Hedge Fund Holdings and Stock Market Efficiency
Review of Asset Pricing Studies (RAPS), Forthcoming
65 Pages Posted: 14 Jun 2016 Last revised: 20 Apr 2017
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Hedge Fund Holdings and Stock Market Efficiency
Hedge Fund Holdings and Stock Market Efficiency
Date Written: March 20, 2017
Abstract
We study the relation between hedge fund equity holdings and measures of informational efficiency of stock prices derived from intraday transactions, as well as daily data. Our findings support the role of hedge funds as arbitrageurs who reduce mispricing in the market. Hedge funds invest in relatively inefficiently priced stocks, and the price efficiency of these stocks improves after hedge funds increase their holdings. Hedge fund ownership contributes more to efficient pricing than does ownership by other types of institutional investors. However, stocks held by hedge funds experienced large declines in price efficiency during several liquidity crises.
Keywords: hedge funds, institutional investors, equity holdings, market efficiency, liquidity crises
JEL Classification: G14, G23
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