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Examining the Dark Side of Financial Markets: Do Institutions Trade on Information from Investment Bank Connections?John M. GriffinUniversity of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance Tao ShuUniversity of Georgia - Department of Banking and Finance Selim TopalogluQueen's University - Queen's School of Business March 29, 2012 Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming Abstract: Institutions often have access to corporate inside information through their connections, but relatively little is known about the extent to which they exploit their informational advantage through short-term trading. We employ broker-level trading data to systematically examine possible cases of connected trading. Despite examining the issue from multiple angles, we are unable to find much evidence to support that investment bank clients take advantage of connections through takeover advising, IPO and SEO underwriting, or lending relationships. In contrast to recent academic literature and popular press, our findings suggest that institutional investors are reluctant to use inside information in traceable manners.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 50 Keywords: Institution, Informed, Trading, Short-Term, connections, earnings announcement, takeover JEL Classification: G14, G20 Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: March 22, 2009 ; Last revised: March 29, 2012Suggested CitationContact Information
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