This study examines empirically the bank stocks price reactions to loan announcements. Using a sample of 1,354 announcements of loans made by 119 banks located in 35 countries during the period 1998-2006, we find significant abnormal bank stock returns on the days surrounding a bank loan...

This paper explores the puzzle of inconsistent findings in regard to bank lending decisions and the negative response to bank loan announcements in China. Using firm performance before and after the lending decisions, adjusted for the effects of earnings management, we are able to examine not...

This paper examines the reporting in the financial press of 1,027 bank agreements established between January 2004 and May 2007. Overall, the frequency of loan reporting in the press increased to over 30%. Reported loans still have longer maturities than non-reported ones, and reported firm...

Virtually all publicly traded firms borrow from banks. However, despite their widespread use, numerous studies document a positive significant share price reaction associated to the reporting of bank loan agreements in the financial press. In order to address this phenomenon, the frequency and...

We examine the impact of bank loan announcements on stock liquidity. Using a comprehensive loan announcement sample over 14 years in Australia, we find that effective spreads and realized spreads of borrowers’ stocks fall after the announcements. The findings suggest these announcements send...

Using a comprehensive sample of over 10,000 bank loan announcements, we find results that differ from the findings of Maskara and Mullineaux (JFE 2011) and also that of Fields et al (JMCB 2006), which indicated that announcement effect of bank loans on borrower stocks disappeared as of late. We...

We examine the effect of open market share repurchase announcements on prices of traded loans and find a significant wealth transfer effect; the change in the market value of equity is inversely related to the change in the market value of loans. We find that loan abnormal returns are more...