Institutional investors and stock market volatility

被引:282
作者
Gabaix, Xavier
Gopikrishnan, Parameswaran
Plerou, Vasiliki
Stanley, H. Eugene
机构
[1] MIT, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[2] Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[3] Boston Univ, Dept Phys, Ctr Polymer Studies, Boston, MA 02215 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1162/qjec.2006.121.2.461
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We present a theory of excess stock market volatility, in which market movements are due to trades by very large institutional investors in relatively illiquid markets. Such trades generate significant spikes in returns and volume, even in the absence of important news about fundamentals. We derive the optimal trading behavior of these investors, which allows us to provide a unified explanation for apparently disconnected empirical regularities in returns, trading volume and investor size.
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页码:461 / 504
页数:44
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