Graduation Year
2022
Date of Submission
12-2021
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Economics
Reader 1
Murat Binay
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Abstract
This paper examines the relationship between firm characteristics and a company’s stock returns surrounding the announcement of the CARES Act. The stock returns included are cumulative abnormal returns calculated for each consumer goods stock in the S&P 500 surrounding March 25th, 2020, the day the CARES Act was passed by the U.S. Senate. The paper includes a cross-sectional ordinary least squares regression that attempts to uncover the empirical determinants of stock price reactions to COVID-19 fiscal stimulus. The findings suggest that financial leverage is highly correlated with cumulative abnormal returns. Whether a company sells consumer staple or consumer discretionary products is also significantly correlated with cumulative abnormal returns.
Recommended Citation
Schulten, Alexa, "How Do Firm Characteristics Affect Stock Price Reactions to COVID-19 Fiscal Stimulus?" (2022). CMC Senior Theses. 2895.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/2895
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
