Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Luiz Fernando Distadio, Andrew Ferguson, and Peter Lam Title: Common Stock Returns around Farmout Announcements in the Oil and Gas Industry Classification-JEL: F0 Volume: Volume 44 Issue: Number 4 Year: 2023 Abstract: We examine market reactions to farmout agreements, a common form of strategic alliance undertaken by oil and gas explorers internationally. Using an Australian sample of 722 farmout agreements announced during the 19902016 period, we find that farmout announcements generate a positive cumulative average abnormal return of 3.60% for farmors and 1.90% for farminees over a 3-day event window. Cross-sectional analysis of farmors' event returns provides results consistent with the resource pooling hypotheses. We also find that farmors' announcement returns are sensitive to the underlying oil price volatility, consistent with the real options view of farmout arrangements. Handle: RePEc:aen:journl:ej44-4-Ferguson File-URL: http://www.iaee.org/en/publications/ejarticle.aspx?id=4032 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to IAEE members and subscribers.