Impact of Corporate Information Releases on Ownership - Evidence with Various Investor Types

56 Pages Posted: 17 Aug 2004

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Markku J. Vieru

University of Lapland - Faculty of Social Sciences, Multidimensional Tourism Institute

Jukka Perttunen

University of Oulu - Department of Accounting & Finance

Hannu J. Schadewitz

Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku - Department of Accounting & Finance

Date Written: August 2004

Abstract

This study focuses on non-institutional trading behavior around interim earnings announcements in the emerging market. We separate the stock trading activity of Finnish households into five trading classes and compare the results to institutional trading. Data covering the years 1996-2000 shows that earnings news triggers trading in every trading class. We also find some evidence that actively trading individuals especially (compared to passively trading ones) show increased buying and selling activity before the event compared to the non-event period. After the event we find that Finnish households in the most active investor class tend to follow a contrarian strategy, especially selling after good news. This adds to previous evidence by Grinblatt and Keloharju (2000b). Furthermore, the performance of the active investor classes is superior to that of passive ones. Finally, the institutional trading class is clearly less affected by the announcement than the active investor classes, suggesting that institutions utilize a broader information set than individual investors.

Keywords: Investor behavior, event study, accounting disclosure, trading activity

JEL Classification: D82, G14, M41

Suggested Citation

Vieru, Markku and Perttunen, Jukka and Schadewitz, Hannu J., Impact of Corporate Information Releases on Ownership - Evidence with Various Investor Types (August 2004). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=576841 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.576841

Markku Vieru (Contact Author)

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