Liquidity Risk and Institutional Ownership

54 Pages Posted: 17 Nov 2011 Last revised: 20 Oct 2015

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Charles Cao

Pennsylvania State University

Lubomir Petrasek

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Date Written: May 5, 2014

Abstract

Institutional ownership affects the sensitivity of stock returns to changes in market liquidity (liquidity risk). Overall, institutional ownership lowers the liquidity risk of stocks. However, different types of institutions affect liquidity risk in opposite ways. Stocks held by hedge funds, especially levered hedge funds, as marginal investors are more sensitive to changes in market liquidity than comparable stocks held by other types of institutions or by individuals. In contrast, stocks held by banks are less sensitive to changes in aggregate liquidity. These findings are robust to alternative specifications that control for institutional preferences for different stock characteristics and risk.

Keywords: Liquidity risk, institutional investors, hedge funds

JEL Classification: G14, G23

Suggested Citation

Cao, Charles and Petrasek, Lubomir, Liquidity Risk and Institutional Ownership (May 5, 2014). Journal of Financial Markets, Forthcoming, FEDS Working Paper No. 2011-49, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1960625 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1960625

Charles Cao

Pennsylvania State University ( email )

Department of Finance
Smeal College of Business
University Park, PA 16802
United States
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Lubomir Petrasek (Contact Author)

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ( email )

20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20551
United States

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