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title: Institutional Ownership and Stock Return Volatility During the COVID-19 Crisis: An International Evidence
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4910419/
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updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4910419
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4910419
featured: 2024-07-31
citations: 0
topic: Derivatives & Volatility
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# Institutional Ownership and Stock Return Volatility During the COVID-19 Crisis: An International Evidence

During non-crisis periods, institutional holdings stabilize stock prices, but during the COVID-19 crisis, they cause prices to deviate from fundamentals, with foreign and domestic institutions having different impacts and investor protection reducing volatility.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4910419
- Identifier: SSRN 4910419
- Released: 2022-01-30
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 59 (2024-07-31): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-07-31/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): 0
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Derivatives & Volatility

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