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Two Essays in Financial Economics.

Green, Kevin T.

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Two Essays in Financial Economics.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Two Essays in Financial Economics./
Author:	Green, Kevin T.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2018,
Description:	111 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-12(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International79-12A(E).
Subject:	Finance. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10970337
ISBN:	9780438292659

Two Essays in Financial Economics.
Green, Kevin T.

Two Essays in Financial Economics. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2018 - 111 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-12(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Texas at Dallas, 2018.

This dissertation consists of two essays in financial economics. The first essay, included in Chapter 2, concerns abnormal stock returns around IPO lockup expiration events. IPO lockup agreements prevent existing shareholders from selling shares for a period of time, usually 180 days, following the initial public offering. Historically stocks exhibit negative returns on the date in which the lockup agreement expires, and thereby allows a previously restricted shareholder group to actively participate in the market. The effect is concentrated in companies backed by venture capital funding prior to going public. Given that the timing and details of the lockup agreement are publicly available, such a pattern should not exist in an efficient market. In this essay I examine the long term return pattern around IPO lockup expirations to determine whether there is evidence of market inefficiency or if market constraints limit arbitrage opportunities. Using a dataset of IPO activity from 1988-2014, I find abnormal returns are highly persistent over the sample period despite a decline in bid-ask spreads and an increase in IPO lockup publicity. This finding is contrary to earlier studies that suggest trading costs and a potentially uninformed market contributed to the abnormal return pattern. I also find suggestive evidence that the effect is not driven by short sale constraints that prohibit arbitrage traders' ability to trade in the market. Finally, I simulate a trading strategy that allows me to implement liquidity controls and portfolio risk management constraints. I find excess returns endure but are limited in scale due to low market liquidity. This result shows the abnormal return pattern is sensitive to the size of capital investment, which serves as a deterrent to market participants and plays a significant role in the anomaly's persistence.

ISBN: 9780438292659Subjects--Topical Terms:

542899
Finance.

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520 $a The second essay, included in Chapter 3, examines the indirect impact of changes in supplier credit ratings on customer procurement decisions. This essay is co-authored with Xuan Tian and Han Xia. Existing research concludes credit ratings convey important information on firms' credit worthiness. As a result, customers may rely on credit ratings to evaluate supply chain risks. We analyze whether customers modify purchasing behavior as a risk mitigation tool following changes in their suppliers' credit ratings. Our identification strategy incorporates a quasi-natural experiment around Moody's 1982 ratings refinement, and allows us to alleviate the potentially endogenous effect of changes to firm financial health that often accompany changes in credit ratings. We find public sector customers respond strongly to supplier rating changes: they increase purchases from upgraded firms, and reduce purchases from downgraded firms. This response, however, is not observed for private sector customers. We show this contrast is likely due to government agents' desire to respond to ratings, a prevalent and verifiable certification, to signal that their decision-making is aligned with external assessment and to avoid reputational losses. We also find suggestive evidence that powerful politicians use ratings to award government contracts to suppliers located in states they represent.
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