This study examines how the level of business insights in a firm's MD&A interacts with its current financial performance to influence nonprofessional investors' judgments. Following the observations and guidance of the ASIC and SEC to define low-and high-insight MD&A, this study finds that...

This study investigates the association among management fees, ESG scores, and investment performance of ESG funds in China. It explores the significance of comprehending the cost-benefit analysis and long-term yields associated with sustainable investing. The investigation specifically...

Using a trading volume-based measure, we study the differences between institutional and individual investors in herding. First, better-informed institutional investors trade more selectively, whereas less-informed individuals allocate their investments evenly across stocks. Second, individual...

We examine the short-run dynamic relation between daily institutional trading and stock price volatility in a retail investor-dominated emerging market. We find a significantly negative relation between volatility and institutional net trading that is mainly due to the unexpected institutional...