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....

Prior research shows that companies repurchase stock during quarters with low returns, presumably because the stock is undervalued. We focus on repurchase increases and investigate another motive: Are repurchases increased to provide price support for a stock that, despite recent low returns,...

This paper re-examines the impact of the EU Market Abuse Directive (MAD) on the market reaction around share repurchase announcements. We use a unique hand-collected dataset of firms listed on the Athens Stock Exchange, and we find evidence that contrasts with previous conclusions for large...

This paper studies the strategic use and timing of share repurchases by insiders for personal gain. Using grant level compensation data and a hand-collected sample of monthly repurchases, I find a positive causal relation between CEO equity sales and share repurchases. I identify the relation...

Share repurchases are transactions which are supposed to cause a market reaction through a signaling approach. However looking only at cumulated abnormal returns (CARs) is insufficient and the results are sometimes contradictory. We introduce the concept of informativeness to assess if...

Numerous studies document that firms buy back below average market prices. I model two hypotheses explaining the timing of actual share repurchases and test their predictions using a unique data set for the U.S. for the period 2004-2010. The market-timing hypothesis postulates that firms...

Previous studies suggest that the market perceives IPOs as bad news (i.e., competitive threats) to existing firms in the same industry. At the same time, the market has a tendency to be overly optimistic about IPO prospects, especially during hot IPO markets. Thus, the negative industry rival...

This study discusses stock market share repurchase with prior announcement from the viewpoint of a firm management between February 2010 and December 2013. We find that of the about 781 share repurchases for firms listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), lower liquidity...

Recent academic studies document that open market share repurchase announcement period returns are much lower than those reported in early studies. This study finds that the lower announcement returns are attributed to repeat announcements that dominate the sample in the recent period. The...

The positive stock price reaction to stock buyback announcements reported in many previous studies is commonly interpreted as a signal that the firm's future profitability will rise, or that the firm is decreasing its agency costs by dispersing free cash flow, or that the firm is increasing its...