We propose the potential role of corporate investment in reducing market frictions by exploring the effect of corporate investment on the risk of a stock. Specifically, we demonstrate that higher corporate investment leads to lower premium for stocks exhibiting the delay with which stock price...

This study investigates whether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) increase the information asymmetry of underlying securities by examining the relationship between the US equity ETF ownership or turnover and the volume-conditioned daily return autocorrelation proposed by Llorente, Michaely, Saar, and...

We investigate whether market makers with inventory concerns are compensated with subsequent monthly returns in the cross-section. We find a significant negative relation between order flows and monthly returns, “the order flow effect”, suggesting that market makers lower prices for stocks...

We investigate the seasonality in the probability of information-based trading (PIN)-return relationship, the ‘January-PIN effect'. We find that on average stock returns decrease with PIN in January, in contrast to other calendar months. This pattern is more apparent for small stocks. We argue...

We suggest that price interaction among stocks is an important determinant of idiosyncratic volatility. We demonstrate that as more (less) stocks are listed in the markets, price interaction among stocks increases (decreases), and hence stocks, on average, become more (less) volatile. Our...

This article investigates how “systematic” adjustment costs proxied by market imperfections, and macroeconomic conditions affect capital structure dynamics in a cross-country setting. We document substantial variations in firms' capital structure adjustments across countries and,...

This study establishes a link between corporate investment and short-term return reversal by addressing the role of corporate investment in shaping stock liquidity. We find that short-term return reversal is less pronounced for stocks with high corporate investment. Moreover, the analysis shows...

We document that corporate investment contributes to stock liquidity. This study demonstrates a positive relationship between abnormal corporate investment and stock liquidity in the crosssection. Moreover, stock liquidity improves more apparently for firms with financial constraints. Our...

This paper examines the dual e ffects of informed trading on expected returns: information transmission and information risk. We show that the relationship between informed trading and expected returns can be non-linear in theory and is indeed non-linear empirically. Specifically, the...

Based on the notion that private information necessarily accompanies trade and leads to return variation, this paper explores the positive relationship between informed trade and firm-specific return variation. Using the PIN as a measure of informed trade, we find that the PIN is positively...