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Stock-price reaction to equity issues of utilities: the influence of regulatory climate

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  • Greg Filbeck

    (Department of Finance, College of Business, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA)

  • Raymond F. Gorman

    (Department of Finance, School of Business Administration, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA)

  • Gautam Vora

    (Department of FIT Management, Anderson Schools of Management, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1221, USA)

Abstract

Regulation of public utilities is pervasive in any modern economy. Regulation is designed to overcome the deficiencies of market discipline. The decisions of a regulatory agency have impacts for all parties concerned, namely, consumers, management, investors, and community. The economic impact of a regulatory agency has been deeply analyzed. Many researchers have studied the stock-price reaction to announcements of new issues of industrial and utility companies. We examine the stock-price reaction to the announcements of new equity of utilities attempting to operationalize several theoretic models explaining this reaction. Using an event-study method, this examination is conducted while explicitly controlling for the regulatory climate under which these utilities operate. The main findings are: (1) the reaffirmation that the price reaction of stocks of utilities is negative; and (2) no significant influence of regulatory regimes on the price reaction was detected. The second finding is quite unanticipated Some speculative explanations are offered for the absence of impact of regulatory climate. It appears that stock market participants are sophisticated enough to do their own 'due diligence' and do not consider the overseeing by state public service commissions as relevant for stock valuation. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Greg Filbeck & Raymond F. Gorman & Gautam Vora, 1997. "Stock-price reaction to equity issues of utilities: the influence of regulatory climate," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 18(7-8), pages 731-745.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:mgtdec:v:18:y:1997:i:7-8:p:731-745
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1468(199711/12)18:7/8<731::AID-MDE861>3.0.CO;2-I
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    1. Greg Filbeck & Raymond Gorman, 2004. "The Relationship between the Environmental and Financial Performance of Public Utilities," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 29(2), pages 137-157, October.
    2. Banu Dincer, 2016. "The Role of Sustainability Disclosures for the Capital Market Participants: Evidence from Turkey," International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting, Finance and Management Sciences, Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting, Finance and Management Sciences, vol. 6(4), pages 134-141, October.

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