Are employee decisions informative in the stock market? Evidence from employee downsizing in Japan

IF 7.4 2区经济学 Q1 BUSINESS, FINANCE Finance Research Letters Pub Date : 2024-12-10 DOI:10.1016/j.frl.2024.106611

Keishi Fujiyama, Yusuke Fukaya, Philip Keejae Hong, Toshio Moriwaki

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Abstract

This study investigates whether employee decisions on downsizing program applications convey private information in Japan. We find that the stock market reacts negatively to downsizing announcements with both substantial excess and shortfall outcomes. Additional analyses reveal that the negative market reactions for shortfall announcements are driven by those with a positive market reaction to the initial announcement and that firms with a shortfall in downsizing initially propose larger downsizing targets. These findings suggest that employee decisions during downsizing processes convey private information to stock investors and that managers may strategically set higher downsizing expectations to meet a desired downsizing target.

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在股票市场中，员工的决定是否具有信息性？日本裁员的证据

本研究调查了日本员工在裁员计划申请上的决定是否传达了私人信息。我们发现，股票市场对裁员公告的反应是负面的，无论是实质性的过剩还是短缺的结果。进一步的分析表明，市场对短缺公告的负面反应是由那些对最初公告有积极市场反应的公司所驱动的，而裁员不足的公司最初会提出更大的裁员目标。这些发现表明，员工在裁员过程中的决策向股票投资者传递了私人信息，管理者可能会在战略上设定更高的裁员预期，以达到预期的裁员目标。

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Finance Research Letters BUSINESS, FINANCE-

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11.10

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14.40%

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863

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