Stock price crash risk: Review of the empirical literature

We survey the burgeoning literature on the determinants and consequences of firm-specific future stock price crash risk. We synthesise a vast body of literature on the determinants of crash risk, identify weaknesses, and offer future research opportunities. We categorise the determinants into: (i) f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Habib, A., Hasan, Mostafa, Jiang, H.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54576
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Summary:We survey the burgeoning literature on the determinants and consequences of firm-specific future stock price crash risk. We synthesise a vast body of literature on the determinants of crash risk, identify weaknesses, and offer future research opportunities. We categorise the determinants into: (i) financial reporting and corporate disclosures, (ii) managerial incentives and managerial characteristics, (iii) capital market transactions, (iv) corporate governance mechanisms, and (v) informal institutional mechanisms. Despite a large body of research into the determinants of crash risk, very little research attention has been directed towards understanding the consequences of stock price crash.