European Business Schools Librarian's Group
Working Papers,
Copenhagen Business School, Department of Finance
No 2002-2: Price and Volume Effects Associated with Changes in the Danish Blue-Chip Index - The KFX Index
Ken L. Bechmann
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Ken L. Bechmann: Department of Finance, Copenhagen Business School, Postal: Department of Finance, Copenhagen Business School, Solbjerg Plads 3, A5, DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Abstract: The Danish blue-chip index - the KFX Index - provides an interesting case for
studying the effects of changes in a stock market index. This is because of the unique
selection criterion used for the composition of the KFX Index. The criterion is pub-
licly known and based on a combination of liquidity and market value of the stock.
Consistent with the selection criterion, the stock price effects are generally small
at the announcement of a change and at the later date when the change comes into
effect. However, the deleted stocks experience an abnormal return averaging
Keywords: Changes in indices; composition; price and liquidity effects
31 pages, March 10, 2002
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