Download This PaperMarket Manipulation and Innovation
51 Pages Posted: 21 Mar 2016 Last revised: 28 Sep 2020
Date Written: September 24, 2020
Abstract
End-of-day stock price manipulation is generally associated with short-termism, long-term damage to equity values, and reduced incentives for employees to innovate. We use a sample of suspected stock price manipulation events based on intraday data for stocks from nine countries over eight years, and find evidence of negative effects of market manipulation on real investment decisions in innovation. We show that these negative effects are particularly harmful to innovation in markets with low intellectual property rights and high shareholder protection.
Keywords: Market Manipulation; Financial Market Misconduct; End-of-Day Dislocation, Insider Trading; Patents; Innovation; Intellectual Property Rights; Law and Finance
JEL Classification: G14; G18; O30
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