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Using NYSE short-sale order data, we investigate whether short-sellers' informational advantage is related to firm earnings and analyst-related events. With a novel decomposition method, we find that while these fundamental event days constitute only 12% of sample days, they account for over 24%...
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The total effect of a regulatory change consists of direct effects and indirect effects (spillovers), but the standard difference-in-difference approach measures only direct effects and ignores potential indirect effects. By examining the short-sale aggressiveness during the 2007 full repeal of...
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In September 2008, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) temporarily banned most short sales in nearly 1,000 financial stocks. We examine the ban's effect on market quality, shorting activity, the aggressiveness of short sellers, and stock prices. The ban's effects are concentrated...
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Wir untersuchen Übernahmen deutscher Unternehmen zwischen 1985 und 1993 im Hinblick auf ihren Einfluß auf den Marktwert des Käufers. In Erweiterung bisheriger Studien analysieren wir insbesondere, welche Ereignisse den größten Informationsgehalt haben und damit zu den deutlichsten...
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In dieser Arbeit werden zwei Methoden zur Ermittlung der Eigenkapitalunterlegung von Risikopositionen und die Auswirkungen unterschiedlicher Verteilungsannahmen auf das Value-at-Risk (VaR) untersucht. Die empirischen Ergebnisse basieren auf zwei Beispielportfolios aus DAX-Aktien und einer...
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We document that the emergence of markets for single-name credit default swap (CDS) contracts adversely affects equity market quality. The finding that firms with traded CDS contracts on their debt have less liquid equity and less efficient stock prices is robust across a variety of market...
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