Arbeitspapier
Cybersecurity Risk
We develop a novel firm-level measure of cybersecurity risk using textual analysis of cybersecurity-risk disclosures in corporate filings. The measure successfully identifies firms extensively discussing cybersecurity risk in their 10-K, displays intuitive relations with quantitative measures of cybersecurity risk disclosure language, exhibits a positive trend over time, is more prevalent among industries relying more on information technology systems, correlates with several characteristics linked to firms hit by cyber attacks and, importantly, predicts future cyber attacks. Stocks with high exposure to cybersecurity risk exhibit high expected returns on average, but they perform poorly in periods of increasing attention to cybersecurity risk.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 8760
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
- Subject
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cyber attacks
risk disclosures
textual analysis
stock returns
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Florackis, Chris
Louca, Christodoulos
Michaely, Roni
Weber, Michael
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo)
- (where)
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Munich
- (when)
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2020
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
Data provider
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Florackis, Chris
- Louca, Christodoulos
- Michaely, Roni
- Weber, Michael
- Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo)
Time of origin
- 2020