In addition to its well-documented alignment effect, managerial ownership may also value-destroying effects by shifting risk to managers and encouraging risk-substitution; that is, managers with relatively undiversified personal portfolios tend to pass up profitable projects with high...

We develop an empirical framework that links micro-liquidity, macro-liquidity and stock prices. We provide evidence of a strong link between macro-liquidity shocks and the returns of UK stock portfolios constructed on the basis of micro-liquidity measures between 1999-2012. Specifically,...