In this article I examine the information content of options trading before auditor change announcements. Preannouncement abnormal implied volatility (IV) skew is negatively and significantly related to cumulative abnormal returns around auditor change announcements. The predictive power of abnormal IV skew is stronger for announcements of negative auditor changes and when the options market is more liquid, and is weaker when information has already been incorporated in the stock market. The results are robust to a placebo test and an alternative measure of informed options trading. Overall results suggest that informed options trading predicts auditor change announcement returns.
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Oklahoma State Univ, Dept Finance, Spears Sch Business, Stillwater, OK 74078 USAOklahoma State Univ, Dept Finance, Spears Sch Business, Stillwater, OK 74078 USA
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Oklahoma State Univ, Spears Sch Business, Dept Finance, Stillwater, OK 74078 USAOklahoma State Univ, Spears Sch Business, Dept Finance, Stillwater, OK 74078 USA
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McGill Univ, Desautels Fac Management, Montreal, PQ H3A 1G5, CanadaMcGill Univ, Desautels Fac Management, Montreal, PQ H3A 1G5, Canada
Augustin, Patrick
Subrahmanyam, Marti G.
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NYU, Leonard N Stern Sch Business, 550 1St Ave, New York, NY 10012 USA
New York Univ Shanghai, Dept Finance, Shanghai 200122, Peoples R ChinaMcGill Univ, Desautels Fac Management, Montreal, PQ H3A 1G5, Canada
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Rutgers State Univ, Rutgers Business Sch Newark & New Brunswick, Newark, NJ USARutgers State Univ, Rutgers Business Sch Newark & New Brunswick, Newark, NJ USA
Govindaraj, Suresh
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Li, Yubin
Zhao, Chen
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Southwestern Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Accounting, Chengdu, Peoples R ChinaRutgers State Univ, Rutgers Business Sch Newark & New Brunswick, Newark, NJ USA