Information Environment and the Geography of Firms and Investors

53 Pages Posted: 16 Feb 2015 Last revised: 28 Jul 2016

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Gennaro (帅纳) Bernile

University of Miami - Department of Finance

Shimon Kogan

Reichman University - Arison School of Business; University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

Johan Sulaeman

National University of Singapore (NUS) - Sustainable & Green Finance Institute (SGFIN); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI); Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER)

Date Written: July 28, 2015

Abstract

We develop a model linking stock ownership and returns to the distribution of private information and quality of public information. Supporting the model, we find that the firm’s information environment affects investors’ propensity to hold and trade its stocks, but its effects hinge on investors’ access to private information. Nearby investors with potential access decrease their holdings when private information becomes more dispersed and public information quality improves, whereas distant investors display opposite patterns. Tests exploiting exogenous shocks to firms’ information environments indicate these relations are causal. Moreover, firms’ information environments and proximity to potential investors jointly explain stock returns.

Keywords: Geography, Information Environment, Ownership, Trading, Stock Returns

JEL Classification: G11, G12, G14, G20

Suggested Citation

Bernile, Gennaro (帅纳) and Kogan, Shimon and Sulaeman, Johan, Information Environment and the Geography of Firms and Investors (July 28, 2015). 28th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2565210 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2565210

Gennaro (帅纳) Bernile (Contact Author)

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