Stock market reaction to debt financing arrangements in Russia

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This paper investigates stock market reaction to debt arrangements in Russia. The analysis of the valuation of debt arrangements by stock markets provides information about the use of debt by Russian companies. We apply the event study methodology to check whether debt announcements lead to abnormal returns using a sample of Russian listed companies that issued syndicated loans or bonds between June 2004 and December 2008. We find a negative reaction of stock markets to debt arrangements that can be explained by moral hazard behavior of shareholders at the expense of debtholders. Further, we observe no significant difference between announcements of syndicated loans and bonds. Thus, our findings support the view that Russian companies could have incentives to limit their reliance on external debt.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-952-462-691-0
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: BOFIT Discussion Papers ; No. 16/2010

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading ; Financial Institutions and Services: General ; Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: General
• Subject: corporate bonds ; event study ; Russia ; stock returns ; syndicated loans

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Godlewski, Christophe J. ; Fungáčová, Zuzana ; Weill, Laurent
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Bank of Finland, Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2010

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/212684
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