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Credit rating downgrade risk on equity returns
Brakatsoulas, Periklis; Kukacka, Jiri - 2020
We develop a four-factor model intended to capture size, value, and credit rating transition patterns in excess returns for a panel of predominantly mid- and large-cap entities. Using credit transition matrices and rating histories from 48 US issuers, we provide evidence to support a...
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Credit Information Sharing and Stock Price Crash Risk : The Role of Information Asymmetry and Bank Regulations
Teeranutranont, Chanon - 2018
This paper attempts to investigate the impact of credit information sharing on bank-specific stock price crash risk. Using a sample of 1,402 listed-banks in 55 countries for the period 2005-2013, we show that credit information sharing through public credit registries is negatively associated...
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The Effect of the Credibility of Mandatory Disclosure by Credit Rating Agencies on Managerial Learning from Stock Prices
Kim, Jaewoo; Park, Seyoung; Wilson, Ryan J. - 2022
Using the Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006, we examine the credibility of mandatory disclosure by credit rating agencies (CRAs) on managerial learning from stock prices. We find an increase in investment-price sensitivity for firms affected by the Act. Consistent with managers relying...
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The role of SMEs in Asia and their difficulties in accessing finance
Yoshino, Naoyuki; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad - 2018
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the Asian economy. They make up more than 96% of all Asian businesses, providing two out of three private-sector jobs on the continent. Therefore, it is vital for Asian economies' economic success that they have fully functioning...
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Credit Ratings and Security Prices in the Subprime MBS Market
Ashcraft, Adam B. - 2011
We present and discuss preliminary evidence suggesting that credit ratings significantly influenced prices for subprime mortgage-backed securities issued in the period leading up to the recent financial crisis. Ratings are closely correlated with prices even controlling for a rich set of...
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Equity Short Selling and Bond Rating Downgrades
Henry, Tyler R. - 2014
We examine whether short sellers identify firms that have significant changes in default likelihoods and credit rating downgrades. In the month before a rating downgrade, equity short interest is 40% higher than one year prior. Short sellers predict changes in default probabilities that lead to...
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Credit Risk and Anomalies in Pakistan’s Stock Market
Qayyum, Abdul - 2019
This paper investigates the relation between credit risk and stock return for publicly traded firms in the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) over the period 2000-2017. Using credit ratings as a proxy for credit risk, we find that this relation is negative in Pakistan, as low-rated stocks (i.e.,...
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Hidden liquidity : determinants and impact
Cebiroglu, Gökhan; Horst, Ulrich - 2012
We cross-sectionally analyze the presence of aggregated hidden depth and trade volume in the S&P 500 and identify its key determinants. We find that the spread is the main predictor for a stock's hidden dimension, both in terms of traded and posted liquidity. Our findings moreover suggest that...
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Asset Pricing : Herding vs. Individual Social Interaction
König, Frederik - 2010
The existence of influence among participants on financial markets is affirmed by the theory of behavioural finance …
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No-arbitrage Private Market Equity Prices and Transaction Costs : Generalized IPCPL Theory and Private Market Empirical Tests
Goodman, David H - 2017
Implied private company pricing line theory (IPCPL theory) is based on the fundamental assumption — taken from modern … asset pricing theory — that no arbitrage opportunities exist between pricing of privately- and publicly-held equity. More … specifically, IPCPL theory is based on the assumption that no arbitrage opportunities exist resulting from differences in equity …
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