We examine intra-day market reactions to news in stock-specific sentiment disclosures. Using pre-processed data from an automated news analytics tool based on linguistic pattern recognition we extract information on the relevance as well as the direction of company-specific news....

We examine intra-day market reactions to news in stock-specific sentiment disclosures. Using pre-processed data from an automated news analytics tool based on linguistic pattern recognition we extract information on the relevance as well as the direction of company-specific news....

This study investigates the impact of foreign investors on the informational efficiency of stock prices in local markets. Using a large sample of Japanese firms over the period 1975 to 2008, we find that prices deviate less from a random walk for stocks with a large change in foreign ownership....

Market integration and informational efficiency of stock markets are key policy variables, yet have long been studied as separate concepts. In this article, we address the forthright question of whether a more integrated stock market is also a more informationally efficient market using a panel...

The present study contributes to the ongoing debate on possible costs and benefits of insider trading. We present a novel call auction model with insider information. Our model predicts that more insider information improves informational efficiency of prices, but this comes at the expense of...

This paper examines what institutional and bank-specific factors determine bank stock price synchronicity. Using data on 37 countries from 1996–2007, we find that bank stocks are more aligned with the whole market during the financial crisis; in countries that have more credit provided by...

This article analyzes intraday stock price and trading volume reactions to directors' dealings announcements in Germany and the United Kingdom from January 2007 to June 2010. The main findings show that prompt public disclosure of directors' dealings, as mandated by the EU Transparency...

When a firm commit to a more stringent disclosure regime, market maker relies more on disclosure itself and less on the alternative information source, such as abnormal trading volume. Using a panel of foreign firms that cross-list in US, I find significant deduction in the slope coefficient in...

We study how disclosure requirements for large short positions affect investor behavior and security prices. Short positions accumulate just below the applicable disclosure threshold as certain investors never disclose any of their positions. Further tests suggest that this secrecy is part of...