This study examines the long‐term abnormal returns and operating performance following
share repurchase announcements by Vietnamese listed firms. Applying matched control …

It is puzzling that few undervalued firms in China make repurchase announcements despite
the value-adding motive of share repurchases. Inspired by this conundrum, this study …

We empirically advocate for UK regulators to increase the volume limit of 15% outstanding
shares on open market repurchases. Our main framework initially tests the determinants of …

Heavy share buyback years after the global finance crisis 2008–2009 drew criticism from
scholars and financial press that share repurchases were being used by firms to manipulate …

As an effective way of capital operation, share repurchase is increasingly favoured by
company managers, market investors, and regulatory departments. However, the study on …

Since the amendment of the Company Law in 2018, the Chinese A-share market has
witnessed a rapid expansion in the number and scale of share repurchases. Open market …

This paper relates informed repurchases to firm information asymmetry. We propose a new
measure of informed repurchases, which is based on causality tests relating repurchase …

Considering the UK government's decision in 2018 of inquiring the unethical usage of
repurchases for adjusting the earnings ratio, we investigate the impact of potential volume …

Purpose This study explores whether institutional investors can distinguish an undervalued
share repurchase from a falsely signaled share repurchase. This study also aims to …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate factors that influence the free cash flow
(FCF) motive for stock repurchases. Specifically, it examines whether the positive …