Professor Madhu Veeraraghavan B.Com Bombay, MBA Griff, PhD Griff, Grad Cert in Higher Education Griff Professor Address: Department of Accounting and Finance Monash University Clayton Vic 3800 Australia Located at: Room 1064, Menzies Building 11 Telephone: +61 3 9903 4553 Fax: +61 3 9905 5475 Email: Madhu.Veeraraghavan@monash.edu

Professor Madhu Veeraraghavan joined the department in March 2005. Prior to this he was a Senior Lecturer with the Department of Accounting and Finance, The University of Auckland, New Zealand. He has also held teaching positions at Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus. His teaching areas are Corporate Finance, Capital Markets and Investments. His major research interests are in the areas of asset pricing, behavioural finance, corporate governance and evaluation of portfolio performance. Professor Veeraraghavan is an active researcher and research supervisor in these areas. He has published over 20 refereed articles in international and regional journals in the areas of asset pricing and portfolio performance. 

Recent Publications

Journals and Professional Publications

1. Gharghori, P & See, S* & Veeraraghavan, M (2011). Difference of opinion and the cross-section of equity returns: Australian evidence. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 19(4), 435-446. Netherlands:Elsevier BV, North-Holland
2. Chudek, M* & Truong, HA & Veeraraghavan, M (2011). Is trading on earnings surprises a profitable strategy? Canadian evidence. Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money, 21(5), 832-850. Netherlands:Elsevier BV, North-Holland
3. Gharghori, P & Hamzah, * & Veeraraghavan, M (2010). Migration and its contribution to the size and value premiums: Australian evidence. Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money, 20(2), 177-196. Netherlands:Elsevier BV, North-Holland
4. Do, MV & Faff, R & Veeraraghavan, M (2010). Performance persistence in hedge funds: Australian evidence. Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money, 20(4), 346-362. Netherlands:Elsevier BV, North-Holland
5. Gharghori, P & Veeraraghavan, M & Lee, R* (2009). Anomalies and stock returns: Australian evidence. Accounting and Finance, 49(3), 555-576. Richmond Vic Australia:Wiley-Blackwell Plublishing Asia
6. Do, MV & Faff, R & Veeraraghavan, M (2009). Do Australian hedge fund managers possess timing abilities?. Applied Financial Economics, 19(1), 1-13. UK:Routledge Taylors & Francis Group
7. Bollen, BE* & Stotnicki, A* & Veeraraghavan, M (2009). Idiosyncratic volatility and security returns: Australian evidence. Applied Financial Economics, 19(19), 1573-1579. United Kingdom:Routledge, Taylor & Francis group
8. Gharghori, P & Sujoto, C* & Veeraraghavan, M (2008). Are Australian investors smart?. Australian Journal of Management, 32(3), 525-544. Sydney NSW Australia:Australian Graduate School of Management
9. Bollen, BE* & Clayton, LC* & Dempsey, MJ & Veeraraghavan, M (2008). Are company size and stock beta, liquidity and idiosyncratic volatility related to stock returns? Australian evidence. Investment Management and Financial Innovations, 5(4), 145-158. Ukraine:Dilovi Perspektyvy
10. Gharghori, P & Lee, R* & Veeraraghavan, M (2008). Are stock returns related to short-term and long-term past returns? Australian evidence. Applied Economics Letters, 4(4), 277-282. United Kingdom:Routledge
11. Davison, F* & Marsden, A* & Veeraraghavan, M (2008). Do zero-cost portfolios have the ability to predict economic growth? Evidence from Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan. International Review of Financial Analysis, 17(5), 1012-1028. Netherlands:Elsevier BV North-Holland
12. Marsden, A* & Veeraraghavan, M & Ye, M* (2008). Heuristics of representativeness, anchoring, and adjustment, and leniency: Impact on earnings forecasts by Australian analysts. Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, 47(2), 83-102. USA:University of Nebraska at Lincoln, College of Business Administration
13. Naughton, T* & Truong, HA & Veeraraghavan, M (2008). Momentum strategies and stock returns: Chinese evidence. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 16(4), 476-496. Netherlands:Elsevier BV, North-Holland
14. Marisetty, V* & Marsden, A* & Veeraraghavan, M (2008). Price reaction to rights issues in the Indian Capital Market. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 16(3), 316-340. North-Holland, Netherlands:Elsevier BV
15. Drew, M* & Veeraraghavan, M & Ye, M* (2007). Do momentum strategies work? Australian evidence. Managerial Finance, 33(10), 772-787. UK:Emerald Group Publishing Ltd
16. Drew, M* & Marsden, A* & Veeraraghavan, M (2007). Does idiosyncratic volatility matter? New Zealand evidence. Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies, 10(3), 289-308. Singapore:World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
17. Gharghori, P & Mudumba, S* & Veeraraghavan, M (2007). How smart is money? An investigation into investor behaviour in the Australian managed fund industry. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 15(5), 494-513. USA:Elsevier