Contemporary event study test: event-induced variance and cross correlation among abnormal returns in dividend

Although many literatures related to event studies have reported the problem of event-induced variance and cross correlation among abnormal returns, a lot of researchers still employ conventional event-study methods which tend to reject the null hypothesis of zero average abnormal returns too freque...

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Main Authors: Ng, Chee Pung, Choo, Wei Chong, Amin Noordin, Bany Ariffin, Md Nassir, Annuar
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2018
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16083/
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author Ng, Chee Pung
Choo, Wei Chong
Amin Noordin, Bany Ariffin
Md Nassir, Annuar
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Choo, Wei Chong
Amin Noordin, Bany Ariffin
Md Nassir, Annuar
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description Although many literatures related to event studies have reported the problem of event-induced variance and cross correlation among abnormal returns, a lot of researchers still employ conventional event-study methods which tend to reject the null hypothesis of zero average abnormal returns too frequent when it is true (higher type I error). In this paper, we applied a more advanced event-study method, namely the adjusted Boehmer, Mucumeci, and Poulsen (Adj-BMP) test, to provide a remedy to the issue of event-induced variance and cross correlation among abnormal returns. Using cash dividend increase to evaluate a battery of both statistical tests, the empirical results found the presence of the cross-correlation among abnormal returns. Consequently, the Adj-BMP test produces four significant abnormal returns from day 10 before the event to day 30 after the event while the BMP test generates eight significant abnormal returns. The BMP test exhibits 100% over-rejection of null hypothesis. At the same time, the level of significance has been decreased from 5% to 1% in the BMP test to 10% to 5% in the Adj-BMP test. Thus, we show that the Adj-BMP test is a robust test in presence of cross correlation among abnormal returns. According to the Adj-BMP test, this study found that there is an impact of cash dividend increase events on the average abnormal returns. This study makes a major contribution to research on providing an empirical comparison between BMP test and Adj-BMP test to resolve event-induced variance and cross correlation among abnormal returns in event studies of emerging market.
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spelling upm-160832019-11-12T06:47:41Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16083/ Contemporary event study test: event-induced variance and cross correlation among abnormal returns in dividend Ng, Chee Pung Choo, Wei Chong Amin Noordin, Bany Ariffin Md Nassir, Annuar Although many literatures related to event studies have reported the problem of event-induced variance and cross correlation among abnormal returns, a lot of researchers still employ conventional event-study methods which tend to reject the null hypothesis of zero average abnormal returns too frequent when it is true (higher type I error). In this paper, we applied a more advanced event-study method, namely the adjusted Boehmer, Mucumeci, and Poulsen (Adj-BMP) test, to provide a remedy to the issue of event-induced variance and cross correlation among abnormal returns. Using cash dividend increase to evaluate a battery of both statistical tests, the empirical results found the presence of the cross-correlation among abnormal returns. Consequently, the Adj-BMP test produces four significant abnormal returns from day 10 before the event to day 30 after the event while the BMP test generates eight significant abnormal returns. The BMP test exhibits 100% over-rejection of null hypothesis. At the same time, the level of significance has been decreased from 5% to 1% in the BMP test to 10% to 5% in the Adj-BMP test. Thus, we show that the Adj-BMP test is a robust test in presence of cross correlation among abnormal returns. According to the Adj-BMP test, this study found that there is an impact of cash dividend increase events on the average abnormal returns. This study makes a major contribution to research on providing an empirical comparison between BMP test and Adj-BMP test to resolve event-induced variance and cross correlation among abnormal returns in event studies of emerging market. Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16083/1/2%29%20Contemporary%20Event%20Study%20Test.pdf Ng, Chee Pung and Choo, Wei Chong and Amin Noordin, Bany Ariffin and Md Nassir, Annuar (2018) Contemporary event study test: event-induced variance and cross correlation among abnormal returns in dividend. International Journal of Economics and Management, 12 (S2). pp. 327-337. ISSN 1823-836X; ESSN: 2600-9390 http://www.ijem.upm.edu.my/vol12_noS2/2)%20Contemporary%20Event%20Study%20Test.pdf
spellingShingle Ng, Chee Pung
Choo, Wei Chong
Amin Noordin, Bany Ariffin
Md Nassir, Annuar
Contemporary event study test: event-induced variance and cross correlation among abnormal returns in dividend
title Contemporary event study test: event-induced variance and cross correlation among abnormal returns in dividend
title_full Contemporary event study test: event-induced variance and cross correlation among abnormal returns in dividend
title_fullStr Contemporary event study test: event-induced variance and cross correlation among abnormal returns in dividend
title_full_unstemmed Contemporary event study test: event-induced variance and cross correlation among abnormal returns in dividend
title_short Contemporary event study test: event-induced variance and cross correlation among abnormal returns in dividend
title_sort contemporary event study test: event-induced variance and cross correlation among abnormal returns in dividend
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