Abstract
dc:descriptionThe benefits of bank financing from screening and monitoring process have been well documented in studies examining the information content of corporate loan announcements. While most of the previous literature is conducted extensively in the US, this thesis proposes to examine the market reaction to corporate loan announcements in the New Zealand context. Standard event study methodology is employed to test the share price returns of the borrowing firms in response to the corporate announcements. Based on the market model, the average two-day announcement period abnormal returns are found to be positively significant for private bank loans, syndicated loans, project loans, new loans and loans to large borrowing firms. In contrast, public loans, loans from one single lender, renewed loans and loans to small borrowing firms do not show any significant announcement effect. The results thus provide evidence that loan announcements do convey information to the New Zealand capital market. The findings are generally consistent with the existing literature, indicating that the conclusions and theories developed from previous studies are robust in the New Zealand setting. It is also found that lender identity partially explains the market response to loan announcements. Finally, there is evidence that the semi-strong form market efficiency hypothesis holds in the New Zealand financial market.
Degree
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher
- Lincoln University
- Year dc:date
- 2001
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Koh, Lee Hoon
Subjects
dc:subject × 9Rights
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- Digital thesis can be viewed by current staff and students of Lincoln University only. If you are the author of this item, please contact us if you wish to discuss making the full text publicly available.
- Language dc:language
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- Q112856833
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:researcharchive.lincoln.ac.nz:10182/2164