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Journal of Finance Vol. 44 No. 2 1989

Institutional Ownership and Changes in the S&P 500

Stephen W. Pruitt; K. C. John Wei1

1 Kabul Education University

Abstract

Several recent articles have provided new evidence for the existence of price pressures by examining the price and volume effects associated with changes in the S&P 500. The present study extends this work by examining actual changes in institutional holdings following both additions to and deletions from the S&P 500. The results show that changes in institutional holdings in response to additions or deletions from the S&P 500 are positively correlated. In addition to providing further evidence for the existence of price pressure effects, the results also provide evidence of the very large institutional elasticities of demand for stock.

DOI
10.1111/j.1540-6261.1989.tb05070.x
Volume
44
Issue
2
Pages
509-514
Language
en
Sources
bibtex:phds-export.bib openalex crossref

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