Using the adverse selection component of the spread as a measure of asymmetric information,we investigate how asymmetric information evolves after firms go public. We find that the level of asymmetric information is lower immediately after the initial public offering (IPO) compared with its...

In this study we show that both the price impact of trades and serial correlation in trade direction are positively and significantly related to the probability of information-based trading (PIN). The positive relation remains significant even after controlling for the effects of stock...

Using synchronous transactions data for IBM from the New York, Pacific and Midwest Stock Exchanges, we estimate an error correction model to investigate whether each of the exchanges is contributing to price discovery. Johansen's multi-variate cointegration test yields two cointegrating vectors...

This paper examines how the information flow and trading activity of the Jardine group of companies are affected after they are delisted from Hong Kong. An interesting aspect is that while the trading activity of the five companies in the Group is moved to Singapore, the core business remains in...

We examine the price behavior and market activity of the Jardine Group companies after they were delisted from Hong Kong in 1994. Although the trading activity of the Jardine Group moved to Singapore, the core businesses remained in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Evidence indicates the Jardine...

Using a new and unique dataset on mutual fund stockholdings, we identify several interesting similarities and differences in the stock preferences of domestic and foreign fund managers from 11 developed countries. Our results show that both groups of fund managers consider basic stock...