Essays about: "news announcements"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 27 essays containing the words news announcements.

  1. 11. Moving through the clinical pipeline

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Lukas Björklund; [2019]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Biotech companies on the stock market follow a rigorous clinical process for their product development. The implications of this for investors is an alternative approach to stock valuation that incorporates the uncertainty to the potential future cash flows will be realized. READ MORE

  3. 12. Sustainable Banking: A Closer Look at Scandinavian Banks´Sustainability Activities and Stock Market Performance

    University essay from

    Author : Stefan Bojovic; Maria Tran; [2017-07-03]
    Keywords : Abnormal Returns; Banks; Event Study; Scandinavia; Sustainability;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates announcements of sustainability news in major commercial Scandinavian banks and their effect on stock market performance by conducting a quantitative research method using a standard event study methodology. Two research questions are employed with the aim of firstly investigating if there is any relationship and secondly if the relationship differs between announcements of good news and bad news regarding sustainability. READ MORE

  4. 13. Shareholders’ reaction to Corporate Social Responsibility issues: An event-study of CSR announcements on stock prices

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jana Lisanne Engels; Krisztian Szabo; [2017]
    Keywords : Corporate Social Responsibility; Event study; Carhart four-factor model; Shareholder value; Cumulative abnormal returns; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This study examines whether shareholders are sensitive to corporations corporate social responsibility announcements. Using the event study methodology and applying it to 234 events of 66 US publicly traded companies in the time period from 2011 to 2016, we try to answer the question whether it is worthwhile for companies to implement social responsible corporate activities into corporation policy. READ MORE

  5. 14. Proof That Voluntary Corporate Responsibility Investments Does Not Affect Financial Returns When in the News

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Alexander Andersson; [2017]
    Keywords : corporate responsibility; event study; media coverage; stock returns; availability cascade;

    Abstract : This paper presents the results of financial return analyses after 133 articles regarding social and environmental news were published in Svenska Dagbladet. During the period from 2006 to 2015 Swedish Large Cap companies were analysed after the news announcements, using the event study methodology. READ MORE

  6. 15. Monetary Policy Announcements and the Beta Risk Premium on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Clas Lindberg Odhner; Kevin Zachrisson; [2016]
    Keywords : risk premium; CAPM; monetary policy; central bank; announcements; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This research paper analyses the relationship between average excess stock return and market beta on the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm for the period 1999 to 2015. By using the Fama-MacBeth approach and several additional regressions, we are able to examine if the relationship exists on days when the market anticipates receiving news regarding monetary policy decision by the Riksbank, Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and Bank of England. READ MORE