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The Information Content of Changes in Financial LeverageValentin DimitrovRutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Accounting & Information Systems Prem C. JainGeorgetown University - Department of Accounting and Business Law August 12, 2003 Abstract: We show a significantly negative association between changes in financial leverage and contemporaneous risk-adjusted stock returns. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that changes in financial leverage are affected by and, therefore, signal changes in underlying operating performance. Furthermore, we find that changes in financial leverage are also negatively associated with future risk-adjusted returns. We show that changes in financial leverage are correlated with future changes in return on equity, which may partially explain the anomalous pattern in future returns.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 49 Keywords: Financial Leverage, Stock Returns, Operating Performance, Value Relevance JEL Classification: G12, G14, G32, M41 working papers seriesDate posted: September 1, 2003Suggested CitationContact Information
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