Earnings and Dividend Announcements is There a Corroboration Effect?

35 Pages Posted: 12 Apr 2004 Last revised: 1 Dec 2022

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Alex Kane

University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)

Youngki Lee

Boston University - Center for Polymer Studies

Alan J. Marcus

Boston College - Department of Finance

Date Written: December 1983

Abstract

We examine abnormal stock returns surrounding contemporaneous earnings and dividend announcements in order to determine whether investors evaluate the two announcements in relation to each other.We find that there is a statistically significant interaction effect.The abnormal return corresponding to any earnings or dividend announcement depends upon the value of the other announcement. This evidence suggests the existence of a corroborative relationship between the two announcements. Investors give more credence to unanticipated dividend increases or decreases when earnings are also above or below expectations, and vice versa.

Suggested Citation

Kane, Alex and Lee, Youngki and Marcus, Alan J., Earnings and Dividend Announcements is There a Corroboration Effect? (December 1983). NBER Working Paper No. w1248, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=321303

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