We document that firms are 80% more likely to issue non-earnings press releases during the earnings announcement period when delivering extremely negative earnings news. These non-earnings press releases are insufficient to improve negative announcement returns in isolation. However, if the...

We examine the determinants of the decision to acquire a listed vs. an unlisted firm and extend the previous evidence of value creation after controlling for endogeneity due to self–selection bias. We also control for market valuation conditions, finding that results are conditional to them....

This study analyzes the effect of changes in corporate control on the way shareholders benefit from the announcements of selling and buying airlines, thus contributing to the literature on mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in emerging markets. Using a methodology of event study, including GARCH...

In merger and acquisition (M&A), we find strong evidence that within a 90 day window of a deal announcement date, analysts are more likely to upgrade their recommendations over the acquirer stocks in deals with cash only payment compared to deals with pure stock payment. To disentangle the means...

The effects of the decisions concerning the distribution of profits on market value of a company have been addressed by numerous empirical studies. At the beginning of the paper the author presents the main assumptions of complex and usually contradictory dividend policy theories as well as the...

Are mergers and acquisitions significant events which develop informativeness seen as the disclosure of private and specific information after a transaction? Is the informativeness process the same between countries? To answer to these questions we use the concept of informativeness, as first...

Within the discussion about an efficient corporate governance system, considerable attention has been paid to the supervisory board's responsibility to monitor top executives raising the question about the value relevance of supervisory board's actions (i.e., control). We conduct an event study...

The scarcity of suitable proxies for asymmetric information has impeded empirical research from providing reliable evidence on whether information risk shapes equity pricing. In re-examining this unresolved question, we rely on firms' geographic distance from financial centers to gauge...

We investigate how characteristics of the board of directors and top management affect a firm's stock price delay in China. Using A-shares listed on both Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges from May 2003 to April 2014, we find firms with stocks in the highest price delay decile portfolio have...

The paper provides evidence on abnormal returns performance in acquisitions on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. From a variety of measures, the authors chose the event study methodology, used in developed markets to evaluate post-acquisition performance and based on the market data, and Cumulative...