Evaluating the Relation between Relative Efficiency and Equity Returns of industrial companies in the privatization process

Zaghian, Mohammad

doi:10.30473/indeco.2021.7409

Document Type : applicative

Author

Mohammad Zaghian

Authors' introduction in English: Payame Noor University, , Iran

https://doi.org/10.30473/indeco.2021.7409

Abstract

The Fourth Plan for Economic and Social Development, as well as the Privatization Plan for Iran, emphasizes the promotion of relative efficiency. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effect of relative efficiency on the stock returns of private companies operating in the industrial sector. For this purpose, while using the quarterly data of 165 companies for the period of 1390-1381 (privatization program implementation period), the panel vector autoregressive method (Panel VAR) was used to evaluate the effect of relative efficiency on stock returns. In addition, the dynamics of the relationships between relative efficiency and stock returns were tested.

By controlling other factors and variables affecting the rate of return, the result shows that efficiency has a significant explanatory power on the stock returns of industrial companies and is in line with theoretical foundations and empirical evidence.

Keywords

20.1001.1.24767077.1399.4.11.3.1

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Evaluating the Relation between Relative Efficiency and Equity Returns of industrial companies in the privatization process

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Volume 4, Issue 11
April 2020
Pages 39-48

Evaluating the Relation between Relative Efficiency and Equity Returns of industrial companies in the privatization process

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Volume 4, Issue 11April 2020Pages 39-48

Volume 4, Issue 11
April 2020
Pages 39-48