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Another Look at Market Responses to Tangible and Intangible Information

Kent Daniel, Columbia Business School, Columbia University and NBER, USA, kd2371@columbia.edu , Sheridan Titman, University of Texas, Austin and NBER, USA, Sheridan.Titman@mccombs.utexas.edu
 
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Kent Daniel and Sheridan Titman (2016), "Another Look at Market Responses to Tangible and Intangible Information", Critical Finance Review: Vol. 5: No. 1, pp 165-175. http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/104.00000031

Publication Date: 12 May 2016
© 2016 K. Daniel and S. Titman
 
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G120G140G170
Asset PricingStock ReturnsMarket Efficiency
 

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In this article:
1. Motivation 
2. Empirical Evidence 
3. Conclusions 
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Abstract

As Gerakos and Linnainmaa (2016) point out, the Daniel and Titman (2006) decomposition of returns into tangible and intangible components can potentially be ambiguous. In particular DT’s book-return, the adjusted growth rate in book value per-share which DT use as a tangible measure of long-term performance, can be affected by a firm’s issuance and repurchase choices as well as by its profitability. This paper clarifies the relation between total book equity growth, our book-return measure, and our composite share issuance variable, and shows that our earlier conclusions are robust. We also provide out-ofsample tests.

DOI:10.1561/104.00000031