We examine how the Bank of Japan’s purchase of exchange traded funds (ETFs) affects companies’ profit, innovation investment, and governance using a difference-in-differences method. The Bank of Japan has purchased ETFs tracking Nikkei 225 and TOPIX since December 2010. The results show that...

This study examines the institutional investors' trading strategies to exploit the post-earnings announcement drift (PEAD) around earnings announcements in China. China's fund management industry is developing rapidly. Our findings suggest the possibility that institutional investors trade on...