Search results for "Event study"

2019

Abstract This study presents evidence on the effect of parenthood on labor market outcomes in Finland. We use population-based data drawn from administrative registers and an event study design centered around the birth of the first child using the specification proposed in Kleven et al. (2019b) . The study confirms that women encounter large short- and long-term child penalties in gross labor earnings and that penalties are associated with employment participation. Taxes and social security transfers considerably reduce the child penalty, which also varies by the number of children.

Financial Sector Reform after the Crisis: Has Anything Happened?

2013

We analyze the reaction of stock returns and CDS spreads of banks from Europe and the United States to four major regulatory reforms in the aftermath of the subprime crisis, employing an event study analysis. In contrast to the public perception that nothing has happened, we find that financial markets indeed reacted to the structural reforms enacted at the national level. All reforms succeeded in reducing bail-out expectations, especially for systemic banks. However, banks’ profitability was also affected, showing up in lower equity returns. The strongest effects were found for the Dodd-Frank Act (especially the Volcker rule), whereas market reactions to the German restructuring law were s…

Abnormal Stock Market Returns Around Peaks in VIX: The Evidence of Investor Overreaction?

2016

Even though the VIX index was intended to be a measure of future volatility of the stock market, researchers argue that in reality VIX measures the investor sentiment. Anecdotal evidence suggests that peaks in VIX coincide with stock market bottoms followed by rallies, yet so far there have been no scientific evidence confirming this casual observation. In this paper we perform an event study of abnormal stock market returns around peaks in VIX and discuss our findings within the framework of behavioral finance theory. First of all, we detect peaks in VIX using formal turning-point identification procedures and provide detailed descriptive statistics of periods of rising and falling VIX. Th…

Motives for partial acquisitions between firms in the spanish stock market

2003

The paper analyses the motivations for inter-company investment on the Spanish Stock Market through the study of a sample of significant acquisitions reported to the CNMV (the Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission) by quoted firms. By analysing the sign of the cumulative abnormal returns (CAR) and of the correlations among the gains produced by the operation, an attempt is made to find out which motives predominate of the three most important ones suggested by the literature for takeovers: synergy, agency and hubris. Empirical evidence is presented that in the Spanish Stock Market the main motive for acquiring a holding is similar to synergy, especially in partial acquisitions with pos…

Switching to floating exchange rates, devaluations, and stock returns in MENA countries

2012

Abstract We test for the impact of the announcements of floating and/or devaluating the exchange rate on stock returns in three MENA countries after the financial crises they experienced. We, first, use an event-study methodology to test for event-induced abnormal volatility of stock returns in Egypt, Morocco and Turkey. We, then, use three different methodologies to test for abnormal returns: a traditional approach and two approaches that control for event-induced volatility. We find clear evidence of abnormal volatility and abnormal returns due to the floating of the Egyptian and Turkish exchange rates in 2003 and 2001, respectively. In contrast, our results do not show that the devaluati…

Can an unglamorous non-event affect prices? The role of newspapers

2016

AbstractOur paper offers evidence that the print media can affect stock prices by covering public information. After price-to-book value figures of Italian listed shares were first published on the major national financial newspaper, the prices of value stocks did, on average, show a positive reaction. The price reaction was limited to small caps stocks and disappeared within three weeks. Over the period of analysis, we could not find any abnormal behaviour of the returns of small and value stocks on other European markets. These findings support the view that newspapers play a role in disseminating information to small investors and grabbing their attention, even if news are continuously r…

The Speed of Incorporating Information into Prices

2013

Abstract To determine the speed of adjusting asset prices to the latest market information, investors usually resort to semi-strong form efficiency tests. Semi-strong form efficiency is based on the assumption that stock prices adjust rapidly as a result of new public information. The objective of the event study conducted in this paper was to examine whether new information is incorporated into the share price in a single price change after its public distribution. We analyzed the price behaviour of companies listed under Category I of the Bucharest Stock Exchange around events such interim result announcements between June and November 2012.

Valuation Effects of Listing on a More Prominent Segment of the Stock Market: Evidence from France

2002

We examine the behaviour of stock prices during the period around the transfer to the Marchea Reglement Mensuel. First, we discuss the financial reasons, which can justify abnormal returns around the transfer. Second, an event study based on a sample of 71 firms is set up to test the existence of the exchange listing effect on the French market. Third, we explore three hypotheses in order to explain the impact on stock returns: the informative content of the transfer, the increase in the relative size of the firm’s investor base, and the reduction of trading costs (immediacy and adverse selection). Cross–sectional regressions show that the increase in the relative size of the firm’s investo…

Faut-il acheter des actions des entreprises apparaissant sur les listes noires du Conseil des investisseurs institutionnels ?

2001

The Long Run Impact of Coordinated Activism Initiated by the Council of the Institutional Investors (CII) on Returns of the Targeted Firms Shares A pension funds money manager faces the following alternative when it holds under-performing shares : either it sells them, or it keeps them and seeks to influence the managers of the firms involved. Several reasons can explain why American pension funds followed the second way. Such a strategy contribute to the development of a practice called shareholder activism. This article focuses particularly on this phenomenon. For this purpose, author describes the various existing practices of activism (proxy targeting and performance targeting). Then, h…

L'impact de l'activisme des fonds de pension américains : l'exemple du Conseil des Investisseurs Institutionnels

2003

Les fonds de retraite américains ont participé au développement d’une pratique appelée activisme des actionnaires. L’activisme peut être vu comme l’expression du mécontentement d’un actionnaire auprès des dirigeants d’une firme. Nous essayons de voir si l’activisme institutionnel coordonné par le CII (Conseil des Investisseurs Institutionnels) influence l’évolution future des rentabilités des actions des entreprises concernées. La manifestation de l’activisme pratiqué par ce conseil est la publication, chaque année depuis 1991, d’une liste d’entreprises connaissant des déficits en termes de performance et / ou de corporate governance. Nous utilisons la méthodologie des études d’événement po…