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Description
Title
Essays on Fundamental Analysis
Author(s)
Donelson, Dain C.
Issue Date
2007
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Sougiannis, Theodore
Department of Study
Accountancy
Discipline
Accountancy
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Business Administration, Accounting
Language
eng
Abstract
In the second chapter, I use a fundamental analysis strategy based upon common operating performance metrics to distinguish informative insider trades from noise trades. Insiders who trade consistently with these accounting fundamentals earn higher abnormal returns than the abnormal returns normally earned by insiders or those from the fundamental analysis strategy. A trading strategy based on the combination of publicly available insider trading and accounting data earns annual abnormal returns of approximately 15.1% after controlling for market, size, book-to-market and momentum factors. This trading strategy earns positive returns in each year of the study. These results are consistent with the selected set of insider trades being particularly informative with respect to mispricing.
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