Table 4

Growth-based cumulative abnormal return over the window slides for the before-event, the event day and post-event windows

Growth-basedNumber of companyPre-event daysEvent daysPost-event days
(−10, 0)(−5, 0)(−3, 0)(−1, 0)(−1, +1)(0, +1)(0, +3)(0, +5)(0, +10)
Low287−0.0157**−0.0077−0.0001−0.00010.00120.00170.0156***0.0243***0.0354***
Medium594−0.0148***−0.0090***−0.0097***−0.0073***−0.00190.00410.0117***0.0069**0.0147***
High293−0.0125**−0.0107**−0.0114***−0.0083***0.00420.0118***0.0311***0.0319***0.0360***

Note(s): This table presents the cumulative abnormal return (CAR) of three book-to-market equity groups based on the breakpoints for the bottom 25% (Low), middle 50% (Medium) and top 25% (High) of the ranked values of the average book-to-market ratio over the estimation period. The ordinate represents the event window. ***, ** and * are significant at 1%, 5% and 10% confidence levels, respectively

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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