What to Be Disclosed? Attributes of Online Games for the Market Transparency Policy

Changwoo Suh, Byungtae Lee, Habin Lee, Youngseok Choi, Sunghan Ryu

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Abstract

This paper identifies main features of online games to be disclosed to the market for policy makers. It tests the positive relationships between information disclosure for online games and stock returns using event analysis method. Based on data collected from online game companies between 2004 to 2009 in South Korea, the paper finds positive and significant correlation between game rating information and stock reactions. Specifically, the positive reactions are clear when a company introduces casual games, and a company has development capability. However, we do not find any significant relationships between stock reactions and voluntary information releases after the game rating information released. The findings support the feasibility of introduction of mandatory information disclosure scheme for online game industry.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationElectronic Participation - 12th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference, ePart 2020, Proceedings
EditorsSara Hofmann, Csaba Csáki, Noella Edelmann, Thomas Lampoltshammer, Peter Parycek, Ulf Melin, Gerhard Schwabe, Efthimios Tambouris
PublisherSpringer
Pages81-92
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783030581404
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event12th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference on Electronic Participation, ePart 2019, held in conjunction with the 19th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference on Electronic Government, EGOV 2020, and the International Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government Conference, CeDEM 2020 - Linköping, Sweden
Duration: 31 Aug 20202 Sept 2020

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume12220 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference12th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference on Electronic Participation, ePart 2019, held in conjunction with the 19th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference on Electronic Government, EGOV 2020, and the International Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government Conference, CeDEM 2020
Country/TerritorySweden
CityLinköping
Period31/08/202/09/20

Keywords

  • Information disclosure
  • Information spillover
  • Online game
  • Stock returns

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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