This paper examines the relationship between institutional ownership and firm performance for 35 companies listed on the French financial market from 2002 to 2005. The empirical results provide evidence on the endogeneity of institutional ownership and support previous studies arguing the...

This paper aims at clarifying the relation between institutional ownership and firm performance. We propose in this context a new typology of institutional investors based on their behaviours (active or passive) and the principal factors that may influence them. Globally, our results corroborate...

Using the herding measures of Lakonishok, Shleifer and Vishny (1992) (LSV) and Frey, Herbst and Walter (2007) (FHW), we assess herding by French equity mutual funds between 1999 and 2005. We show that LSV herding amounts to 6.5% while FHW herding is about 2.5 times stronger. We observe that...

German open-ended real estate funds have net asset values that sum up to €120 bln invested in Germany and abroad. To increase transparency in this dominant investment sector within Germany, IPD has extended the available performance fund indices and now publishes a fund indicator covering the...

This paper examines the association between institutional ownership and the earnings management behavior of some French absorbing firms. Using a sample of 76 French mergers and absorptions concluded over the period ranging from 2000 to 2010, we undertake to present some empirical evidence...

This paper explores French assets returns predictability within a VAR setup. Using quarterly data from 1970Q4 to 2006Q4, it turns out that bonds, equities and bills returns are actually predictable. This feature implies that the investment horizon does indeed matter in the asset allocation. The...

We use a unique and comprehensive data set on open-end real estate funds in Germany to study a liquidity crisis that hit this industry between 2005 and 2006. Since this industry is comparably unregulated our data set permits us to contrast competing explanations of liquidity crisis. We find that...

We use a unique and comprehensive data set on open-end real estate funds in Germany to study a liquidity crisis that hit this industry between 2005 and 2006. Since this industry is comparably unregulated our data set permits us to contrast competing explanations of liquidity crisis. We find that...