The Causal Effects of Proximity on Investment: Evidence from Flight Introductions

Jesse Ellis, Leonardo Madureira and Shane Underwood

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2020, vol. 55, issue 6, 1978-2004

Abstract: We use the introduction of direct flights as an exogenous shock to the travel time between mutual funds and firms to estimate the causal effects of proximity on fund investment decisions and performance. We find that a fund invests significantly more in firms that become more proximate following the introduction of direct flights and that these more proximate investments exhibit superior performance. Our findings are robust to including a variety of fixed effects and potential confounders such as firm-level shocks, fund-level shocks, and time trends. Collectively, our results indicate that proximity enhances investors’ ability to acquire value-relevant information about firms.

Date: 2020
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