This paper examines the announcement timing of off-auction repurchases (OARs) in Japan. We provide two findings: (1) firms tend to announce OARs following earnings announcements immediately rather than simultaneously, and (2) firms engaged in OARs avoid weekend announcements significantly. These...

This paper relates informed repurchases to firm information asymmetry. We propose a new measure of informed repurchases, which is based on causality tests relating repurchase information to firm returns. Our results indicate that informed repurchases show larger abnormal returns surrounding the...

Although executives often mention signaling undervaluation as a motivation for accelerated share repurchases (ASRs), managing earnings per share (EPS) has been argued as a key alternative motivation in the financial press. The results reveal that 29 percent of ASR firms (i.e., EPS-suspect firms)...

We analyze the decision to announce an open market share repurchase and the share price reaction to the announcement. We use a conditional estimation approach which takes into account that the repurchase decision is made rationally and that, consequently, there is a potential selection bias....

We analyze the decision to announce an open market share repurchase and the share price reaction to the announcement. We use a conditional estimation approach which takes into account that the repurchase decision is made rationally and that, consequently, there is a potential selection bias....

Using UK open market repurchases, we reject the market underreaction hypothesis and the market overreaction hypothesis proposed by (Ikenberry, Lakonishok and Vermaelen 1995) and (Peyer and Vermaelen 2009), respectively. The evidence supports that the UK market reacts slowly to actual repurchases...

Share Buyback is one of the tools introduced in Indian financial scenario recently. Many Indian companies have gone repeatedly for the usage of this tool in order to enhance their basic value. The post buyback impact on share prices has been measured by taking a sample of companies which went...

The phenomena of excessive return following stock repurchase programs are well-documented in financial literature. The majority of studies apply to well-developed markets. The aim of this paper is to scrutinize this anomaly on Polish stock exchange in order to develop general conclusions about...

The long-run abnormal returns following both stock repurchases and seasoned equity offerings disappear for the events in the most recent decade. The disappearance is associated with the changing market environment – increased institutional investment, decreased trading costs, improved...

We analyze the decision to announce an open market share repurchase and the share price reaction to the announcement. We use a conditional estimation approach which takes into account that the repurchase decision is made rationally and that, consequently, there is a potential selection bias....