Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/161917 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 6478
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
The UK’s decision to leave the EU is surrounded by several studies simulating its potential effects. Alternatively, we examine expectations embodied in stock returns using a two-part estimation process. While most firms’ prices fell, there was considerable heterogeneity in their relative changes. We show that this heterogeneity can be explained by the firm’s global value chain, with heavily European firms doing relatively worse. For firms with few imported intermediates, this was partially offset by a greater Sterling depreciation. These changes were primarily in the first two days and highly persistent. Understanding these movements gives a better understanding Brexit’s potential effects.
Subjects: 
global value chain
event study
Brexit
JEL: 
F15
F23
G14
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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