Essays about: "Buybacks"

Showing result 6 - 9 of 9 essays containing the word Buybacks.

1. 6. Share Buyback Announcements and their Implications for Risk Management

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Julia Niedermair; [2013]
   Keywords : Cash holdings; Credit risk; Financial crisis; Market liquidity; Share buyback announcements;

   Abstract : This thesis is composed of two separate papers, examining the relationship between share buyback announcements and risk management: "Corporate Cash Holdings, Share Buyback Announcements and their Implications for Risk Management" and "Share Buyback Announcements and Market Liquidity". Share repurchase announcements are often followed by a deterioration of a company's risk profile. READ MORE

3. 7. Share Repurchases by U.S. Companies : Could They Be Done at More Advantageous Prices for Long-Term Shareholders?

   University essay from Fakulteten för ekonomi, kommunikation och IT

   Author : Carl Müller; [2010]
   Keywords : share repurchases; stock buybacks; U.S. companies;

   Abstract : The paper studies share repurchases done by 50 randomly chosen U.S. publicly traded companies between 1996 and 2007 and checks if they could have been done at more advantageous prices for long-term shareholders in the two years following repurchases. READ MORE

4. 8. Stock Repurchases - A Fashion in the Corporate Wardrobe? : A Quantitative Study of Institutional Isomorphism within the Swedish Industrial Sector

   University essay from Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet

   Author : Jan-Johan Larsson; Leander Schorr; [2007]
   Keywords : Stock repurchases; Payout policy; Institutional theory; Mimetic; normative and coercive isomorphism; Swedish industrial sector;

   Abstract : In May 2000 share repurchases were legalized in Sweden, with the purpose to provide companies with an efficient and flexible way to distribute capital. To buy back shares gives companies several benefits which are discussed in our study. READ MORE

5. 9. Why are both share repurchases and special dividends in use in the Swedish market: - An empirical study of the announcement effects

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Niklas Hallenberg; Carl Sandström; [2006]
   Keywords : share repurchases; buybacks; special dividends; extraordinary dividends; event study; logistic regression;

   Abstract : Share repurchases were made legal in Sweden in March 2000. Since then, Swedish companies have been able to choose between share repurchases and special dividends for non-recurring distributions of excess capital. The purpose of this thesis is to determine why both methods are still in use. READ MORE