Synergy between Accounting Disclosures and Forward-Looking Information in Stock Prices

2016 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anil Arya ◽  
Brian Mittendorf ◽  
Ram N. V. Ramanan
Keyword(s):  
Stock Prices ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Market Reactions ◽  
Firm Strategies ◽  
Accounting Disclosures ◽  
Stock Price Reaction ◽  
Accounting Reports ◽  
Stock Market Reactions ◽  
Forward Looking

ABSTRACT It is well recognized that stock prices provide relevant feedback that can guide future firm decisions. This paper develops a model to examine how accounting disclosures affect the decision-usefulness of such stock market reactions. We demonstrate that information in accounting reports can prove useful because it helps observers better interpret and isolate the decision-relevant information embedded in the ensuing stock price reaction. This leads to natural synergies between accounting reports and stock prices in directing firm strategies—the more forward-looking information that can potentially be gleaned from stock prices, the more the firm will invest in improving precision of accounting disclosures even when such disclosures pertain to unrelated current activities.

scholarly journals Stock market reactions to the Japanese Sarbanes-Oxley act of 2006

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kosuke Seino ◽  
Fumiko Takeda
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Stock Prices ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
High Ratio ◽  
Corporate Accountability ◽  
Market Reactions ◽  
Sarbanes Oxley ◽  
Price Reactions ◽  
Stock Price Reactions ◽  
Stock Market Reactions

This article investigates stock market reactions to announcements related to the introduction of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law or the so-called Japanese Sarbanes-Oxley Act (J-SOX), which was enacted to reinforce corporate accountability and responsibility. We find that the announcements leading to the passage of the J-SOX raised stock prices of firms listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Another finding is that firms with a high ratio of foreign shareholders or leverage experienced more positive stock price reactions. By contrast, whether the firm was audited by Big 4 audit firms did not seem to matter to investors. In addition, large firms tended to have more negative stock price reactions than small firms.

Market reactions to the inclusion of people with disabilities

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Araceli Hernández González
Keyword(s):  
Event Study ◽  
Stock Prices ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Market Reactions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Methodology ◽  
Research Advance ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis study aims to provide evidence of market reactions to organizations' inclusion of people with disabilities. Cases from financial journals in 1989–2014 were used to analyze the impact of actions taken by organizations to include or discriminate people with disabilities in terms of the companies' stock prices.Design/methodology/approachThis research is conducted as an event study where the disclosure of information on an organization's actions toward people with disabilities is expected to impact the organization's stock price. The window of the event was set as (−1, +1) days. Stock prices were analyzed to detect abnormal returns during this period.FindingsResults support the hypotheses that investors value inclusion and reject discrimination. Furthermore, the impact of negative actions is immediate, whereas the impact of positive actions requires at least an additional day to influence the firm's stock price. Some differences among the categories were found; for instance, employment and customer events were significantly more important to a firm's stock price than philanthropic actions. It was observed that philanthropic events produce negative abnormal returns on average.Originality/valueThe event study methodology provides a different perspective to practices in organizations regarding people with disabilities. Moreover, the findings in this research advance the literature by highlighting that organizations should consider policies and practices that include people with disabilities.

The effect of the imposition of a public reprimand on the stock price of companies in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emie Famieza Zainudin ◽  
Hafiza Aishah Hashim ◽  
Shahnaz Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Stock Prices ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Market Model ◽  
Market Reactions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
A Company

Purpose This paper aims to examine the effect of the imposition of public reprimands on the underlying stock prices of companies in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach Data on 148 companies that received public reprimands during the period from 2007 to 2013 were collected from the Bursa Malaysia website to analyse the market reactions to the imposition of public reprimands. Findings Based on a market model of abnormal returns, the empirical result showed that the imposition of a public reprimand had a negative impact on a company’s stock price. Moreover, when a market model of average abnormal returns (AAR) was used, the result indicated that companies that had received a public reprimand had a negative AAR value. Research limitations/implications The findings from this study have implications for shareholders in making their investment decisions because they can switch their investments to other companies and markets after a company in which they are interested or have made an investment has received a public reprimand. Originality/value There is limited research on the imposition of public reprimands and the effect that it has on companies in developing countries. Hence, this study contributes to research in this area by providing evidence on the effect of public reprimand on stock price reactions in the context of a developing country, namely, Malaysia.

Semi-strong Form Market Efficiency in Stock Markets with Low Levels of Trading Activity: Evidence from Stock Price Reaction to Major National and International Events

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 1447-1464
Author(s):  
C. Justin Robinson ◽  
Prosper Bangwayo-Skeete
Keyword(s):  
Market Efficiency ◽  
Stock Prices ◽  
Stock Markets ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Strong Form ◽  
Trading Activity ◽  
Price Reaction ◽  
Stock Price Reaction ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
International Events

This study uses the event study methodology to explore semi-strong form market efficiency in the context of low levels of trading activity. Covering six frontier stock markets, it investigates stock price reaction to major national news events that include natural disasters, parliamentary elections and credit rating reviews and the international events such as international terrorist incidents, major events surrounding the 2007/2008 sub-prime mortgage crisis and the United Kingdom’s referendum on membership in the European Union (Brexit). The results of the event studies, which feature a correction for low levels of trading activity, show that in sharp contrast with more actively traded markets, stock prices on markets with relatively low levels of trading activity did not react to the vast majority of major news events, and only tended to react to rare events with major consequences. Usually, where stock prices reacted to a news event, the reaction was significantly delayed, which is inconsistent with semi-strong form market efficiency. The implication is that low levels of trading activity may be associated with semi-strong form inefficiency, and stock prices in such markets may not fully reflect all relevant available information, and may be of limited value to a variety of decision-makers.

scholarly journals Stock price reaction to cash dividend announcements in Vietnam

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (02) ◽  
pp. 74-89
Author(s):  
Truong Nguyen Xuan ◽  
Huong Dao Mai ◽  
Anh Nguyen Thi Van
Keyword(s):  
Stock Prices ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
Cash Dividend ◽  
Share Prices ◽  
Price Reaction ◽  
Cumulative Abnormal Returns ◽  
Stock Price Reaction ◽  
The Uk

This study attempts to investigate the stock price reaction to divi-dend announcements using data of Vietnamese listed firms on Hochiminh Stock Exchange (HOSE). Standard event study meth-odology has been employed on a sample of 198 cash dividend an-nouncements made in 2011. The results show that stock prices react significantly and positively to the announcements of cash dividends, including both dividend increasing and dividend decreasing events. It is also plausible that cumulative abnormal returns exhibit an in-creasing trend before announcement yet a decreasing trend after announcement dates. More specifically, we find positively signifi-cant cumulative abnormal returns of around 1.03% on announce-ment dates; other larger windows also demonstrate positive abnor-mal returns of around 1.3%. In addition, cash dividends have differ-ent effects on share prices of firms from different industries. These results support the signaling hypothesis and are also consistent with prior findings of empirical research done on more developed mar-kets, i.e. the US and the UK.

scholarly journals The Economics of the Name Change: Long-term Adjustments towards EU/NATO or Short-term Resolution of Political Uncertainty?

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-105
Author(s):  
Bojan Srbinoski ◽  
Klime Poposki ◽  
Ksenija Dencic-Mihajlov ◽  
Milica Pavlovic
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Eu Enlargement ◽  
Political Uncertainty ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Market Reactions ◽  
Name Change ◽  
Stock Market Reactions ◽  
The Eu

North Macedonia and Greece resolved the 27-year country name dispute and removed the main hurdle for North Macedonia to start the accession processes towards the EU and NATO. The paper analyzes the stock market movements around several events related to the name issue resolution to uncover whether Macedonian companies experienced stock price adjustments according to the long-term benefits/costs of joining the EU/NATO. The dynamics of the market reactions suggest that the investors reacted systematically to the short-term political uncertainty created around the referendum rather than to the long-term perspectives of the EU/NATO integration. We integrate the knowledge from the literature which explores stock market reactions to EU enlargement/exit and political elections and provide contributions for researchers and policymakers.

scholarly journals Reaksi saham perbankan terhadap penurunan BI rate April 2016 dan implikasinya terhadap strategi investasi: pengujian terhadap hipotesis pasar efisien

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Triyaryati N ◽  
Kusumadewi NMW
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rate ◽  
Market Efficiency ◽  
Stock Prices ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Abnormal Return ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Investment Strategy ◽  
Rate Policy ◽  
Efficiency Theory

Stagnation of BI Rate during year 2015 on 7.5% level, causing a profit growth deceleration and stock price compulsion in banking sector. BI rate and BI 7-Day Repo Rate policy announcement on April 21st 2016 is a new relevant information for banking sector in Indonesia. Because both are as an interest rate reference for determining deposit and landing interest rate, which directly related to banking sector profit and expenses. This study verify an abnormal return existence during the announcement, in order to observe the market ability to directly absorb the relevant information and reflected in the stock price of the banking sector. The procedures which run in this study is also to test the market efficiency theory in the semi strong form.This study indicate that during the observation period there is no existence of abnormal return, which is show that the market are directly absorb the new relevant information and reflected it in the stock prices. Thus the market indicate as semi strong efficient.Investor decision making implication refer to this study result is there will not be an optimal return for them if they applied an active investment strategy during this period.So, in this semi strong market efficiency situation, it is better for the investor not to apply the active investment strategy.

scholarly journals Asymmetric Price Adjustment: Are IPO Prices too "Sticky"?

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Adams ◽  
Barry Thornton ◽  
Russ Baker
Keyword(s):  
Market Efficiency ◽  
Stock Prices ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Investor Sentiment ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Price Adjustment ◽  
Informational Efficiency ◽  
Long Run ◽  
New Information ◽  
Short Run

The study of IPO mispricing is salient because it raises important questions concerning market efficiency and the existence of systematic stock patterns that can be employed by investors to generate excess market returns. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the informational efficiency of IPO market prices with respect to the first 3 trading day’s return and to examine the effect of varying investor sentiment on this information efficiency.  Under traditional definitions of market efficiency, asset prices, including IPO prices should fully reflect all available and relevant information (Fama 1970).  An increasing body of empirical evidence, however, suggests that IPO prices are not efficient as evidenced both in the short run and the long run.  The speed of incorporation of new information into stock prices is critical to many central issues in financial research, such as market efficiency, arbitrage, and market structure. This paper analyzes the speed of price adjustment to information events for IPOs. The setting of the immediate aftermarket presents an opportunity to investigate the issue when little or no trading history exists. In such a setting, investors are more exposed to new information because they cannot observe the stock price behavior or the reactions to previous information signals.

Market Reactions to Disclosure of Reportable Events

2003 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Scott Whisenant ◽  
Srinivasan Sankaraguruswamy ◽  
K. Raghunandan
Keyword(s):  
Information Content ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Stock Prices ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Expected Returns ◽  
Differential Information ◽  
Cumulative Abnormal Return ◽  
Market Reactions ◽  
Interim Period

This study investigates the information content of FRR No. 31 reportable events (SEC 1988) communicated by auditors to clients in the two fiscal years and interim period preceding auditor changes. Reportable events identify weaknesses in internal control and problems related to the reliability of management representations and/or financial statement reliability. We examine 1,264 auditor changes (with available stock price data) over the period 1993 to 1996, including 118 companies with reportable events. Our findings suggest that reportable events disclosed in Form 8-K filings of auditor changes are considered by investors to have information content. We find a −2.75 percent (−5.53 percent) cumulative abnormal return over a three-day (seven-day) announcement period surrounding the disclosure of reportable events in Form 8-K filings. The conclusion that reportable events offer useful information to investors is robust to alternative specifications of expected returns and to controls for other disclosures (resignations and disagreements) made when auditor changes occur. Further tests also highlight differential information content among the types of reportable events. Specifically, stock prices act as if investors find reportable events about reliability issues more informative than reportable events about internal control weaknesses.

scholarly journals The Impact of Disclosure Sentiment on the Share Prices of Russian Companies

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-15
Author(s):  
Maksim Kopyrin ◽  
Iuliia Naidenova
Keyword(s):  
Stock Prices ◽  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
News Item ◽  
Marginal Effect ◽  
Share Prices ◽  
Stock Price Reaction ◽  
Tone Level ◽  
The Impact

Information about companies published in a news feed is invariably tinted by emotional tonality. As such, resultingperceptions may influence the opinion of market players, and consequently affect the dynamics of a company’s shareprice. This study aims to evaluate various hypotheses about the impact of the tone of news items regarding dividends,capital expenditures, and development on the stock prices of Russian companies. Information disclosure is extensivelystudied, and there have been limited studies on the effect of disclosures on Russian companies. However, until now, therehave been no research studies which verify hypotheses on the influence of news sentiment on corporate share prices inthe Russian market. This analysis was conducted using data from 49 Russian public companies included in the Moscow exchange indexover the period from the end of 2017 to the beginning of 2019. To account for the proximate impact of news items onconsequential market phenomena, an event study methodology was applied in order to estimate and construct themodels of dependency of cumulative abnormal return (CAR) on news tone level, and control for financial and nonfinancialfactors. Our results provide evidence for the positive impact of the tone of news texts on the share prices of Russian companies.The increase in news tone by one standard deviation leads to a cumulative abnormal stock return increase of 0.26percentage points. This result is consistent with previous research conducted on data from developed stock markets.Moreover, the relationship between the tone or sentiment level of a news item and the stock price reaction is linear,without the diminishing marginal effect. Our conclusions should prompt companies to invest effort in delivering information in a tonally positive way,highlighting the most positive news. Investors, in turn, should rationally approach the interpretation of publishedinformation.

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