Institutional Investors and Information Asymmetry: An Event Study of Self-Tender Offers
Authors: O'Neill M.1; Swisher J.2
Source: The Financial Review, Volume 38, Number 2, May 2003 , pp. 197-211(15)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Abstract:
Our research compares the asymmetric information costs of firms with low levels of institutional ownership to those with high levels. We use self-tender offers as an information event. Our results show that higher institutional ownership, particularly a higher number of institutional investors, is associated with a lower degree of informed trading. These results persist even after we control for differences in trading activity among our sample firms.Keywords: institutions; asymmetric information; block; G14/G20/G32
Document Type: Research article
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1540-6288.00042
Affiliations: 1: University of Idaho 2: Western Michigan University
Publication date: 2003-05-01
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