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A Reexamination of the Tendering Profit Anomaly
Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting
  • Palani Rajan Kadapakkam
  • Hongxian Zhang, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Sinan Yildirim
Abstract

Lakonishok and Vermaelen (J Financ 45:455–477, 1990) and Peyer and Vermaelen (Rev Financ Stud 22:1693–1745, 2009) document profits of around 9% from participating in stock repurchase tender offers during the 1962–1986 and 1987–2001 periods, respectively. The persistence of such large profits over a short trading horizon constitutes a striking anomaly in financial markets. Given the rise of event-driven hedge funds, we reexamine this strategy in recent years (2000–2015) and find that abnormal profits from tendering have disappeared. Examining a sample of closed-end fund repurchase tender offers during the same period, we find abnormal tendering profits of around 0.5%. However, these profits are no longer significant after adjustments for transaction costs.

Department(s)
Business and Information Technology
Keywords and Phrases
  • Closed-End Funds,
  • Market Efficiency,
  • Tender Offer Repurchases,
  • Tendering Profits
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2020 Springer, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
9-29-2020
Publication Date
29 Sep 2020
Disciplines
Citation Information
Palani Rajan Kadapakkam, Hongxian Zhang and Sinan Yildirim. "A Reexamination of the Tendering Profit Anomaly" Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting (2020) ISSN: 0924-865X; 1573-7179
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/hongxian-zhang/7/