Conference Agenda
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AP 03: Frictions in Financial Markets Location: LR M2.2 (Floor 2) Session Chair: Hanbin Yang, London Business School | |
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ID: 1332
The Hidden Cost of Stock Market Concentration: When Funds Hit Regulatory Limits University of Chicago Booth School of Business, United States of America As stock market concentration has risen, regulatory limits on fund portfolio concentration have become increasingly binding, especially for large-cap growth funds. When funds approach these limits, they trim their largest holdings and reduce equity exposure. Funds perform worse when constrained. A constraint-based ownership measure predicts stock returns, particularly among the largest firms. These findings suggest that high market concentration can distort stock prices by limiting the ability of optimistic investors to scale their positions. Just like short-sale constraints can produce overpricing by limiting pessimistic investors' views, constraints on long positions can generate underpricing by suppressing optimists' views.
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