We study the effect of bank loan and bond announcements on borrower's stock price. We apply an event study methodology on a sample of companies from 17 European countries and find that debt announcement generates a positive stock market reaction. However, our main conclusion is that the issuance...

This paper investigates stock market reaction to debt arrangements in Russia. The analysis of the valuation of debt arrangements by stock markets provides information about the use of debt by Russian companies. We apply the event study methodology to check whether debt announcements lead to...

There is a large expansion of sukuk, the shari'a-compliant alternative mode of financing compared to conventional bonds, in the recent years. We analyze if the stock market reaction to sukuk issues is influenced by two key features of these instruments: the sukuk type, and the characteristics of...

We investigate the link between social media activity and market valuation of listed European companies over the period January 2018 – June 2020. Using a large novel dataset from 39 European capital markets, we first provide a comprehensive “big picture” of social media activity of...