.C., Ng, H.G. and Verhoeven P. (2002), “Internationalisation and Corporate Governance”, Asia-Pacific Journal of Economics and Business, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 42-63.
Verhoeven, P., Pilgram, B., Mees, A. and McAleer, M. (2002/March), “Canonical Variate Analysis and its Applications to Financial Data”, in Soofi, A. S. and Cao, L. (Eds.), Modelling and Forecasting Financial Data: Techniques of Non-linear Dynamics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Chapter 22, pp. 467-479.
Verhoeven, P., Pilgram, B., Mees, A. and McAleer, M. (2001), “Non-Linear Modelling and Forecasting of S&P500 Volatility”, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Vol. 59, pp. 233-242.
Verhoeven, P., Hefter, G. and May, P.M. (1990), “Cyanide Complexes of Zinc(II) and Cadmium(II) in 3M NaCl Medium”, Journal of Coordination Chemistry, Vol. 42, pp. 7-19.
Verhoeven, P., Hefter, G. and May, P.M. (1990), “Dissociation Constant of Hydrogen Cyanide in Saline Solutions”, Minerals Metallurgical Processing, Vol. 6, pp. 185-188.