Market Segmentation and Differential Reactions of Local and Foreign Investors to Analyst Recommendations

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Jia, Chunxin; Wang, Yaping; Xiong, Wei
• 署名单位: Peking University; Princeton University; National Bureau of Economic Research
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF FINANCIAL STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0893-9454
• DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhx010
• 发表日期: 2017
• 页码: 2972
• 关键词: stock-market; equity investment; INFORMATION; prices; restrictions; opinion; TRADE; BIAS

摘要

This paper uses segmented dual-class shares of Chinese firms-Ashares traded in mainland China by local investors and H shares traded in Hong Kong by foreign investors-to document a rich pattern in the differential reactions of local and foreign investors to analyst recommendations. This pattern reveals that social connections between analysts and investors affect investor reactions to analyst recommendations. Because of the investors' differential reactions, analyst recommendations may exacerbate, rather than attenuate, the market segmentation between the two share classes. (JEL G02, G15)