... or as a negative signal by investors. Design/methodology/approach The perception of incomplete share repurchase programs by algorithmic traders, institutional investors and analysts is analyzed with structural equation models, seemingly unrelated regressions, propensity score matching and buy-and-hold...

...Heng (Emily) Wang; Xiaoyang Zhu Purpose The dissemination of misleading and false information through media can jeopardize a company’s reputation, thus posing a threat to its stock and performance. Institutional investors are known to influence capital markets. Therefore, this paper investigates...

...Mahmoud Agha; Md Mosharraf Hossain; Md Shajul Islam Purpose This study examines the impact of chief executive officer (CEO) power, institutional investors and their interaction on green financing provided by Bangladeshi financial institutions and the moderating effect of government policy and CEO...

...Ramzi Benkraiem; Faten Lakhal; Afef Slama Purpose This study provides new insights into the relationship between the heterogeneity of institutional investors (IIs) and corporate tax avoidance (CTA). It also investigates whether family ownership moderates this relationship. Design/methodology...

... investors Institutional investors Precautionary motive Agency motive G10 G20 G32 Research on corporate cash holdings has been one of the central topics in corporate finance literature during the last two decades. Amess et al. (2015) argue that the reason behind this increase...

... and disaggregate market uncertainty using institutional investors' trading data from Ancerno Ltd. The relation between market uncertainty, as measured by trading disagreements among institutional investors, and information search is analyzed using an OLS (Ordinary Least Squares) regression model. Findings...

..., the sovereign crisis period), the high shareholders’ protection had a positive and significant impact on the stock market returns. Furthermore, the shareholders’ protection, the Treasury Bill, the institutional investors, the board’s size, had a negative and significant effect on the stock returns volatility...

... with higher cost of debt. However, the positive association between PCFs and the cost of debt is attenuated by higher institutional ownership (IO). Further test reveals that monitoring by institutional investors is heterogeneous from the perspective of domicile. Local institutional investors...

...Galla Salganik-Shoshan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the dynamics of mutual fund investment flows across the business cycle. To account for the differences in the flow patterns of funds catered for institutional investors and those focusing on retail investors, the author...

...P. Joakim Westerholm; Priyantha Mudalige; Petko S Kalev; Huu Nhan Duong Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the immediate impact of firm-specific announcements on the trading volume of individual and institutional investors on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), during...

...Aymen Ajina; Faten Lakhal; Danielle Sougné Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of institutional investors’ ownership and type on information asymmetry and stock market liquidity in France. Design/methodology/approach – The sample includes 162 French-listed firms...