Bessembinder and Zhang (2013) show that long-run abnormal returns after major corporate events detected by the BHAR method using size and book-to-market matched control stocks can be explained by differences between event and control stocks' unsystematic and systematic characteristics. We find...

This paper examines the market response surrounding the share buyback announcements of large capitalised Indian companies from years 2010 to 2016 covering 73 firms. T-test was carried out to identify the abnormal return in the range before and after 10 days from share buyback announcements. The...

Using United States takeover bids, we investigate the importance of information asymmetry in self-selection when evaluating the abnormal returns of financial versus strategic takeover targets during a period of possible informed trade. Sample selection bias due to differences in financial versus...

The literature has provided mixed evidence on the relationship between cash holdings and average stock returns. We empirically verify that the relationship is positive and robust to the adjustment of risk, the construction of cash holdings portfolios, and the weighting scheme of portfolio...

Firms with greater financial flexibility should be better able to fund a revenue shortfall resulting from the COVID-19 shock and benefit less from policy responses. We find that firms with high financial flexibility within an industry experience a stock price drop lower by 26% or 9.7 percentage...

Purpose of the article: Of the various market anomalies, the Value-Glamour anomaly and Post-Earnings Announcement Drifts (PEAD) have consistently attracted the attention of researchers. Prior studies have established that the reaction of value stocks and glamour stocks to the earnings...

Swedish investment companies structured as closed-end funds (CEFs) are large relative to CEFs in the U.S. and elsewhere. Their costs are low and they trade at high and mean-revering discounts. I show that CEF returns are usually in excess of what can be explained by conventional risk factors. I...

This paper studies the interplay between environmental performance and financial valuation of firms in Latin America and the Caribbean. We provide insights into how environmental considerations are integrated into financial decision-making and investor behavior by analyzing the stock market...

This paper studies the interplay between environmental performance and financial valuation of firms in Latin America and the Caribbean. We provide insights into how environmental considerations are integrated into financial decision-making and investor behavior by analyzing the stock market...

This paper aims to investigate factors of profitability in the manufacturing sector in the Republic of Serbia. The research is based on the sample of 220 observations of financial statements of listed companies on the Belgrade stock exchange from sector C - manufacturing during 2017-2020....