Earnings announcements of KLSE stocks: impact of type of news, firm size, and ownership structure on price behavior

This paper studies the impact of factors in affecting the price behavior of the local stock market during earnings announcements. In addition, the market efficiency during post-earnings announcements is also studied. Appropriate adjustments to mitigate possible effects of thin trading bias are carri...

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Main Author: Cheah, Weng Hong
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2004
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/25749/
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description This paper studies the impact of factors in affecting the price behavior of the local stock market during earnings announcements. In addition, the market efficiency during post-earnings announcements is also studied. Appropriate adjustments to mitigate possible effects of thin trading bias are carried out using Dimson method. The factors investigated included type of news, firm size, level of institutional ownership, and level of foreign ownership.
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spelling usm-257492017-04-17T06:24:24Z http://eprints.usm.my/25749/ Earnings announcements of KLSE stocks: impact of type of news, firm size, and ownership structure on price behavior Cheah, Weng Hong HF5001-6182 Business This paper studies the impact of factors in affecting the price behavior of the local stock market during earnings announcements. In addition, the market efficiency during post-earnings announcements is also studied. Appropriate adjustments to mitigate possible effects of thin trading bias are carried out using Dimson method. The factors investigated included type of news, firm size, level of institutional ownership, and level of foreign ownership. 2004 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/25749/1/EARNINGS_ANNOUNCEMENTS_OF_KLSE_STOCKS_-_IMPACT_OF_TYPE_OF_NEWS%2C_FIRM_SIZE%2C_AND_OWNERSHIP_STRUCTURE_ON_PRICE_BEHAVIOR.pdf Cheah, Weng Hong (2004) Earnings announcements of KLSE stocks: impact of type of news, firm size, and ownership structure on price behavior. Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
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Earnings announcements of KLSE stocks: impact of type of news, firm size, and ownership structure on price behavior
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title Earnings announcements of KLSE stocks: impact of type of news, firm size, and ownership structure on price behavior
title_full Earnings announcements of KLSE stocks: impact of type of news, firm size, and ownership structure on price behavior
title_fullStr Earnings announcements of KLSE stocks: impact of type of news, firm size, and ownership structure on price behavior
title_full_unstemmed Earnings announcements of KLSE stocks: impact of type of news, firm size, and ownership structure on price behavior
title_short Earnings announcements of KLSE stocks: impact of type of news, firm size, and ownership structure on price behavior
title_sort earnings announcements of klse stocks impact of type of news firm size and ownership structure on price behavior
topic HF5001-6182 Business
url http://eprints.usm.my/25749/
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