The Stock Market’s Reaction to Accounting Information: The Cases of Chile and Peru
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Publication Title
Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JAEE-11-2013-0054
Abstract
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Purpose
To analyze the stock price and volume reactions around firms’ earnings announcement dates in two Latin American stock markets: Chile and Peru
Design/methodology/approach
This study uses multivariate regression analysis to determine the impact of accounting information on stock prices and volume traded around the firms’ earnings announcement dates.
Findings
We find that quarterly earnings surprises explain stock abnormal returns and abnormal trading volumes around the earnings announcement dates in the Santiago (Chile) and Lima (Peru) stock exchanges. We also find that these two effects are driven by small firms.
Originality/value
This is one of the first articles to study the price and volume reactions to accounting information in Latin American stock markets.
Rights
Version of record can be found through Emerald.
Recommended Citation
Melgarejo, Mauricio A.; Montiel, Eduardo; and Sanz, Luis, "The Stock Market’s Reaction to Accounting Information: The Cases of Chile and Peru" (2016). Scholarship and Professional Work - Business. 275.
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/cob_papers/275
