Ben-David, Itzhak; Franzoni, Francesco; Landier, Augustin; … - Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse … - 2011
We find evidence of significant price manipulation at the stock level by hedge funds on critical reporting dates. Stocks in the top quartile by hedge fund holdings exhibit abnormal returns of 30 basis points in the last day of the month and a reversal of 25 basis points in the following day....