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Tax Policy and Shareholder Wealth: Some Evidence from the Tax Reform Act of 1986
Author(s) -
Cox Raymond A. K.,
Kleiman Robert T.,
Stout R. Gene
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
financial review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.621
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1540-6288
pISSN - 0732-8516
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6288.1994.tb00820.x
Subject(s) - tax reform act , equity (law) , profitability index , shareholder , economics , financial economics , distribution (mathematics) , stock (firearms) , monetary economics , stock market , dividend tax , business , tax reform , finance , state income tax , public economics , corporate governance , mechanical engineering , gross income , mathematical analysis , paleontology , mathematics , horse , political science , law , biology , engineering
This paper presents additional evidence regarding the stock market reaction to the Tax Reform Act (TRA) of 1986. A prediction model of the change in the profitability index for thirty‐three industry groups as a result of the TRA is developed. This prediction model is then tested by examining abnormal industry returns surrounding the announcement of the TRA. The authors find that the distribution of the abnormal returns is related to the distribution of the predicted changes in industry equity investment returns, which suggests that the stock market was efficient in the pricing of news related to the TRA of 1986.