Paper #871

Título:

Pension plan funding and stock market efficiency

Autores:

Francesco Franzoni y José M. Marín

Fecha:

Junio 2005

Resumen:

The paper argues that the market signifficantly overvalues firms with severely underfunded pension plans. These companies earn lower stock returns than firms with healthier pension plans for at least five years after the first emergence of the underfunding. The low returns are not explained by risk, price momentum, earnings momentum, or accruals. Further, the evidence suggests that investors do not anticipate the impact of the pension liability on future earnings, and they are surprised when the negative implications of underfunding ultimately materialize. Finally, underfunded firms have poor operating performance, and they earn low returns, although they are value companies.

Palabras clave:

Pricing anomalies, DB plans, market efficiency

Códigos JEL:

G12, G14, G23, J26, M41

Área de investigación:

Finanzas y Contabilidad

Publicado en:

The Journal of Finance, Volume 61, Number 2, April 2006, pp. 921-956(36)

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