Responsible science: Celebrating the 50-year legacy of Ball and Brown (1968) using a registration-based framework

Authors

Hiroyuki Aman, Kwansei Gakuin University
Wendy Beekes, Lancaster University
Henk Berkman, University of Sydney, University of Auckland
Marc Bohmann, University of Technology Sydney
Michael Bradbury, Massey University
Larelle Chapple, Queensland University of Technology
Millicent M. Chang, University of WollongongFollow
Victoria Clout, University of New South Wales
Robert Faff, University of Queensland
Jianlei Han, Macquarie University
David Hillier, University of Strathclyde
Allan Hodgson, University of Queensland
Bryan Howieson, University of Adelaide
Jonathan Jona, University of Melbourne
Martina Linnenluecke, Macquarie University
Tiago Loncan, University of Strathclyde
Bronwyn McCredie, Queensland University of Technology
David Michayluk, University of Technology Sydney
Nick Mroczkowski, Deakin University
Zheyao Pan, Macquarie University
Vinay Patel, University of Technology Sydney
Edward Podolski, Deakin University
Naomi Soderstrom, University of Melbourne
Tom Smith, Macquarie University
George Tanewski, Deakin University
Kathleen Walsh, University of Technology Sydney
Marvin Wee, University of Western Australia, Australian National University
Sue Wright, University of Technology Sydney

RIS ID

136533

Publication Details

Aman, H., Beekes, W., Berkman, H., Bohmann, M., Bradbury, M., Chapple, L., Chang, M., Clout, V., Faff, R., Han, J., Hillier, D., Hodgson, A., Howieson, B., Jona, J., Linnenluecke, M., Loncan, T., McCredie, B., Michayluk, D., Mroczkowski, N., Pan, Z., Patel, V., Podolski, E., Soderstrom, N., Smith, T., Tanewski, G., Walsh, K., Wee, M. & Wright, S. (2019). Responsible science: Celebrating the 50-year legacy of Ball and Brown (1968) using a registration-based framework. Pacific Basin Finance Journal, 56 129-150.

Abstract

This paper represents the intersection of three spheres of influence, relevant to the global research community interested in a more reliable understanding of capital market phenomena. First, as a timely context, we celebrate the 50-year legacy of an iconic event study of accounting information and the evolution of stock prices, namely Ball and Brown (1968). Second, we add our voice to the growing call for researchers to follow principles of "responsible science". Third, using the Ball and Brown paper as the inspiration, we report on an experiment in which several teams of researchers follow a registration-based editorial process, which illustrates one fruitful avenue for fostering responsible research into the future.