Short-Term Price Reaction to Filing for Bankruptcy and Restructuring Proceedings—The Case of Poland

Błażej Prusak and Marcin Potrykus
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Marcin Potrykus: Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdańsk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland

Risks, 2021, vol. 9, issue 3, 1-14

Abstract: This study aims to check market reaction to filing for bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings and to verify the short-term effect of a price reversal in the Polish market in the years 2004–2019. The research was conducted by dividing the analysed companies according to the procedure (bankruptcy and restructuring) and market (the main market and the NewConnect market). The research methodology used in the study is the event analysis method (AR, CAR, AAR and CAAR rates were used in the research), with a few statistical tests ( T -test, Generalized rank Z Test, Generalized rank T -Test, Patell or Standardized Residual Test, Kolari and Pynnönen adjusted Patell or Standardized Residual Test). It was found that share prices in the Polish share market react quickly to public information about filing an application for bankruptcy or restructuring. For all analysed companies, the mean rate of return on the event day was equal to ?14%, and on the next day, it was ?3%. Regardless of the type of share market and the form of proceedings, the reversal effect was not confirmed in the short term. It was found that cumulative above-average rates of return fall more strongly for companies listed on the less liquid Newconnect market (?23.6%), and when information on the filing for bankruptcy proceedings is provided (?28.5%), as opposed to the main market (?19.1%) and restructuring proceedings (?17%). The cumulative average rate of return for all analysed companies in the research period (?2, +10 days) was equal to ?20.6%.

Keywords: bankruptcy; behavioural finance; price reaction; event analysis; market efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C G0 G1 G2 G3 K2 M2 M4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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