THE REACTION OF BLOCKHOLDERS TO CHANGES IN MARKET CONDITIONS

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Halil D. Kaya ORCID logo, Nancy L. Lumpkin-Sowers

https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv12i1c5p2

Abstract

In this study, we examine the impact of business conditions and stock market conditions on blockholders’ ownership in U.S. firms. We expect that in periods when the general interest in the stock market goes up, blockholders’ interest and participation in the market will also increase (i.e. there are more blockholders per firm and the percentage share of blockholder ownership in each corporation is higher). We use the Aruoba-Diebold-Scotti (i.e. ADS) Business Conditions Index and the S&P 500 Index as proxies for business conditions and stock market conditions, respectively. We find that blockholders’ investments more closely track stock market conditions than business conditions. Our nonparametric tests show that there are more blockholders per firm when stock market conditions are better.

Keywords: Stock Market Conditions, Blockholders’ Investments

How to cite this paper: Kaya, H. D., & Lumpkin-Sowers, N. L. (2014). The reaction of blockholders to changes in market conditions. Corporate Ownership & Control, 12(1-5), 464-472. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv12i1c5p2