Title
Disentangling the repurchase announcement: An event study analysis to the purpose of repurchase
Graduation Year
2005
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree
Ph.D.
Degree Granting Department
Business Administration
Major Professor
Jianping Qi.
Keywords
Agency, Executive compensation, Stock options, Acquisitions, Method of payment, Repurchase
Abstract
Researchers have consistently shown that a firms repurchase announcement is met with positive abnormal stock price return reactions. Open-market repurchases are extremely flexible, non-committal and non-punitive; thus, it is puzzling that the mere announcement of an open-market repurchase will likely increase a firms stock price. I propose to disentangle a firms choice to repurchase its stock to determine when a repurchase announcement is good news for shareholders and when the announcement is not. I find that the purpose of the repurchase announcement matters. At the announcement date, managers intention of avoiding dilution is significantly negative and enhancing shareholder value is significantly positive, as expected.
Scholar Commons Citation
Wilber, Robin S., "Disentangling the repurchase announcement: An event study analysis to the purpose of repurchase" (2005). Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/914