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When an Executive Departs: An Informational Content Story

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  • Seunghan Nam
  • Joshua Ronen
  • Tavy Ronen

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Information about an executive's decisions at his/her former employer can have a significant impact on the stock returns of his/her current employer, even after the job change occurs. In this article, we analyze transfers of information, which, we argue, reflect executive decision‐making ability as executives change jobs. We examine information about restructurings and write‐downs at the new employer emerging after the executive has left an employer that indicates the executive is of lower ability than investors had expected at the time of the hiring. Our results show that such signals are associated with significant negative returns to the current employer's shares, particularly for within‐industry job changes. We distinguish between restructurings at firms with and without departing executives and find that following an executive's departure, firms that had executives depart experience negative market reactions. Le départ d'un cadre supérieur : une question de contenu en informations Les informations relatives aux décisions prises par un cadre supérieur dans le cadre de ses fonctions auprès de son employeur précédent peuvent avoir une incidence marquée sur le rendement des actions de son employeur actuel, même après le changement de fonctions. Les auteurs analysent les transferts d'informations qui, selon eux, reflètent les aptitudes décisionnelles stratégiques des cadres supérieurs lorsque ceux‐ci changent de fonctions. Ils se penchent sur les informations relatives aux restructurations et aux réductions de valeur opérées par le nouvel employeur qui font surface une fois que le cadre supérieur a quitté un employeur et selon lesquelles les aptitudes dudit cadre sont inférieures aux attentes des investisseurs au moment de l'embauche. Les résultats de l’étude révèlent que ces indicateurs sont associés à des rendements négatifs importants des actions de l'employeur actuel, en particulier dans le cas de changements de fonctions à l'intérieur d'un même secteur d'activité. Les auteurs établissent la distinction entre les restructurations selon que les sociétés en cause affichent ou non des départs de cadres supérieurs, et ils constatent qu’à la suite du départ de cadres supérieurs, les sociétés concernées connaissent des réactions négatives du marché.

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  • Seunghan Nam & Joshua Ronen & Tavy Ronen, 2018. "When an Executive Departs: An Informational Content Story," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 35(4), pages 1973-1998, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:coacre:v:35:y:2018:i:4:p:1973-1998
    DOI: 10.1111/1911-3846.12395
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