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This paper examines short sales transaction volumes on the first trading day of 610 initial public offerings (IPOs) from 2011 to 2015. The tests provide evidence of informed trading immediately at the IPO. Results reveal that short selling volume on the first trading day of the IPO is...
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We study the link between the profitability of momentum strategies and firm size, drawing on an extensive dataset … covering 14 stock markets across the globe. International momentum profitability is markedly higher in medium-size than in big … incurred when implementing this strategy. Thus, while small stocks exhibit momentum, exploiting this feature is hardly feasible …
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Modern open economy macro models assume the continuous adjustment of international portfolio allocation. We introduce gradual portfolio adjustment into a global equity market model. Our approach differs from related literature in two key dimensions. First, the time interval between portfolio...
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I model a market in which a trader with superior information about an asset is subject to careful scrutiny by another agent who immediately observes the trading decisions of the informed agent with some noise and engages in (klepto)parasitic behavior by imicking the informed trader and trading...
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premium attached to the option-like payoffs of past losers. An implementable dynamic momentum strategy based on forecasts of … each momentum strategy's mean and variance generates an unconditional Sharpe ratio approximately double that of the static … momentum strategy. Further, we show that momentum returns in panic states are correlated with, but not explained by, volatility …
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competitive strategy constitutes an important determinant of firms' investment decisions. The analysis reveals that becoming an … acquirer or a target depends on the strategy. Moreover, M&A deals are more likely between companies implementing the same … strategy. Those deals yield higher combined announcement returns, asset and sales growth. The same strategy effect is stronger …
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We find that investors are fixated on analysts' consensus outputs (earnings forecasts, recommendations, and forecast dispersion), which can be inferior signals compared to the corresponding outputs provided by high-quality analysts, especially when a large number of high-quality analysts follow...
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This paper studies how investors infer CEO commitment to honesty from earnings management and how these perceptions – in conjunction with investors’ own social and moral preferences – shape their investment choices. We conduct two laboratory experiments simulating investment choices. Our...
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This paper studies the earnings management behavior of a manager in a strategic game in which the manager may have incentives to avoid earnings below the analysts' consensus forecast and the analysts aiming to provide accurate forecasts behave as rational Bayesians. Our analysis reveals the...
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