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Options and Accounting Information: Empirical Evidence in Stock and Derivative Markets

Begoña HerreroC. José GarcíaAna M. Ibáñez

subject

Earnings response coefficientEarningsFinancial economicsAccounting information systemDerivatives marketNon-qualified stock optionStock marketBusinessEarnings surprisePrice discovery

description

This study investigates the informational role of options trading in the price discovery process around the dissemination of accounting information, specifically annual and quarterly earnings announcements. Firstly, we examine the effect of options markets by analyzing stock market reaction to earnings news conditional on the availability of options markets. Secondly, we examine options-trading activity around the release of earnings news. Results show that when options trading is available, the options market enhances the price efficiency of equity markets. Moreover, the dissemination of earnings news is associated with significant unusual activity in the options market due to informed trading, especially when the earnings surprise is highly good.

https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2402597