The stock price reaction of the COVID-19 pandemic on the airline, hotel, and tourism industries.

COVID-19 Event study Market reaction Multi-variate regression model

Journal

Finance research letters
ISSN: 1544-6131
Titre abrégé: Financ Res Lett
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101768122

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jan 2022
Historique:
received: 13 01 2021
revised: 24 03 2021
accepted: 02 04 2021
entrez: 11 1 2022
pubmed: 12 1 2022
medline: 12 1 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

This paper investigates the stock market performance from the second half of February through the latter portion of March 2020 for U.S. travel-related firms (airlines, restaurants, and hotels) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Clearly the reduction in travel was negative news for the travel industry; however, we focus on the factors used by market participants to price the information into stock prices. We find that larger firms with greater cash reserves and higher market-to-book ratios experienced less negative returns, while firms with greater leverage were penalized more. Additionally, we find that cash reserves were particularly important for hotels.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35013674
doi: 10.1016/j.frl.2021.102047
pii: S1544-6123(21)00128-8
pmc: PMC8733894
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

102047

Informations de copyright

© 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Références

J Behav Exp Finance. 2020 Dec;28:100387
pubmed: 32868990
Financ Res Lett. 2021 Nov;43:101977
pubmed: 33613130

Auteurs

David Carter (D)

Department of Finance, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.

Sharif Mazumder (S)

Department of Finance, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.
Haile/US Bank College of Business, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY, 41099, USA.

Betty Simkins (B)

Department of Finance, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.

Eric Sisneros (E)

Department of Finance, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.

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