In this study we examine earnings management around open market share repurchases. We examine two hypotheses: managerial opportunism and market response, both of which predict that managers will manage earnings down prior to an open market repurchase. Using 2,939 repurchase announcements during 1980- 1998 we find evidence that managers do manage earnings down before share repurchases. We also find that the market does not identify the earnings manipulation when the repurchase is announced, and that discretionary accruals can explain a significant part of long-term positive returns following repurchases. Altogether the evidence is consistent with the managerial opportunism hypothesis. Further investigation indicates that managers with higher...
In the first essay, I examine whether firms use share repurchases to manage earnings per share (EPS)...
ABSTRACT This article aims to investigate the long-term performance of a portfolio of firms that ann...
We employ a regression discontinuity design to identify the real effects of share repurchases on oth...
In this study we examine earnings management around open market share repurchases. We examine two h...
This thesis investigates real earnings management behaviors in the context of open market share repu...
Both post-repurchase abnormal returns and reported improvement in operating per-formance are driven,...
Managers increase the frequency and magnitude of bad news announcements during the 1-month period pr...
Managers conduct open market repurchases ("OMRs") for many different reasons, including to distribut...
This paper investigates the role that excess cash plays in explaining actual open market share reacq...
[[abstract]]In recent years open-market share repurchase programs have become an important payout me...
While several explanations have been offered for the popularity of share repurchases and most of the...
A rich literature argues that stock repurchases often serve as positive economic signals beneficial ...
Treball Final de Grau en Finances i Comptabilitat. Codi: FC1049. Curs acadèmic: 2018/2019The purchas...
Classic signaling theory suggests that in an economic environment which results in a pooling equilib...
This study examines the performance of share repurchases completed by corporate managers, and compar...
In the first essay, I examine whether firms use share repurchases to manage earnings per share (EPS)...
ABSTRACT This article aims to investigate the long-term performance of a portfolio of firms that ann...
We employ a regression discontinuity design to identify the real effects of share repurchases on oth...
In this study we examine earnings management around open market share repurchases. We examine two h...
This thesis investigates real earnings management behaviors in the context of open market share repu...
Both post-repurchase abnormal returns and reported improvement in operating per-formance are driven,...
Managers increase the frequency and magnitude of bad news announcements during the 1-month period pr...
Managers conduct open market repurchases ("OMRs") for many different reasons, including to distribut...
This paper investigates the role that excess cash plays in explaining actual open market share reacq...
[[abstract]]In recent years open-market share repurchase programs have become an important payout me...
While several explanations have been offered for the popularity of share repurchases and most of the...
A rich literature argues that stock repurchases often serve as positive economic signals beneficial ...
Treball Final de Grau en Finances i Comptabilitat. Codi: FC1049. Curs acadèmic: 2018/2019The purchas...
Classic signaling theory suggests that in an economic environment which results in a pooling equilib...
This study examines the performance of share repurchases completed by corporate managers, and compar...
In the first essay, I examine whether firms use share repurchases to manage earnings per share (EPS)...
ABSTRACT This article aims to investigate the long-term performance of a portfolio of firms that ann...
We employ a regression discontinuity design to identify the real effects of share repurchases on oth...