本研究以1980年至2015年美國及加拿大上市公司為研究對象，探討具有會計專長之執行長（CEO）與外界反應的關係。在探討外界反應之前，本文先檢視具有會計專長之CEO對於盈餘品質的影響，透過此結果，推論專業人士（包含會計師與分析師）與市場投資人之反應。本研究預期，當CEO具有會計專長時，會使盈餘品質降低，故審計風險隨之提高，導致審計公費增加，且分析師的追隨意願降低，同時也將影響市場投資人的反應。 研究結果發現，具會計專長CEO與盈餘管理、審計公費、公司累積異常報酬呈現顯著正相關，與分析師追隨數則為顯著負相關，顯示當CEO具有會計專長時，因有盈餘操控的情況，所以審計公費提高、分析師追隨數減少；但市場投資人或許無法體認盈餘操控的事實，故仍相信具有會計專長之CEO，有可能為公司帶來正面的影響。 / This study investigates the relationship between CEOs with accounting expertise and external reactions of investors, auditors and analysts. The sample firms used in this study are all the stock-listed companies in America and Canada during 1980-2015. Before examining such external reactions, this paper explores the association between CEOs with accounting expertise and earnings quality, which help us to obtain an explanation why auditors, analysts and investors have such reactions. The empirical results show that CEOs with accounting expertise manage earnings more aggressively than CEOs without such expertise. As a consequence, the firms with such CEOs will be charged higher audit fees and have less analyst following. However, investors might not recognize this fact; they still believe that CEOs with accounting expertise will have a positive influence on firms. Our findings could offer a reference for a company looking for a CEO that could bring accounting quality.

本研究蒐集經濟日報、聯合報及聯合晚報的新聞文章，以中研院的中文斷詞系統進行結構性的處理，研究企業社會責任新聞，對於股價的報酬率是否有正面、負面的影響，而以台灣掛牌的企業為研究的標的(以台灣50為例)。 本研究利用新聞文字，去判斷這個新聞是否與企業社會責任有關，而這次所利用的新聞，是台灣報章媒體的新聞，我們用這些新聞來測試新聞對投資人的投資行為、財富有沒有影響。 本研究發現，正面的企業社會責任新聞帶來不顯著的累積超額負報酬，而負面的企業社會責任新聞，則會帶來顯著的股價宣告效果。這個現象是由於負面的企業社會責任新聞通常較正面的企業社會責任新聞難以被投資人所預期，因此相對正面的企業社會責任新聞，負面的企業責任新聞對於股價宣告效果有較顯著的影響。 接著，本研究依據Michael Porter(2006)的研究，將企業社會責任新聞分為三類(一般、價值維護、價值創造)，我們發現企業社會責任新聞在其中一類，也就是「價值創造」，正面新聞對於股票的報酬有顯著正面影響。在調整了市場報酬並調整交易成本之後，我們發現投資人能利用以下的交易策略獲得超額正報酬。 1. 買入有「價值創造」正面企業社會責任新聞的個股 2. 放空有負面企業社會責任相關新聞、負面企業治理新聞的個股。 綜合以上發現，本論文得到，企業社會責任新聞的傳播，確實影響了股票的報酬率，而投資人也可以因應企業社會責任新聞，來獲得超額正報酬。 / This study is to investigate whether CSR Media coverage has positive and negative impacts on corporate stock returns using Taiwan listed company sample data (0050.TT Taiwan Top 50). We use a simple text-analysis approach to quantify CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Chinese news at newspapers to test if CSR news influences investor behavior and shareholder wealth changes. This study discovers that, while positive CSR news bring in insignificant negative cumulative abnormal return, negative CSR news have significant impacts on stock announcement returns. The evidence supports the argument that corporate negative CSR news (compare with positive CSR news) is unexpected by investors and have significant impacts on investor risk concern and results in negative announcement returns. Secondly, we follow Michael Porter (2006), we decompose CSR good news into three categories, and we discover that CSR news related to value creation activities has significant positive stock returns. After we control well-known systematic risk and adjust transaction cost, this study discovers that Investors can earn significant positive returns using either long-only trading strategy for stocks with value-creation CSR good news and short-only trading strategy for bad news on corporate governance issues. Our findings suggest that the CSR information dissemination affects stock returns.

This study will validate several key results from previous studies of bank loan announcement effects by using the data from Hong Kong market following the 1997 Asian crisis. Banks are believed to play a unique role in financial market which could effectively reduce the problem of information asymmetry and moral hazard. Banks could access borrowers’ inside information which is not available to other participants. Thus bank loan announcements convey valuable information to the market, and market response of the stock price should be positive. However, because of the significant reform in both financial market and information market, the valuation of bank loan announcement conveyed need to be reconsidered. This study investigates whether banks are still “unique” in the financial market or whether they are like middlemen between borrowers and investors. Data used in this study is collected from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Index, and a standard event study with the market model is applied in the research to conduct the empirical analysis. The results suggest bank loan announcements are associated with significantly higher positive abnormal returns than non-bank loan announcements. Based on the market model of event study, market response is found to be significantly positive for loan syndication, short maturity loan and borrower’s debt ratio, and negatively related to firm size and loan size. Bank loans with refinancing and capital expenditure and no specific purpose have significantly higher positive abnormal returns, and borrowers with property and industrial industry type have more significant positive abnormal returns compared to other industry type. The findings also suggest the Hong Kong stock market is efficient in both strong and semi-strong form for bank loan announcements. A strong evidence of information leakage problem is found for non-bank loan announcements. The results are generally consistent with the existing literature.

為了落實賦稅公平、實現社會正義，財政部推出證券交易所得課稅方案，希望能達到此目標。為探討資本市場對證券交易所得課稅方案演變的預期，本論文利用事件研究法探討在證券交易所得稅復徵消息公布至通過三讀立法期間之相關事件，對上、市櫃公司之股票累積異常報酬率之影響，並採用迴歸模型探討該股票累積異常報酬率與公司特性之關聯性。 本論文之研究結果發現： 1.在證券交易所得稅相關消息公布之事件日，上市櫃公司均產生顯著之股票累積異常報酬率。 2.課徵證券交易所得稅相關消息公布之事件期間，股票累積異常報酬率與公司特性關聯性之迴歸結果顯示：公司規模較大之公司，其公司股票累積異常報酬率較高；負債比率較高、公司成長性較高之公司，其公司股票累積異常報酬率較低。 / In order to implement the principle of fair taxation, Ministry of Finance, R.O.C. address that gains from securities transactions shall be subject to income tax. The amendment is expected to have impacts on stock market returns of all companies. Using event study methods, this study examines the stock market reactions to the announcements of the legislature policy and explores the relation between the stock cumulative abnormal returns (CAR) of the amendment and firm characteristics. This study finds that the stock market reacts negatively (positively) when the news of the amendment are released (revised). The regression results indicate that CARs are negatively related with debt ratios and corporate growth; positively related with corporate size.

Submitted by Andrei Francalacci de Castro Faria (andrei.francalacci@bndes.gov.br) on 2016-06-07T19:21:30Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação Andrei Francalacci.pdf: 2215041 bytes, checksum: 671600e92ce454211d0c6493c0ba75bc (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by GILSON ROCHA MIRANDA (gilson.miranda@fgv.br) on 2016-06-10T12:18:57Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação Andrei Francalacci.pdf: 2215041 bytes, checksum: 671600e92ce454211d0c6493c0ba75bc (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by GILSON ROCHA MIRANDA (gilson.miranda@fgv.br) on 2016-06-20T16:21:18Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação Andrei Francalacci.pdf: 2215041 bytes, checksum: 671600e92ce454211d0c6493c0ba75bc (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-27T18:56:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação Andrei Francalacci.pdf: 2215041 bytes, checksum: 671600e92ce454211d0c6493c0ba75bc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-05-31 / We studied the effects on Petrobras shares arising from the presentation of the earnings announcements of 2014´s third and fourth quarter, the first announcements made after the beginning of the corruption investigation called Operação Lava Jato. We evaluate the impact on prices of the company's stocks with an Event Study. As a control, we analyzed the effects of the disclosure of 1,152 quarterly earnings announcements on other 48 stocks that are part of the IBOVESPA´s theoretical portfolio in the period between 2010 and 2015. We seek to identify the presence of abnormal returns and verify that all information is automatically transferred to prices, suggesting the semi-strong efficiency of the Brazilian stock market in accordance with the Market Efficiency Hypothesis (EMH) developed by Fama (1970). At the end we compare the results of the two specific earning announcements studied with the observed results of other earnings announcements of Petrobras. No evidence was found of market efficiency during the 2010-2015 period neither for the group of 48 stocks, NÃO_PETRO, nor for the PETRO group, formed by the two Petrobras shares. We then analyzed the results in two periods. The first, called Bonanza (2010-2013), showed the same results as the 2010-2015 period, with no significant abnormal returns in the event window [0,1]. The results of the Crisis period (2014 -2015) showed that the information of the earning announcements ha a statistical significant impacted on the prices of the studied stocks. To analyzing the results of the individual earning announcements of Petrobras, we identified the need for additional information, extrapolating the scope of an event study. / Este trabalho propõe-se a estudar os efeitos sobre as ações da Petrobras decorrentes da apresentação dos balanços do terceiro e quarto trimestre de 2014, primeiros balanços apresentados após as denúncias da Operação Lava Jato. Avaliamos os impactos nos preços das ações da empresa através de um Estudo de Evento. Como controle, analisamos os efeitos da divulgação de 1.152 balanços trimestrais sobre outras 48 ações de que fazem parte da Carteira Teórica do IBOVESPA no período entre 2010 e 2015. Buscamos identificar a presença de retornos anormais e verificar se toda informação se transfere automaticamente aos preços, sugerindo a eficiência semiforte do mercado de ações brasileiro de acordo com a Hipótese de Eficiência do Mercado (HEM) desenvolvida por Fama (1970). Ao final comparamos os resultados específicos dos balanços em estudo com os resultados observados em outros balanços da própria Petrobras. Não foram encontradas evidências de eficiência de mercado durante o período 2010-2015 nem para o grupo de 48 ações, chamadas de NÃO_PETRO, nem para o grupo PETRO, formado pelas duas ações da Petrobras. Ao dividir os mesmos grupos em dois momentos, os resultados para o período batizado de Bonança (2010-2013), permanecem iguais ao do período completo, ao passo que o período chamado de Crise (2014 -2015) apresenta retornos anormais estatisticamente significativos nas janelas de eventos. Ao avaliar os retornos de balanços individuais da Petrobras, identificamos a necessidade de informações adicionais, extrapolando o escopo de um estudo de evento.

This research has investigated the long-run performance of corporate restructurings through unbundling transactions on the JSE between 2000 and 2012. The corporate unbundling transactions considered by the research are spin-offs and sell-offs. From the two unbundling transactions, four samples were derived, that is, 21 spin-offs, 14 parent-spin-offs, 14 sell-offs and 20 parent-sell-offs. The share price performance of these samples was investigated by a matching firm methodology under the buy and hold abnormal returns. The research found that positive abnormal returns are present for both samples for up to four years after unbundling. Secondly, with the exception of parent-sell-offs, significant abnormal returns were experienced by both samples for up to four years after unbundling. It was also found that a spin-off is a preferable corporate unbundling strategy to a sell-off over a long-run period. This research implies that companies with heavy structures should unbundle in order to unlock shareholders’ value. / Business Management / M. Com. (Business Management)

Nous étudions l’évaluation, l’information et les perspectives industrielles lors des scissions de filiales par introduction en Bourse (ECO). Dans notre première étude, nous estimons les effets de richesse aux différentes étapes d’une ECO et leur lien sur les rentabilités boursières anormales de la société mère de la filiale. Nous trouvons que c’est la période de construction du livre d’ordres de l’introduction en bourse qui permet au marché financier de mieux estimer les effets de richesse positifs pour la société mère. Dans notre second travail, nousavançons que les ECO sont effectuées dans les secteurs industriels où les firmes présentent des opportunités de croissance plus faibles en moyenne. Nous démontrons que les industries concernées par des ECO ont des performances opérationnelles (mesurées par la rentabilité d’exploitation, les liquidités générées et la margeopérationnelle) plus faibles. Nous montrons également que les fusions acquisitions réalisées dans les industries où une ECO a eu lieu durant les trois années précédentes créent moins de valeur pour l’offreur que les fusions acquisitions qui ne sont pas concernées par une ECO. La dernière étude de cette thèse analyse l’impact d’une ECO sur la divergence d’estimations des analystes financiers et sur le nombre d’analystes suivants la société mère. Nous trouvons que la divergence d’estimations et le nombre d’analystes augmentent après une ECO. / We study the valuation, information and industry perspectives of equity carve-outs. In our first paper, we study the wealth effect of equity carve-outs and its relationship with the abnormal returns to the parent firm. Using thisrelationship we find that during book-building period of equity carve-out, the returns to the parent firm can be used to pre-empt the wealth effect of equity carve-out. In our second paper, we argue that equity carve-outs, on average, are carried out in industries, where opportunities are low. We find that these industries have low operating performance, gauged on profitability, cash flow and profit margin compared to industries where there are no carve-outs. In addition to this evidence, we find that the merger and acquisition activities, in which targetsare in industries where carve-out activities happened in last three years before the M&A activity, bidders have less value created compared to mergers where the target industry has no carve-out activity. In our third paper, we analyze the impact of carve-outs on the divergence of belief and the number of analysts following the firm. We find that divergence of belief increases after a carve-out and number of analysts following the firm increases, also.

This thesis aims to investigate to what extent the quantitative easing monetary policy tool, applied by the Riksbank, contributed to abnormal returns at the Swedish stock market during Covid-19. The chosen time period is 2007-2022, including the period before and after the implementation of quantitative easing in Sweden in 2015. Furthermore, the chosen time period includes two crises, the global financial crisis (GFC) and the Covid-19 crisis. Two artificial portfolios are created, one representing a high-risk portfolio and the other representing a low-risk portfolio. The thesis applies the ADL error correction model to estimate a potential relationship amongst QE and the returns for each of the computed portfolios. Results show a short-run relationship for both the high-risk and the low-risk portfolio. From the long-run perspective, there is only a relationship found concerning the high-risk portfolio. A modified CAPM-model is used as an interpretation when calculating abnormal returns, where the growth rate of industrial production reflects the expected return. Results show the presence of QE and abnormal returns for both portfolios during the time period of Covid-19, 2020-2022. / Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka i vilken utsträckning Riksbankens kvantitativa lättnader bidrog till abnorm avkastning på den svenska aktiemarknaden under Covid-19. Den valdat idsperioden är 2007 – 2022, vilket inkluderar perioden före och efter genomförandet av kvantitativa lättnader i Sverige. Vidare inkluderar den valda tidsperioden två kriser, den globala finanskrisen samt Covid-19-krisen. Två artificiella portföljer konstrueras, där en representerar en högriskportfölj och den andra representerar en lågriskportfölj. Studien tillämpar en ADL error correction modell för att undersöka huruvida det existerar ett samband mellan kvantitativa lättnader och avkastningen för var och en av portföljerna. Resultaten visar ett kortsiktigt förhållande för både högrisk- och lågriskportföljen. Ur det långsiktiga perspektivet hittades endast ett samband för högriskportföljen. En modifierad CAPM-modell används vid beräkning av abnorm avkastning, där variabeln för den industriella produktionstillväxten reflekterar den förväntade avkastningen. Resultaten visar förekomsten av abnorm avkastning i samband de kvantitativa lättnader som genomfördes under Covid-19 för båda portföljerna under tidsperioden 2020–2022.

This essay examines the impact of game releases on the Swedish stock market. As previous research has examined product launches and news releases, this thesis intends to investigate game releases by game developer companies such as developers of computer, console or mobile games. Previous research has been based on a business perspective and business valuation, the authors of this thesis intend to examine the individual investor's perspective. The theoretical framework consists of information asymmetry, the signaling model, the effective market hypothesis, random walk hypothesis and market reaction to new products. The study has chosen a deductive quantitative research approach with the event study method. The sample consists of 14 game developer companies in computer, console and mobile games during theperiod 2017–2021 that are listed on the Swedish market, which were observed during a period of 180 days before the event day and 40 days after. The results showed that there is a statistically significant relationship before, after and during the event day for game releases.The period during and after the event day can also be generalized where 9/14 respective 10/14 game developer companies showed statistically significant within the accumulated abnormal return. / Denna uppsats undersöker påverkan av spelsläpp på den svenska aktiemarknaden. Då tidigare forskning har undersökt produktlanseringar och nyhetssläpp ämnar denna uppsats att undersöka spelsläpp av spelutvecklarebolag som utvecklar PC-, konsol eller mobilspel. Tidigare forskning har utgått från ett företagsperspektiv och företagsvärdering, författarna för denna uppsats ämnar undersöka den individuella investerarens perspektiv. Det teoretiska ramverket består av informationsasymmetri, signaleringsmodellen, den effektiva marknadshypotesen, random walk hypothesis och marknadsreaktion till nya produkter. Studien har en deduktiv kvantitativa forskningsansats med eventstudie metoden. Urvalet består av 14 spelutvecklarebolag inom dator-, konsol- och mobilspel under tidsperioden 2017–2021 som är börsnoterade på den svenska marknaden. Dessa bolag observerades under en tidsperiod 180 dagar innan eventdagen och 40 dagar efter. Resultatet visade på att det finns ett statistiskt signifikant samband innan, efter och under eventdagen för spelsläpp. Perioden under och efter eventdagen kan även generaliseras där 9/14 respektive 10/14 spelutvecklarbolag visade på statistisk signifikant inom den ackumulerade abnormala avkastning.

[pt] Nas últimas décadas, os programas de recompra de ações têm se tornado cada vez mais populares entre as empresas abertas ao redor do mundo. Além de constituírem uma forma de remuneração aos acionistas, as recompras de ações geram uma série de efeitos secundários e impactos distintos sobre as companhias, o que dificulta a identificação de um fator único para sua execução e para a existência das anomalias de mercado. Ao mesmo tempo que se observa uma evolução gradual dos estudos sobre recompra de ações nos mercados desenvolvidos, como no caso dos Estados Unidos, observa-se um gap de conhecimento sobre tais eventos no Brasil. O presente estudo tem por objetivo analisar as anomalias observadas nos preços das ações após os anúncios de recompra sob um ângulo diferenciado dos estudos já desenvolvidos com referência ao tema na literatura nacional. A partir de uma conceituação internacional, identifica-se que cada vez mais os insiders têm um papel importante na execução e nos retornos dos programas de recompra. Utilizando pela primeira vez uma base de dados recente e mais precisa sobre os programas de recompra de ações anunciados e realizados no país nos últimos anos, este estudo identifica características únicas do mercado brasileiro, como por exemplo o alto nível de recompras anunciadas e não executadas. Esta visível discrepância entre os anúncios e as execuções resulta na identificação de um efeito reputacional, através do qual empresas que possuem histórico de execução apresentam retornos anormais ao redor das datas de anúncio dos programas de recompra. Além deste efeito reputacional, também são obtidas evidências positivas do papel da governança corporativa e da existência de uma relação significativa entre a execução das recompras e as negociações de ações realizadas pelos insiders. / [en] In the recent decades, share repurchase programs gained increasing importance among public companies worldwide. Besides being an alternative form of distribution to shareholders, share repurchase programs have a series of secondary effects and distinct impacts within each company, which does not allow the identification of one exclusive factor to justify such behavior. While several studies regarding share repurchases have been conducted in developed markets, such as the United States, there is a large gap of knowledge between those markets and the Brazilian market. This research represents a step forward to the understanding of the share price behavior anomalies following share repurchase announcements using a different perspective than previous studies in the Brazilian literature. Following an international review, the behavior of the companies insiders is identified as an important factor that directly affects the execution and returns generated by the share repurchase programs. Using for the first time a more recent and accurate data base about the announcements and execution of share repurchase programs in Brazil covering the past years, this study identifies unique characteristics of the Brazilian market, such as a high level of repurchase program announcements without executions. This notorious difference between announcement and execution creates a reputational effect by which companies with a history of past execution present superior abnormal return nearby announcement dates. Besides this reputational effect, it s also presented evidence regarding the positive influence of corporate governance and the existence of a significant relationship between the execution of the share repurchase programs and insider trading.