scholarly journals Information signaling and ownership transition – value effects of share issue privatizations

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-57
Author(s):  
Martin Ahnefeld ◽  
Mark Mietzner ◽  
Tobias Roediger ◽  
Dirk Schiereck

Privatizations are commonly associated with an increase in efficiency due to a stronger focus on profit maximization and less agency conflicts because the management does not have to serve political objectives anymore. This paper discusses whether SIPs generate positive announcement returns because of increased efficiency after the ownership transition. We apply a market model event-study methodology based on a sample of 134 SIPs in the 1979-2003 period. We identify significantly negative CAARs between -0.125% and -1.766% and find that firm and offering size, the proportion of secondary shares issued within the SIP as well as the market environment have a negative impact on announcement returns. In contrast, the negative CAARs are less distinctive for enterprises that had prior SIPs

Author(s):  
Gatot Soepriyanto ◽  
Paulina Santoso

The objective of this study is to assess the share price reactions to smoking ban fatwa on Indonesia tobacco’s company. We expect that the smoking ban fatwa in the world’s largest Muslim population will hit the tobaccos industry revenues, lower tobacco’s company profit and eventually affect the share price of those firms. We use event study methodology and standard market model to calculate abnormal returns of the tobacco’s firms related to the news of smoking ban fatwa. Our study failed to find a statistically significant effect of smoking ban fatwa on tobacco’s firm stock market return. It suggests that the investors do not see the fatwa as a factor that may control the tobacco consumption in Indonesia – thus it may not affect the tobacco’s firm revenues and profit in the future


2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Patrick Maina Gachuhi ◽  
Cyrus Iraya

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of bonus issue on stock prices of companies quoted at the Nairobi securities exchangeMethodology: The study adopted an event study methodology since the study was concerned with the establishment of the information content of bonus issue announcement on share performance at the NSE. The population of this study was 61 companies listed in the NSE. A sample size of 10 listed companies was focused on as there were only 10 companies which had issued bonuses between 2009 and 2012. The study used secondary data to gather information. The collected secondary data was coded and entered into Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS, Version 20) for analysisResults: The study findings revealed that there was a drastic incline from year 2009 to year 2010 followed by a slight decrease in abnormal returns in the following years, Abnormal returns present the difference between the actual returns and the expected returns over a certain period of time. Study findings from the market model indicated that the market return is a good predictor of stock returns.  ANOVA results indicated that abnormal returns after bonus issue were significantly higher than abnormal returns before bonus issue. ANOVA results also indicated that actual stock returns were significantly higher after bonus issue than before the bonus issuePolicy recommendation: The study recommends the NSE to establish and enhance policies for investing so as to attract and encourage large institutional and foreign investors to participate at the NSE. The study also recommends that policy makers and regulators at the NSE are encouraged to encourage more research on the NSE form of efficiency; this will provide a forum for investors to get the information on the form of efficiency of the market and boost their confidence when investing at the NSE


2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Spyridon Repousis

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine Greek forest fires in August 2007 and statements about terrorism (pyro-terrorism) and the impact on Greek banks stocks. Design/methodology/approach Event study methodology and market model is used in this paper and data of all Greek bank stocks prices listed in Athens Stock Exchange are analysed, before and after 17 August 2007, which is when forest fires took place in Greece. Findings Total number of burned acres during a seven-year period, 2000-2006, was 2,530,883, and during only August 2007, burned acres accounted to 2,059,615. The former Minister for Public Order, Vyron Polydoras, stated the fires may be a result of terrorist attacks, as many of the fires started simultaneously and in places where an arsonist could not be seen. The Minister also stated that the country is facing an asymmetric threat, a military term used for terrorist attacks. The findings of event study methodology and market model show that CAARs were slightly negative but not statistically significant and during event date, and average abnormal return (AAR) was slightly positive at 0.0273 per cent. The event caused no influence on the stock market. Practical implications Results are important for banking system, compliance and regulatory authorities, justice system and politicians. Originality/value The impact of Greek forest fires in August 2007 on Greek banks stocks has not been examined so far.


2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Amin Haddad ◽  
Ike Mathur ◽  
Nanda Rangan ◽  
Suresh Tadisina

Evaluation of market reaction to regulatory accounting events such as the accounting standards policy setting process has commonly utilized event study methodology. However, this methodology quite often has resulted in inconsistent and conflicting findings due to partial anticipation of the events being examined and due to nonstationarity of the parameters in the estimation model. A multi-regime market model based methodology that allows for the proper treatment of these problems is proposed and is illustrated with an application in the policy setting process for SFAS No. 8.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 558
Author(s):  
Yashraj Varma ◽  
Renuka Venkataramani ◽  
Parthajit Kayal ◽  
Moinak Maiti

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown announcements by governments have created uncertainty in business operations globally. For the first time, a health shock has impacted the stock markets forcefully. India, one of the major emerging markets, has witnessed a massive fall of around 40% in its major stock indices’ value. Therefore, we examined the short-term impact of the pandemic on the Indian stock market’s major index (NIFTY50) and its constituent sectors. For our analysis, we used three different models (constant return model, market model, and market-adjusted model) of event study methodology. Our results are heterogeneous and largely depend on the sectors. All the sectors were impacted temporarily, yet the financial sector faced the worst. Sectors like pharma, consumer goods, and IT had positive or limited impacts. We discuss the potential explanations for the same. These results may be useful for investors in safeguarding equity portfolios from unforeseen shocks and making better investment decisions to avoid large, unexpected losses.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 552
Author(s):  
Gerard Atabong Fossung ◽  
Vasileios Chatzis Vovas ◽  
A. M. M. Shahiduzzaman Quoreshi

We investigate the effect of geopolitical risk on the returns of firms in the Information Technology, Communication Services, and Consumer Staples sectors within the S&P 500 index. We use the event study methodology and perform more than 17,000 regressions to provide empirical evidence at sector level that geopolitical risk leads to different responses across these three sectors. The response of the Information Technology sector is negative for all event windows under study, except the one spanning 10 days prior to the geopolitical event and 10 days after. The Communication Services sector has positive returns as a result of geopolitical events for all event windows, except the one from the geopolitical event date and 5 days after. The Consumer Staples sector shows a negative impact on geopolitical risk for all event windows except the one from the geopolitical event date and 5 days after, demonstrating a negative correlation to the Communication Services sector.


Author(s):  
Francis Cai ◽  
LianZan Xu

Barron's is a weekly financial magazine published by Dow Jones. It’s considered America's premier financial weekly. Every week, Barron’s magazine will include a section “Research Reports,” which contains the analysts’ recommendations. Using event study methodology and market model as a benchmark, we calculate abnormal returns to ascertain the impact of the recommendations published in the Research Reports. We find that there are no statistically significant long-term abnormal returns associated with the published recommendations in Barron’s.


2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 262-274
Author(s):  
Felix Zeidler ◽  
Dirk Schiereck

Many authors have identified zero to negative announcement returns for acquirers in traditional mergers and acquisitions. When purchasing state-owned enterprises as compared to public assets the acquirer faces one particular difference: the distinct characteristics of the seller. The selling government is assumed to lack bargaining power and experience selling off its assets and also often to consider non-economic objectives when privatizing. Furthermore it has a tendency to privilege domestic acquirers. By conducting standard event study methodology and analyzing 90 European trade-sale privatizations we document that acquirers in a privatization context yield significant positive abnormal stock returns


Author(s):  
Manmohan ◽  

This paper examines the impact of Covid-19 outbreak on the automobile and allied sector. The role of the automobile sector is significant in the overall economy in India. We have used event study methodology to capture the price impact on account of the Covid-19 outbreak. We found that automobile sector and allied sector have witness the negative impact on the event of the pandemic. We have presented the daily and period wise results to provide clear cut understanding about the impact of Covid-19 outbreak on the automobile and allied sectors. This paper contributes in the extreme event literature and help decision makers to hedge their position during the extreme events.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-146
Author(s):  
MAHESH DAHAL ◽  
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JOY DAS ◽  

The Indian Manufacturing sector lags behind in contributing to economic devel- opment, as compared to its peer nations and therefore, to boost the sectorís contribution to the economy and to transform the economy into a cashless economy, the government of India had announced three major steps, Make in India, Demonetization and GST. In the present study using event study methodology, the immediate impact of the announcements on the stock of the companies from the Indian Manufacturing sector is examined and found that the announcement of the Make in India positively ináuenced the security returns. In contrast, negative impact on the security prices is witnessed on the announcement of Demonetization, whereas the GST implementation has no impact.


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