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...

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Using the unique datasets of the Korean Stock Exchange (KSE), this paper finds that foreign ownership and trading activity negatively affects the price discovery process of common stocks. In contrast, the trading activity of domestic investors enhances information efficiency of intraday prices....

Purpose: Both short sellers and margin traders believe in active investment. However, they have the opposite opinions about the prediction of future share price direction: while short sellers are those who predict future price declines, investors buying on margin are those who predict future...

Korean Abstract: 본 연구는 경영자 스톡옵션과 보유주식 등 경영자 부의 델타 및 베가와 스톡옵션보상의 비중을 직접 측정한 후, 이들과 은행의 경영정책과 연관성을 검토함으로써 경영자 보상구조의 영향을 구체적으로...

Purpose: Both short sellers and margin traders believe in active investment. However, they have the opposite opinions about the prediction of future share price direction: while short sellers are those who predict future price declines, investors buying on margin are those who predict future...

Institutional sponsors increasingly seek outside help in investment management by delegating manager selection and capital allocation decisions to external lead managers. Whether this enhances performance, however, is yet to be examined. We fill the gap using a unique dataset of Korean...

We test the signaling and wealth transfer hypotheses around the announcement of share repurchases using a recent and larger sample of data than previously examined while employing a methodology designed to enhance the power of our tests. Disentangling the wealth transfer and signaling hypotheses...