Finance Faculty Publications and Presentations

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Article

Publication Date

6-2018

Abstract

We show that firm-specific information is more likely to be incorporated into stock prices when firms have stronger shareholder coordination. The premise of our work is that geographic proximity reduces communication costs among shareholders, thereby leading to better coordination. The positive coordination-informativeness relation is driven mainly by shareholder coordination among dedicated and independent institutions. We further show that the positive effect is more pronounced for firms with weaker governance mechanisms, suggesting that shareholder coordination could serve as a substitute conduit of price discovery. Lastly, we propose that shareholder coordination improves stock price informativeness through the channel of enhanced voluntary disclosure quality.

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Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1111/jbfa.12289

Publication Title

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting

DOI

10.1111/jbfa.12289

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