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Why Do UK Firms Repurchase Their Own Shares? (2022)
Journal Article
Kungwal. (2022). Why Do UK Firms Repurchase Their Own Shares?. International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance,

We examine the practice of share repurchases in the UK from 2000 to 2016 We find that an important regulatory reform in 2003, which relaxed previously strict rules about repurchases, was followed by a significant increase in repurchase activity by UK... Read More about Why Do UK Firms Repurchase Their Own Shares?.

Why Do UK Firms Repurchase Their Own Shares? (2022)
Journal Article
Dedman, E., Hua, S., & Kungwal, T. (in press). Why Do UK Firms Repurchase Their Own Shares?. International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance, 13(2), https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBAAF.2022.126155

We examine the practice of share repurchases in the UK. We find that an important regulatory reform in 2003, which relaxed previously strict rules about repurchases, was followed by a significant increase in repurchase activity by UK listed firms. Ho... Read More about Why Do UK Firms Repurchase Their Own Shares?.

Assessing the impact of market logic and long-term strategic plans of top management in share buyback decisions (2022)
Journal Article
Demirag, I., Kungwal, T., & Bakkar, Y. (2022). Assessing the impact of market logic and long-term strategic plans of top management in share buyback decisions. Managerial Finance, 48(3), 392 - 408. https://doi.org/10.1108/mf-07-2021-0336

<jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Purpose</jats:title><jats:p>This paper investigates stakeholders' perspectives of share buybacks in the context of time-horizons of investment decisions and strategy.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:s... Read More about Assessing the impact of market logic and long-term strategic plans of top management in share buyback decisions.