Tiny prices in a tiny market: evidence from Portugal on optimal share prices

dc.contributor.authorPereira, J.
dc.contributor.authorCutelo, T.
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-03T19:31:45Z
dc.date.available2015-12-03T19:31:45Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.updated2015-12-03T19:30:09Z
dc.descriptionWOS:000319874500008 (Nº de Acesso Web of Science)
dc.description.abstractThe Portuguese stock market provides a natural experimental area to analyse theories of optimal price per share. Its characteristics suggest that prices should be very low. Using a sample of 20 stocks from the main Portuguese Stock Index from 1999 to 2010, we observe that Portuguese corporations indeed seek extremely low prices per share through stock splits and similar actions. However, we find that low-price stocks are actually less liquid than high-price stocks. Furthermore, low-price stocks trade at lower valuation ratios. Our results do not support any of the existing theories on optimal price per share and therefore add to the nominal share price puzzle.por
dc.distributionInternacionalpor
dc.identifier.issn1354-7798por
dc.identifier.urihttps://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/public/pub/id/10398
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10071/10313
dc.journalEuropean Financial Managementpor
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.number3por
dc.pagination579-598por
dc.peerreviewedSimpor
dc.publicationstatusPublicadopor
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwellpor
dc.relation.publisherversionThe definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-036X.2011.00602.xpor
dc.rightsembargoed accesspor
dc.subjectPrice per sharepor
dc.subjectLiquiditypor
dc.subjectValuationpor
dc.subjectStock splitpor
dc.titleTiny prices in a tiny market: evidence from Portugal on optimal share pricespor
dc.typearticleen_US
dc.volume19por
degois.publication.firstPage579por
degois.publication.issue3por
degois.publication.lastPage598por
degois.publication.titleEuropean Financial Managementpor
dspace.entity.typePublicationen

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