Actual share repurchases, timing and corporate liquidity
Hamon, Jacques; Ginglinger, Edith (2004), Actual share repurchases, timing and corporate liquidity, FMA Europe (Financial Management Association International), 2004, Zurich, Suisse
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Communication / ConférenceDate
2004Conference title
FMA Europe (Financial Management Association International)Conference date
2004Conference city
ZurichConference country
SuissePages
39
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Research on the impact of open market share repurchases has been hindered by the lack of dataavailable on actual share repurchases in many countries, including the US. Using a previouslyunused database containing detailed information on 36,848 repurchases made by 352 French firms,we show that corporate share repurchases have a significant adverse effect on liquidity as measuredby bid–ask spread or depth. Our results also indicate that share repurchases largely reflect contrariantrading rather than managerial timing ability.Subjects / Keywords
Repurchase; Open market; Euronext Paris; Liquidity; TimingRelated items
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