The behavior of institutional investors often deviates from established personal or social norms, which may reflect either an informational advantage or psychological bias. In this paper, we investigate the incentives of Chinese mutual funds holding lottery-type stocks, which are characterized...

We examine the effect of foreign institutional investors on firm innovation. Using firm-level data across 26 non-U.S. economies between 2000 and 2010, we show that foreign institutional ownership has a positive, causal effect on firm innovation. We further explore three possible underlying...

This paper investigates whether foreign institutional investors affect the global convergence of financial reporting practices. Using several measures of reporting convergence, we show that U.S. institutional ownership is positively associated with subsequent changes in emerging market firms'...

This paper investigates whether foreign institutional investors affect the global convergence of financial reporting practices. Using several measures of reporting convergence, we show that U.S. institutional ownership is positively associated with subsequent changes in emerging market firms'...

This paper examines whether firms' auditor choice affects their ability to access foreign equity capital. Using the equity holdings of 34,837 foreign mutual funds from 28 countries, we find evidence that appointing a Big 4 auditor increases the level of foreign mutual fund ownership in firms....

DeVault, Sias, and Starks (2019) find a positive relation between institutional investors’ net buying of risky stocks and the contemporaneous change in market sentiment. They interpret this as evidence that institutional investors are sentiment traders, whose demand shocks drive prices from...