The Role of Stock Price Informativeness in Compensation Complexity

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Bennett ◽  
Gerald T. Garvey ◽  
Todd T. Milbourn ◽  
Zexi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Stock Price ◽  
Price Informativeness ◽  
Stock Price Informativeness

The real effects of primary and secondary equity markets on firm performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 397-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andriansyah Andriansyah
Keyword(s):  
Stock Prices ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Operating Performance ◽  
Equity Markets ◽  
Secondary Market ◽  
Price Informativeness ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Real Effects ◽  
Stock Price Informativeness

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the real effects of primary and secondary equity markets on the post-issue operating performance of initial public offering (IPO) firms. Design/methodology/approach The author utilizes the intended use of proceeds as a proxy variable for the primary market and the investment-to-price sensitivity and the informativeness of stock prices as alternative proxy variables for the secondary market. The compositional data, and non-parametric quantile regressions which are more robust to outliers than standard least square regressions, are employed for Indonesian equity market over the period of 1999-2013. Findings While confirming that firm operating performance can be explained by the firm’s motivation to go public, the author also shows that the operating performance is positively affected by investment-to-price sensitivity and negatively affected by stock price informativeness. The stock prices affect investment decisions by the way that the more liquid a stock is, the more informative its price is, and the more relevant stock prices are in investment decisions. These findings still hold after controlling for ownership structure. Originality/value Departing from the existing literature, the author investigates the role of primary and secondary equity markets for firm performance in an integrated framework because both markets interact closely in reality. The author shows that public listed firms can benefit both from the capital-raising function of the primary market and from the informational role of the stock prices of the secondary market. A measure of stock price informativeness, 1−R2, however, must be understood in the context of thin trading in the sense that the level of liquidity affects the level of stock price informativeness.

Governance through Trading: Institutional Swing Trades and Subsequent Firm Performance

2013 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 427-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Gallagher ◽  
Peter A. Gardner ◽  
Peter L. Swan
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Corporate Management ◽  
Institutional Trading ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Price Informativeness ◽  
Stock Price Informativeness ◽  
Short Horizon

AbstractUsing unique daily fund-manager trade data, we examine the role of institutional trading in influencing firm performance. We show that short-horizon informed trading by multiple institutional investors effectively disciplines corporate management. Our focus is on short-term “swing” trades, sequences with three phases (e.g., buy-sell-buy). We find swing trades increase stock price informativeness, are profitable after costs, and improve market efficiency. This increase in stock price informativeness is associated with subsequent firm outperformance. Trades are most beneficial with optimal stock holdings that reflect the information acquisition incentives of investors as well as liquidity costs.

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