Investor horizons and corporate policies

F Derrien, A Kecskés, D Thesmar - Journal of Financial and …, 2013 - cambridge.org
We study the effect of investor horizons on corporate behavior. We argue that longer investor
horizons attenuate the effect of stock mispricing on corporate policies. Consistent with our …

Which firms follow the market? An analysis of corporate investment decisions

TE Bakke, TM Whited - The Review of Financial Studies, 2010 - academic.oup.com
We test whether stock market mispricing or private investor information in stock prices affects
corporate investment. We develop an econometric methodology that disentangles stock …

Do long-term investors improve corporate decision making?

J Harford, A Kecskés, S Mansi - Journal of Corporate Finance, 2018 - Elsevier
We study the effect of investor horizons on a comprehensive set of corporate decisions. We
argue that monitoring by long-term investors generates decision making that maximizes …

Shareholder trading practices and corporate investment horizons

KA Froot, A Perold, JC Stein - 1991 - nber.org
We investigate how shareholder trading practices might be linked to corporate investment
horizons. We examine two possible linkages and analyze a range of data relevant to them …

Corporate investment and stock market listing: A puzzle?

J Asker, J Farre-Mensa… - The Review of Financial …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We investigate whether short-termism distorts the investment decisions of stock market-listed
firms. To do so, we compare the investment behavior of observably similar public and private …

Market timing and managerial portfolio decisions

D Jenter - The Journal of Finance, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
This paper provides evidence that top managers have contrarian views on firm value.
Managers' perceptions of fundamental value diverge systematically from market valuations …

The real effects of investor sentiment

C Polk, P Sapienza - 2004 - nber.org
We study how stock market mispricing might influence individual firms' investment decisions.
We find a positive relation between investment and a number of proxies for mispricing …

Corporate financing decisions when investors take the path of least resistance

M Baker, J Coval, JC Stein - Journal of Financial Economics, 2007 - Elsevier
We argue that inertial behavior on the part of investors can have significant consequences
for corporate financial policy. One implication of investor inertia is that it improves the terms …

Stock-based incentive compensation and investment behavior

JM Bizjak, JA Brickley, JL Coles - Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1993 - Elsevier
This paper examines how excessive concern over current stock price can motivate
managers to use observable investment decisions to manipulate the market's inferences …

Shareholder investment horizons and the market for corporate control

JM Gaspar, M Massa, P Matos - Journal of financial economics, 2005 - Elsevier
This paper investigates how the investment horizon of a firm's institutional shareholders
impacts the market for corporate control. We find that target firms with short-term …