Determinants of Market Reactions to Restatement Announcements

Posted: 1 Dec 2003

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Zoe-Vonna Palmrose

University of Southern California

Vernon J. Richardson

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

Susan Scholz

University of Kansas - Accounting and Information Systems Area

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Abstract

We examine the market reaction to a sample of 403 restatements announced from 1995 to 1999. We document an average abnormal return of about -9 percent over a two-day announcement window. We find that more negative returns are associated with restatements involving fraud, affecting more accounts, decreasing reported income and attributed to auditors or management (but not the SEC). There appears to be an additional penalty for announcements that do not quantify the restatement. Finally, we provide evidence on the relation between restatement announcements and analyst earnings forecast dispersion, bid-ask spreads and subsequent revisions in analyst earnings forecasts.

Keywords: misstatements, fraud, auditor

JEL Classification: M41, G12, G29, K22, M49

Suggested Citation

Palmrose, Zoe-Vonna and Richardson, Vernon J. and Scholz, Susan, Determinants of Market Reactions to Restatement Announcements. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=474384

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