# kaal:claim:2629451-028

**Claim.** The negative market reaction at the end of the N/DPA term is the market acknowledging that suboptimal governance practices are likely to resume once the term expires.

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

**Holds when.**

- post-expiration windows in Figures 4 and 4a

**Source quote.**

> In turn, we interpret the negative market reaction at ENDPAT in Figures 4 and 4a as the market's acknowledgment that post N/DPA term expiration suboptimal governance practices are likely to continue

**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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**Failure mode.** post-term-governance-reversion  (family: enforcement-gap)

**Topics.** governance-design

**Keywords.** governance-backsliding, endpat, investor-reaction, firm-value

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