THE EFFECT OF EU ANTITRUST INVESTIGATIONS AND FINES ON A FIRM'S VALUATION

被引:36
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作者
Aguzzoni, Luca [1 ]
Langus, Gregor [2 ]
Motta, Massimo [3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] LEAR, Rome, Italy
[2] CRA Int, London, England
[3] Univ Pompeu Fabra, ICREA, E-08005 Barcelona, Spain
[4] Barcelona Grad Sch Econ, E-08005 Barcelona, Spain
来源
JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS | 2013年 / 61卷 / 02期
关键词
SECURITY-PRICE PERFORMANCE; EVENT;
D O I
10.1111/joie.12016
中图分类号
F8 [财政、金融];
学科分类号
0202 ;
摘要
EU antitrust investigations involve a sequence of events which affect the investigated firm's market value. We model these relationships and estimate their impact on firms' share prices. On average, a surprise inspection reduces a firm's share price by 2.89%, an infringement decision reduces it by 3.57%. The Court judgments do not have a statistically significant effect. Overall, we find that the total effect of the antitrust action ranges from -3.03% to -4.55% of a firm's market value. Fines account for no more than 8.9% of this loss, and we conjecture that most of the loss is due to the cessation of illegal activities.
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页码:290 / 338
页数:49
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