The BP Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded on April 20, 2010, leading to an unprecedented environmental and financial disaster. This paper details responses in the financial markets for BP securities, including stock, bonds, options, and credit default swaps. Following the disaster BP shares...

We examine the relation between the shareholder base and payout policy. Consistent with the idea that the shareholder base is related to the cost of external financing we find that fi rms with small shareholder bases have lower payout levels and maintain higher cash holdings. We show that...

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....

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....

We examine long run firm performance following UK open market share repurchases announced between 1999 and 2004. We find the long run abnormal share performance among UK repurchasing firms after the initial announcement. The mean two-year abnormal buy-and-hold returns of small firms and value...

We construct a novel dataset of detailed monthly data on U.S. open market stock repurchases (OMRs) that became available following stricter SEC disclosure requirements in 2004. The data allow us to investigate the timing of OMRs. We find evidence that OMRs are timed to benefit non-selling...

Our empirical results show that the companies with higher market liquidity and shorter investment horizons by their shareholders tend to initiate market share repurchases. Such companies also have a higher value and percentage of repurchases with respect to total payout. Japanese companies'...

This paper examines the long-term wealth effect of 948 share repurchase announcements in the Taiwan market. We also investigate what factors determine the wealth effect of share repurchases. Our findings show that share repurchases induce positive buy-and-hold abnormal returns during the...

We employ a conditional event study to analyze managers' motives to announce a share repurchase in the context of a model of economic factors that impact a firm's abnormal announcement return. Firms with greater free cash flow and less debt are more likely to initiate a repurchase. Share...

The phenomena of excessive return following stock repurchase programs are well-documented in financial literature. The majority of studies apply to well-developed markets. The aim of this paper is to scrutinize this anomaly on Polish stock exchange in order to develop general conclusions about...