An empirical investigation of capital expenditure announcements

Nikos Vafeas and Catherine Shenoy

Applied Economics Letters, 2005, vol. 12, issue 14, 907-911

Abstract: The market reaction to capital expenditure announcements is studied in the backdrop of Jensen's (1986) free cash flow hypothesis. Initial results confirm McConnell and Muscarella's (1985) original findings suggesting that announcement-period returns follow in sign announced changes in capital spending. Moreover, estimating regressions similar to Lang et al. (1991) provides evidence that is somewhat weak, supportive of the free cash flow hypothesis in explaining announcement-period returns. Finally, an alternative information-signalling explanation for the market reaction cannot be ruled out entirely.

Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1080/1350485052000345564

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