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| Author: | Bernile, G. Jarrell, G.A. |
| Title: | The impact of the options backdating scandal on shareholders |
| Journal: | Journal of Accounting & Economics
2009 : MAR, VOL. 47:1-2, p. 2-26 |
| Index terms: | event studies options shareholders mergers |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Much public attention was paid to the revelation that scores of firms engaged in the illegal manipulation of stock options' grant dates (i.e. backdating). This study measures the stock market reaction to the option backdating scandal based on over 750 news events distributed across 129 firms. The evidence seem to indicate that the consequences stemming from management misconduct and misrepresentation are of first-order importance in this context since shareholders of firms accused of backdating experience large negative, statistically significant abnormal returns. Moreover, shareholders' losses are directly related to firms' likely culpability and the magnitude of the resulting restatements, despite the limited cash flow implications. Finally, the losses are attenuated when tainted management of less successful firms is more likely to be replaced and relatively many firms become takeover targets. |
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