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. 2021 Oct 4;47(4):785–816. doi: 10.1057/s41288-021-00243-5

Table 3.

Test statistics for single days

Full sample
2 Apr 3 Apr 6 Apr 7 Apr 8 Apr 9 Apr 14 Apr
Average abnormal return (%) 0.6447  − 3.2290 0.6684 2.5495  − 1.0765 1.1867  − 2.1149
Test statistic tS 1.2439  − 6.2304 1.2896 4.9193  − 2.0771 2.2898  − 4.0808
Cumulative distribution function (%) 89.3238 0.0000 90.1404 100.0000 1.8894 98.8983 0.0022
Significance of negative abnormal return *** ** ***
Reduced sample
2 Apr 3 Apr 6 Apr 7 Apr 8 Apr 9 Apr 14 Apr
Average abnormal return (%) 4.0755  − 4.2818  − 0.4327 2.0905  − 0.6669 1.4422  − 2.7471
Test statistic tS 6.3604  − 6.6824  − 0.6753 3.2626  − 1.0408 2.2508  − 4.2873
Cumulative distribution function (%) 100.0000 0.0000 24.9741 99.9448 14.8991 98.7801 0.0009
Significance of negative abnormal return *** ***
Residual sample
2 Apr 3 Apr 6 Apr 7 Apr 8 Apr 9 Apr 14 Apr
Average abnormal return (%)  − 0.6419  − 2.8342 1.0812 2.7216  − 1.2301 1.0909  − 1.8779
Test statistic tS  − 1.2108  − 5.3462 2.0396 5.1339  − 2.3204 2.0578  − 3.5423
Cumulative distribution function (%) 11.2993 0.0000 97.9306 100.0000 1.0158 98.0196 0.0198
Significance of negative abnormal return *** ** ***

Test statistics are calculated according to Formula (5). The numbers for cumulative distribution function provide the quantiles for a standard normal distribution. This means for the numbers close to 100%, abnormal returns are significantly positive; for the numbers close to 0% abnormal returns are significantly negative. ***, ** and * represent a confidence level lower than 1%, 5% and 10% for the significance of negative abnormal return, respectively

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