Social Proximity to Capital: Implications for Investors and Firms

Theresa Kuchler, Yan Li, Lin Peng, Johannes Stroebel and Dexin Zhou

The Review of Financial Studies, 2022, vol. 35, issue 6, 2743-2789

Abstract: We show that institutional investors are more likely to invest in firms from regions to which they have stronger social ties but find no evidence that these investments earn a differential return. Firms in regions with stronger social ties to locations with many institutional investors have higher valuations and liquidity. These effects are largest for small firms with little analyst coverage, suggesting that the investors’ behavior is explained by their increased awareness of firms in socially proximate locations. Our results highlight that the social structure of regions affects firms’ access to capital and contributes to geographic differences in economic outcomes.Authors have furnished an Internet Appendix, which is available on the Oxford University Press Web site next to the link to the final published paper online.

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Date: 2022
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