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The Effects of Stock Repurchases on Rival Firms
Published: 06/01/1991 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1991.tb02681.x
MICHAEL G. HERTZEL
This paper investigates the stock price behavior of rival firms in the same industry as firms announcing stock repurchase tender offers. Using a sample of 134 repurchase announcements, I find that rival firms on average realize insignificant announcement period abnormal returns. Negative rival stock price performance is detected over longer intervals surrounding the announcement period and for a subset of announcements which ex ante were identified as most likely to affect rivals. This evidence, however, is statistically weak and does little to alter the overall conclusion that the information in repurchase announcements is primarily firm‐specific.
The Market Impact of Trends and Sequences in Performance: New Evidence
Published: 09/16/2005 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2005.00807.x
GREGORY R. DURHAM, MICHAEL G. HERTZEL, J. SPENCER MARTIN
Bloomfield and Hales (2002) find strong evidence that experimental market subjects are influenced by trends and patterns in a manner supportive of the shifting regimes model of Barberis, Shleifer, and Vishny (1998). We subject the model to further empirical scrutiny using the football wagering market as our price laboratory. Sports betting markets have several advantages over traditional capital markets as an empirical setting, and commonalities with traditional markets allow for useful insights. We find scant evidence that investors behave in accordance with the model.