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Managerial overconfidence and the buyback anomaly

Andreou, P.C.; Cooper, I.; García de Olalla, I.; Louca, C.

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Authors

I. Cooper

I. García de Olalla

C. Louca



Abstract

While positive, long-run abnormal returns following share repurchaseannouncements are substantially lower when CEOs are overconfident. This effect is particularly strong for (i) difficult to value firms, such as small, young, non-dividend paying, distressed, and having negative earnings firms, (ii) firms with poor past stock return performance and high book-to-market ratio, indicators of possible overreaction to bad news, and (iii) financially constrained firms. Overall, these results are consistent with the mispricing hypothesis as a motive for repurchases and as an explanation for the buyback anomaly. Additionally, irrespective of the CEO’s level of confidence, abnormal returns are considerably larger for financially constrained firms, implying their managers require larger undervaluation due to the higher cost of capital.

Citation

Andreou, P., Cooper, I., García de Olalla, I., & Louca, C. (2018). Managerial overconfidence and the buyback anomaly. Journal of Empirical Finance, 49, 142-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2018.09.005

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 19, 2018
Online Publication Date Sep 25, 2018
Publication Date Dec 31, 2018
Deposit Date Sep 25, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 25, 2020
Journal Journal of Empirical Finance
Print ISSN 0927-5398
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 49
Pages 142-156
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2018.09.005
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1318167

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