The relevance of broker networks for information diffusion in the stock market
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Author(s)
Maggio, Marco Di
Franzoni, Francesco
Kermani, Amir
Sommavilla, Carlo
Type
Journal Article
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.
Date Issued
2019-11
Date Acceptance
2018-06-22
Citation
Journal of Financial Economics, 2019, 134 (2), pp.419-446
ISSN
0304-405X
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
419
End Page
446
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Financial Economics
Volume
134
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
Copyright © Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2019.04.002
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-04-06