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Bond and Stock Market Response to Unexpected Earnings Announcements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Sudip Datta  and
Upinder S. Dhillon
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Abstract

This study examines whether earnings changes convey information in bond markets and finds a significant positive (negative) reaction to unexpected earnings increases (decreases). The results are consistent whether earnings announcements precede or follow dividend announcements. Thus, earnings surprises convey information to bond markets and changes in firm value are split among bondholders and stockholders. This is in contrast to evidence from studies examining unexpected dividend announcements where bond price reaction is asymmetric. Cross-sectional analysis reveals that bond excess returns are positively related to earnings surprises.

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Research Article
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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , December 1993 , pp. 565 - 577
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Copyright © School of Business Administration, University of Washington 1993

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