CAPITAL MARKET REACTIONS IN BRAZIL AND AUSTRALIA AFTER THE ENVIRONMENTAL ACCIDENT OF SAMARCO MINING COMPANY
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https://doi.org/10.16930/2237-7662/rccc.v17n52.2659Keywords:
Institutional Theory, Stakeholder Theory, Event Analysis, Mining Sector, Environmental Accidents.Abstract
This paper analyzes the reaction of the capital market after the environmental accident of the mining company Samarco. Samarco is organized as a joint venture between the Brazilian company Vale and the Anglo-Australian company BHP Billiton. The technique of event study was used to calculate the systematic risk (beta) and to evaluate the variations in the return of the shares of companies of the mining sector of the Brazilian and Australian capital markets. Data for the study were obtained from the BM & FBOVESPA for Brazilian companies and the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) for Australian businesses, throughout the year 2015. The survey results show that in Brazil, just Vale company showed a decline beta coefficient. In the case of Australian companies there was a decline in systematic risk for companies BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and NCM. The disruption of the Samarco mining dam Fundão has entered into the role of global environmental disasters. However, the economic, environmental, and social impacts were quickly absorbed by the capital market, and did not affect the value of the shares of mining companies in the sector in Brazil and Australia in the long run.References
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