The Impact of Brand Value Announcements on Firm Value: An Event Study Analysis
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Abstract
| U.S. firms are not required to report the values of internally-developed brands on their balance sheets. This paper tests whether brand value estimates provided by an external organism, i.e., the consultancy firm Interbrand, are value relevant. Unlike prior value relevance studies we use an event study analysis, which enables us to assess (i) whether brand value announcements have a causal impact on stock prices, (ii) what is the magnitude of the impact, and (iii) whether there are cross-sectional differences in the brand value impact. We document that stockholder reactions to brand value announcements are both statistically and economically significant. Stock prices are linearly increasing in the magnitude of the brand value change relative to the previous year’s estimated value. |
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| Paolo Perego |
