Importance of Catering Incentives for Growth Dynamics

Journal of Behavioral Finance, Forthcoming

56 Pages Posted: 11 Nov 2006 Last revised: 6 Oct 2011

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Denys Glushkov

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS); Acadian Asset Management LLC

Katsiaryna Bardos

Fairfield University

Date Written: October 24, 2009

Abstract

This paper tests whether the dynamics of firm growth metrics, such as sales, investment growth, and changes in R&D and acquisitions, are more consistent with firms delivering growth when stock prices are more sensitive to growth related news (the catering channel) or with firms learning from stock prices about future growth prospects (the information channel). After developing “growth premium” measures, we document four main results consistent with catering theory: 1) time periods of high growth premium are followed by higher-than-expected growth indicators; 2) catering to the premium is more pronounced for firms whose managers care more about maximizing short-term stock price; 3) firms whose managers care more about short-term stock prices have higher time-series volatility of median sales, investment and PPE growth; 4) conditional trading strategy based on timing revenue growth premium yields 26 basis points per month after adjusting for risk and post-earnings announcement drift.

Keywords: Catering, Revenue surprises, Growth, Market reactions

JEL Classification: G14, G35

Suggested Citation

Glushkov, Denys and Bardos, Katsiaryna, Importance of Catering Incentives for Growth Dynamics (October 24, 2009). Journal of Behavioral Finance, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=943439

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Katsiaryna Bardos

Fairfield University ( email )

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