Annual Conference

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Investment Finance, Senior Fellows/Fellows

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May 2018

Using detailed data of margin investors’ leverage ratios and trading activities, we provide novel evidence for the effect of margin-induced trading on the cross-section of stock returns during the recent market turmoil in China. We first document the deleverge-induced sales. Aggregating this behav...
Keywords: Margin trading, Leverage, contagion, network centrality
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Annual Conference

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Investment Finance, Senior Fellows/Fellows

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May 2018

We examine whether globalization may unintendedly allow financial institutions with low managerial skills to grow. Using a complete sample of global mutual funds, we find that low-skilled fund companies may strategically differentiate their products by launching new funds that track less-explored fo...
Keywords: Globalization, Cross-border capital flows, Mutual Funds, Skills, market efficiency
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Annual Conference

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Investment Finance

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May 2018

We study actual trading transactions that are darker than all “dark pools,” as they are truly invisible to the marketplace both pre- and post-trade. Using a proprietary dataset of institutional trades, we analyze internal crosses – transactions which allow institutions to match purchases and s...
Keywords: Institutional trading, Cross Trading, Inter-Fund Trade, Asset Management, Economies of Scale, Trading Cost, Best Execution
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Annual Conference

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Investment Finance

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May 2018

Using point-in-time accounting data, we estimate monthly fair values of 25,000+ stocks from 36 countries. A trading strategy based on deviations from fair value earns significant risk-adjusted returns (“alpha”) in most regions, especially Asia-Pacific, that are unrelated to known anomalies. The ...
Keywords: International finance, valuation, Asset Pricing, market efficiency, Fundamental analysis, Point-in-time, Transaction costs, Principal components, Instrumented principal components analysis
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Annual Conference

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Investment Finance

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May 2018

We exploit a discontinuity in the New York Stock Exchange Designated Market Maker (DMM) contract to identify causal effects of DMM participation on equilibrium market outcomes. We document that contractual features that enhance DMM participation are associated with increased depth, narrower bid-ask ...
Keywords: Liquidity provision, designated market maker, NYSE
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