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The Value of Quality: Stock Market Returns to Reviewed Quality of New Products


Gerard J. Tellis


University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business, Department of Marketing

Joseph Johnson


University of Miami - Department of Marketing

February 2007

Marshall School of Business Working Paper No. MKT 02-07

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Product quality is probably under-valued by firms because there is little consensus about appropriate measures and methods to research quality. We suggest that published ratings of a product's quality are a valid source of quality information with important strategic and financial impact. We test this thesis by an event analysis of abnormal returns to stock prices of firms whose new products are evaluated in the Wall Street Journal. Quality has a strong immediate effect on abnormal returns, which is substantially higher than that for other marketing events assessed in prior studies. Moreover, there are some important asymmetries in the effect. We discuss the research, managerial, investing, and policy implications.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 41

Keywords: Stock returns, Quality, Published reviews, New product

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Date posted: February 7, 2007  

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Tellis, Gerard J. and Johnson, Joseph, The Value of Quality: Stock Market Returns to Reviewed Quality of New Products (February 2007). Marshall School of Business Working Paper No. MKT 02-07. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=961472 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.961472

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Gerard J. Tellis (Contact Author)
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business, Department of Marketing ( email )
Hoffman Hall 701
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0443
United States
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Joseph Johnson
University of Miami - Department of Marketing ( email )
P.O. Box 248126
Florida
Coral Gables, FL 33124
United States
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