Fernando, Chitru S.; Gatchev, Vladimir A.; Spindt, Paul A. - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 36 (2012) 8, pp. 2175-2189
We study the mutual relationships between institutional ownership, analyst following and share prices. We show that the pressure on firms to set lower share prices to attract analysts is attenuated by institutional monitoring. Our theory refutes the assumed causal relation between share price...