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Share Capitalization Changes, Information, And the Australian Equity Market

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  • Ray Ball

    (Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales.)

  • Philip Brown

    (Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales.)

  • Frank J. Finn

    (Department of Commerce, University of Queensland. The financial support of the Australian Research Grants Committee and the Reserve Bank of Australia is gratefully acknowledged.)

Abstract

Bonus issues, share splits and rights issues are studied in a replication and extension of the classic Fama, Fisher, Jensen and Roll study. On the Melbourne exchange, each category on average is associated with positive abnormal returns. However, the market does not appear to value bonuses or splits in their own right: prices appear to reflect the information released in the capitalization changes (and associated events). For example, share splits which were not accompanied by effective dividend increases did not experience positive abnormal returns. With one puzzling exception, the market behaviour was “efficient†.

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  • Ray Ball & Philip Brown & Frank J. Finn, 1977. "Share Capitalization Changes, Information, And the Australian Equity Market," Australian Journal of Management, Australian School of Business, vol. 2(2), pages 105-125, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ausman:v:2:y:1977:i:2:p:105-125
    DOI: 10.1177/031289627700200202
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    2. Gonedes, Nicholas J., 1973. "Evidence on the Information Content of Accounting Numbers: Accounting-based and Market-based Estimates of Systematic Risk," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 8(3), pages 407-443, June.
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