Asset fire sales (and purchases) in equity markets
By: Joshua D. Coval, Erik Stafford.
Contributors: Stafford, Erik.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 11357; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 11357.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Mutual funds.; Assets (Accounting)
Description: "This paper examines asset fire sales, and institutional price pressure more generally, in equity markets, using market prices of mutual fund transactions caused by capital flows from 1980 to 2003.  Funds experiencing large outflows (inflows) tend to decrease (increase) existing positions, which creates price pressure in the securities held in common by these funds.  Forced transactions represent a significant cost of financial distress for mutual funds.  We find that investors who trade against constrained mutual funds earn highly significant returns for providing liquidity when few others are willing or able.  In addition, future flow-driven transactions are predictable, creating an incentive to front-run the anticipated forced trades by funds experiencing extreme capital flows"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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