We develop a dynamic structural model of stock splits, in which managers can signal their private information though the timing of the split decisions. Our approach is consistent with the empirical evidence that shows that the majority of stock splits have 2:1 ratio but are announced at various...

Stock splits have been for a long time a puzzling phenomenon that can bear particular consequences for stock's liquidity as well as for a stock price. I perform an analysis of stock splits accomplished between 2000 and May 2011 inclusive by companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange. I seek...

We report on an experiment studying how traders react to stock splits and reverse splits. In the first environment, two assets have increasing fundamental values, and one asset is subject to a 2-for-1 share split while the other is not. In the second environment, the fundamental values of both...

Corporate events have numerous effects on the stock market, as found by several research studies in the world. In this regard, the aim of this paper is to test the semi-strong form of efficiency in the Indian equity market, following an event study approach. The events considered in this paper...