# kaal:claim:2629451-027

**Claim.** The positive market reaction at announcement and at the start of the term is the market acknowledging that an N/DPA gives the firm an opportunity to be better managed, more compliant, and less exposed to penalties.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- post-announcement and post-start-of-term windows

**Source quote.**

> Consistent with Hypothesis 2, we interpret the positive market reaction at ANDPA and BNDPAT as the market's acknowledgement that the execution and effectiveness of an N/DPA is an opportunity for the entity to be better managed, more compliant, with fewer possibilities to incur penalties

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, Timothy Lacine, *Stock Price Response to Non- and Deferred Prosecution Agreements* (2015), VI. Discussion, page 19

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Timothy Lacine, Stock Price Response to Non- and Deferred Prosecution Agreements (2015). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2629451

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**Topics.** compliance, governance-design

**Keywords.** compliance, governance-improvement, firm-value, investor-reaction

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