| Authors |
Maggio, Franzoni, Kermani, Sommavilla |
| Journal |
Journal of Financial Economics |
| Year |
2019 |
| Type |
Published Paper |
| Abstract |
This paper shows that the network of relationships between brokers and institutional investors shapes information diffusion in the stock market. Central brokers gather information by executing informed trades, which is then leaked to their best clients. After large informed trades, other institutional investors are significantly more likely to execute similar trades through the same broker, allowing them to capture returns that are twice as large as their normal trading performance. Also indicative of information leakage, the clients of the broker employed by activist investors to execute their trades buy the same stocks just before the filing of the 13D. |
| Keywords |
Brokers, institutional investors, social networks, informed trading, market efficiency |
| URL |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2019.04.002 |
| Tags |
Archival Empirical |
Asset Pricing, Trading Volume and Market Efficiency |
Investment Decisions (Institutional) |
Social Network Structure
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