FAU-CMF-Finec. Death, Destruction and Manipulation

Maimuna Akter, PhD Candidate in Finance, Florida Atlantic University: 0:01 Previous experience and choice of research topic 3:10 Arnold Schwarzenegger: “Climate change is not science fiction“ 3:59 Motivation 8:05 Research Question: How do climate disasters works as a determinant of market manipulation? 8:22 Literature Review: Market manipulation 10:26 Literature Review: Natural disasters and market reactions 11:48 Literature Review: Firm locations 13:13 Literature Review: Investors’ reactions and stock price 14:06 Hypotheses 16:30 Methodology 17:53 Disaster data and Manipulation data 18:50 Sample Statistics 19:50 Manipulation trend 20:20 Comparison of Mean and Median tests for natural disasters and continuous trading manipulation 21:30 Regression results for main dependent variables 22:18 Regression results with the firms that experience manipulation 22:45 Panel regressions for disaster-manipulation behavior in different industries 23:15 Volatility vs. manipulation 24:34 Main Findings 25:38 Implications an