The effect of IMF bailout announcements on bank security returns.
In this paper, we examine the effect of IMF bailout announcements on bank security returns. Standard event study methodology is applied to a sample of twenty-one banks from four countries, namely Singapore, Japan, Thailand and Indonesia to detect the presence of significant abnormal returns surround...
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| Format: | Final Year Project |
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2008
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/10747 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Summary: | In this paper, we examine the effect of IMF bailout announcements on bank security returns. Standard event study methodology is applied to a sample of twenty-one banks from four countries, namely Singapore, Japan, Thailand and Indonesia to detect the presence of significant abnormal returns surrounding the bailout announcements. The study finds mixed results on the announcement effects on creditor (Singapore and Japanese) banks’ security returns. |
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