Essays about: "Share repurchases"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 34 essays containing the words Share repurchases.

1. 21. Information Asymmetries and Insider Trading in Swedish Share Repurchasing Firms : A comparison between CEOs and CFOs

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Tommy Lund; [2015]
   Keywords : Insiders; Share repurchasing; CEO; CFO; Abnormal return; Information asymmetries;

   Abstract : Prior studies have shown that insiders can make substantial abnormal profits due to their information advantage over the market, which has resulted in insiders becoming more scrutinized. Concurrently, companies that are carrying out share repurchase programs have become increasingly popular and have been proven to have a positive effect on the companies' stock prices and also resulted in abnormal returns. READ MORE

3. 22. Dividend Smoothing in Sweden - An Empirical Investigation of Determinants of Dividend Smoothing

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Tobias Svensson; Niklas Müller; [2014]
   Keywords : information asymmetry; dividend policy; dividends; dividend smoothing; agency theory; partial adjustment model; Sweden; investor clientele.; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Purpose: The main purpose is to see if dividend smoothing is a pertinent phenomenon among Swedish public firms. The study also aims to identify what firm characteristics that drive dividend smoothing. READ MORE

4. 23. 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

5. 24. Repurchases on the Swedish Stock Market : - A good long-term investment?

   University essay from Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik

   Author : Nguyen Tran; Anton Weigardh; [2013]
   Keywords : repurchase; abnormal returns; efficient market; dividends;

   Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to investigate the long-term share price effects for Swedish companies that employed repurchases programs during 2000 - 2012. This paper applies a trading strategy where the investor invests in stocks of compa-nies that engage in repurchase of their own equity. READ MORE

6. 25. Institutional Shareholders' Investment Horizons and Abnormal Returns Following Share Repurchase Announcements - A Product of Market-to-Book Ratios?

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Jan-Christoph Wöber; Sebastian Östman; [2012]
   Keywords : Share repurchases; Stock repurchases; Abnormal returns; Institutional ownership; Investor horizon;

   Abstract : In this thesis, we evaluate the effects of institutional shareholders' investment horizons on average abnormal returns of companies following share repurchase announcements conditional on market-to-book ratios. We find that institutional investor horizons have insignificant explanatory power in the short-run. READ MORE