This paper shows that the positive correlation between the presence of institutional investors and a firm’s likelihood of being acquired is due to ownership endogeneity, i.e., due to the fact that institutions are better informed investors. After controlling for this ownership endogeneity, the presence of institutional investors reduces the probability of being acquired. There is also evidence ...

The study examines the relationship between Board Composition and Earnings Management. A set of listed Companies have been investigated to analyze the relationship for the year 2003 to 2007. Board Composition has been measured by Board independence, and Institutional ownership. Whereas earnings management has been quantified by discretionary accruals. Modified Cross Sectional Jones Model (1995)...

Using holdings data on a representative sample of all Shanghai Stock Exchange investors, we show that increases in ownership breadth (the fraction of market participants who own a stock) predict low returns: highest change quintile stocks underperform lowest quintile stocks by 23% per year. Small retail investors drive this result. Retail ownership breadth increases appear to be correlated with...