Realized moments and the cross-sectional stock returns around earnings announcements
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Article Title | Realized moments and the cross-sectional stock returns around |
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ERA Journal ID | 18553 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Wang, Qingxia (Author), Faff, Robert (Author) and Zhu, Min (Author) |
Journal Title | International Review of Economics and Finance |
Journal Citation | 79, pp. 408-427 |
Number of Pages | 20 |
Year | 2022 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | Netherlands |
ISSN | 1059-0560 |
1873-8036 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2022.02.036 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1059056022000570 |
Abstract | We examine the predictability of realized measures on the cross-section of stock returns around earnings announcements. We construct realized measures (variance, skewness, kurtosis, and relative jump) using high-frequency intraday stock prices. Our results show that realized variance, skewness, and relative jumps strongly predict stock returns around earnings announcements but realized kurtosis does not. These findings are robust to various event windows, after controlling for firm characteristics, and to a range of additional tests. We further show that the predictability of realized measures is not affected by unexpected earnings. The findings also suggest that pre-announcement realized measures absorb part of the information contained in unexpected earnings. |
Keywords | Cross-sectional stock returns; Earnings announcements; Realized measures |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 380202. Econometric and statistical methods |
380204. Panel data analysis | |
350710. Organisational behaviour | |
380203. Economic models and forecasting | |
380201. Cross-sectional analysis | |
380107. Financial economics | |
Byline Affiliations | Centre for Applied Climate Sciences |
Bond University | |
University of Queensland | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q7244/realized-moments-and-the-cross-sectional-stock-returns-around-earnings-announcements
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