This study investigates the announcement effects of the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) ETF purchase program on equity prices, focusing on the policy change made on March 19, 2021 when the BOJ announced that it would no longer purchase Nikkei225-tracking and JPX400-tracking ETFs but would purchase more...

This study investigates the impact of the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) exchange traded fund (ETF) purchasing program on the stock lending market. In particular, we focus on the fact that stocks held by ETF managers for the BOJ are lendable to other investors in order for them to make a short position...