Yuen Wai Sze. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 119-124). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ABSTRACT --- p.i / 摘要 --- p.iii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iv / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.v / TABLES --- p.vi / FIGURES --- p.vii / APPENDICES --- p.vii / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.6 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY --- p.13 / Chapter 3.1 --- Event Study Methodology --- p.13 / Chapter 3.2 --- Cross-Sectional Regression Models --- p.20 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- DATA DESCRIPTION OF THE JUNE 4th INCIDENT --- p.26 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- DATA DESCRIPTION OF THE SIGNING OF CEPA --- p.31 / Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE JUNE 4th INCIDENT --- p.35 / Chapter 6.1 --- Background --- p.35 / Chapter 6.2 --- Event Study Results --- p.36 / Chapter 6.3 --- Regression Results --- p.38 / Chapter CHAPTER 7 --- EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SIGNING OF CEPA --- p.45 / Chapter 7.1 --- Background --- p.45 / Chapter 7.2 --- Event Study Results --- p.46 / Chapter 7.3 --- Regression Results --- p.49 / Chapter 7.4 --- Robustness Test --- p.57 / Chapter CHAPTER 8 --- CONCLUSION --- p.59 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.119

On June 29, 2011, President Barack Obama held a press conference regarding the nation's budget deficit. During the conference, President Obama mentioned corporate jet owners six times, criticizing their desire to maintain an accelerated depreciation tax break. The President's comments were met with strong criticism from aircraft manufacturers and members of the aviation community. Based on the underlying assumption that new information is rapidly incorporated into stock prices, the press conference likely had a negative impact on the stock returns of aircraft and aircraft parts manufacturers. This paper uses a financial events study to determine whether or not the press conference significantly hurt the stock prices of aircraft manufacturers.