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  • October 2012
  • Article

The Effect of Reference Point Prices on Mergers and Acquisitions

By: Malcolm Baker, Xin Pan and Jeffrey Wurgler
Prior stock price peaks of targets affect several aspects of merger and acquisition activity. Offer prices are biased toward recent peak prices although they are economically unremarkable. An offer's probability of acceptance jumps discontinuously when it exceeds a... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Stocks; Price; Valuation; Negotiation
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Baker, Malcolm, Xin Pan, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "The Effect of Reference Point Prices on Mergers and Acquisitions." Journal of Financial Economics 106, no. 1 (October 2012): 49–71.
  • May – June 1981
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Is Your Stock Worth Its Market Price?

By: W. E. Fruhan Jr. and Thomas R. Piper
Keywords: Stocks; Price; Value
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Fruhan, W. E., Jr., and Thomas R. Piper. "Is Your Stock Worth Its Market Price?" Harvard Business Review 59, no. 3 (May–June 1981).
  • 01 Apr 2024
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Navigating the Mood of Customers Weary of Price Hikes

Inflation remains front and center for consumers and businesses, which continue to reel from the double-digit rise in prices during the COVID-19 pandemic and the interest rate hikes designed to cool them. While View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Retail; Consumer Products

    When Do Stocks and Bonds Move Together, and Why Does it Matter?

    The co-movement of Treasury bonds and stocks is an important indicator for both policy makers and for long-term investors. A positive co-movement between nominal Treasury bonds and stocks, as in the 1980s, means that nominal bonds amplify the volatility of stock... View Details

    • 26 Jul 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn

    product can and usually does have different value depending on the context, thereby supporting different prices for the specific piece of business. For example, the paper stock purchased by a magazine... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Consumer Products
    • 2022
    • Article

    Which Corporate ESG News Does the Market React To?

    By: George Serafeim and Aaron Yoon
    Using a dataset that classifies firm-level ESG news as positive and negative, we examine how stock prices react to different types of ESG news. We analyze 111,020 firm-day observations for 3,126 companies and find that prices react only to issues identified as... View Details
    Keywords: ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG Ratings; Social Capital; Environment; Sustainability; CSR; Stock Price; Stock Market Expectations; Materiality; Market Reaction; Environmental Sustainability; Governance; Social Issues; Performance; News
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    Serafeim, George, and Aaron Yoon. "Which Corporate ESG News Does the Market React To?" Financial Analysts Journal 78, no. 1 (2022): 59–78.
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    Options: Basics for finding price data

    common stock was $57.74 and on that date the price of a call option to buy a share of JPM for $57.50 on January 18, 2014 was $0.48. That is, on January 14 you’d pay $0.48 for the right to buy the View Details
    • November 1984
    • Background Note

    Black-Scholes Option Pricing Program for the HP 12C Calculator

    By: Andre F. Perold
    Contains a program that can be used on the HP12C pocket calculator to compute the Black-Scholes option price and the associated hedge ratio. The program must be given the following parameters: the exercise price, the risk-free rate, the time to expiration, and the... View Details
    Keywords: Stock Options; Investment Funds; Price; Management; Software
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    Perold, Andre F. "Black-Scholes Option Pricing Program for the HP 12C Calculator." Harvard Business School Background Note 285-057, November 1984.
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    Delisted securities: prices | Baker Library

    Help Center Delisted securities: prices Where can I find daily stock price data for delisted securities? US and non-US Stock View Details
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    Portfolio Betas Do Not Make for Better Asset Pricing Tests

    Many papers claim that because using portfolios instead of individual stocks as test assets minimizes idiosyncratic volatility, their use also yields more precise estimates of risk premia.  I show that while portfolio formation does lead to more efficient beta... View Details
    • 06 Dec 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    The Popular Stock Metric That Can Lead Investors Astray

    the company were liquidated. Market value reflects the total value of a public company’s outstanding shares based on the market price for a share. A stock with higher book-to-market ratio, such as when it is... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • January 2017
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    Being Surprised by the Unsurprising: Earnings Seasonality and Stock Returns

    By: Tom Y. Chang, Samuel M. Hartzmark, David H. Solomon and Eugene F. Soltes
    We present evidence consistent with markets failing to properly price information in seasonal earnings patterns. Firms with historically larger earnings in one quarter of the year (“positive seasonality quarters”) have higher returns when those earnings are usually... View Details
    Keywords: Business Earnings; Investment
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    Chang, Tom Y., Samuel M. Hartzmark, David H. Solomon, and Eugene F. Soltes. "Being Surprised by the Unsurprising: Earnings Seasonality and Stock Returns." Review of Financial Studies 30, no. 1 (January 2017): 281–323.
    • 02 Jul 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Technology Innovation and Diffusion as Sources of Output and Asset Price Fluctuations

    Keywords: by Diego A. Comin, Mark Gertler & Ana Maria Santacreu; Technology
    • 2009
    • Working Paper

    Technology Innovation and Diffusion as Sources of Output and Asset Price Fluctuations

    By: Diego A. Comin, Mark Gertler and Ana Maria Santacreu
    We develop a model in which innovations in an economy's growth potential are an important driving force of the business cycle. The framework shares the emphasis of the recent "new shock" literature on revisions of beliefs about the future as a source of fluctuations,... View Details
    Keywords: Business Cycles; Economic Growth; Asset Pricing; Technological Innovation; Mathematical Methods; System Shocks; Technology Adoption
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    Comin, Diego A., Mark Gertler, and Ana Maria Santacreu. "Technology Innovation and Diffusion as Sources of Output and Asset Price Fluctuations." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-134, May 2009. (Revise and Resubmit at the Journal of Political Economy.)
    • 17 Jul 2017
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Relevance of Broker Networks for Information Diffusion in the Stock Market

    Keywords: by Marco Di Maggio, Francesco Franzoni, Amir Kermani, and Carlo Sommavilla
    • 20 Mar 2013
    • News

    ETF Beating Market With Gains Less Price Swings: Riskless Return

    • August 2024
    • Article

    Not a One-Trick Pony: Price Impact of Rating Agency Information

    By: Michael Machokoto and Anywhere Sikochi
    Prior literature on the informational role of credit rating agencies has largely focused on announcements by the rating agencies regarding rating actions. We take a tangent in this paper and examine the relevance of rating agencies' other information disclosures beyond... View Details
    Keywords: Credit; Investment Return; Financial Reporting
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    Machokoto, Michael, and Anywhere Sikochi. "Not a One-Trick Pony: Price Impact of Rating Agency Information." Art. 111837. Economics Letters 241 (August 2024).
    • 01 Apr 2001
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    Tatsuyuki Saeki: Putting Stock in New Options at Nasdaq Japan

    of the wildly successful American technology stock market. Launched last year as a joint venture between the U.S. Nasdaq, Japan’s Softbank Corporation, and thirteen leading Japanese and foreign brokerages, Nasdaq Japan aims to break the... View Details
    Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
    • September 1997 (Revised February 2000)
    • Exercise

    Exercises in Option Pricing and Real Option Analysis

    By: Benjamin C. Esty
    Contains five problems, one each on basic option pricing, abandonment value, the value of waiting to invest, contingent claims analysis (equity as a call option), and strategic decision making in an option framework. The goal is for students to recognize option value... View Details
    Keywords: Stock Options; Price
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    Esty, Benjamin C. "Exercises in Option Pricing and Real Option Analysis." Harvard Business School Exercise 298-053, September 1997. (Revised February 2000.)
    • August 2007 (Revised June 2020)
    • Case

    Trouble with a Bubble

    By: Tom Nicholas
    Examines technology, firm performance, and the stock market during the 1929 Great Crash and the Great Depression of the 1930s. The 1920s was an extraordinary period of technological progress marked by a strong run-up in stock market prices. Firms invested heavily in... View Details
    Keywords: Bubble; Stock Market; Great Depression; Irving Fisher; Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; History; Financial Markets; Performance; Labor and Management Relations; Equity; Financial Crisis; Innovation and Invention; United States
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    Nicholas, Tom. "Trouble with a Bubble." Harvard Business School Case 808-067, August 2007. (Revised June 2020.)
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