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Going Concern Opinions and the Market's Reaction to Bankruptcy Filings


Kevin C. W. Chen and Bryan K. Church The Accounting Review Vol. 71, No. 1 (Jan., 1996), pp. 117-128 Published by: American Accounting Association Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/248358 10.2307/248358 Previous Item Next Item

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Next PageNext Page End of preview. Back to top. The Accounting Review 1996 American Accounting Association Abstract: This study investigates the association between going concern opinions and the market's reaction to bankruptcy filings. The results of prior studies indicate that going concern opinions are useful in predicting bankruptcy and provide some explanatory power in predicting bankruptcy resolution. As such, going concern opinions may reduce the surprise associated with bankruptcy. Our results are consistent with this assertion. Firms receiving going concern opinions experience less negative excess returns in the period surrounding bankruptcy filings than those receiving unqualified opinions. These results hold after controlling for the probability of bankruptcy, the market's reaction to news announcements occurring

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prior to bankruptcy, and changes in stock price prior to the issuance of the auditor's report. Overall, our results are consistent with going concern opinions having information value.

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