Breach of continuous disclosure in Australia
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The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia)
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Given that disclosure is important for the efficient functioning of capital markets, this paper explores the impact of infringement of continuous disclosure by Australian listed firms. We observe a significantly negative market reaction for our sample firms around the day an infringement is announced. Our findings also provide partial evidence of an increase in spreads and a decrease in price informativeness following the announcement of a breach. Overall, our results indicate that the market considers the breach of continuous disclosure to be a relatively important incident.Description
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JASSA: The Finsia Journal of Applied Finance(4), pp.21 - 26
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