DO BETTER INFORMED INVESTORS ALWAYS DO BETTER? A BUYBACK PUZZLE

DO BETTER INFORMED INVESTORS ALWAYS DO BETTER? A BUYBACK PUZZLE

We explore the value of private investment information using data from a singular source: auctions of yearling racehorses. Horse breeders possess superior information about their own horses and have strong financial incentives to buy the best of these back at auction. However, those they repurchase...

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Veröffentlicht in:Economic inquiry 2018-10, Vol.56 (4), p.2137-2157
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description We explore the value of private investment information using data from a singular source: auctions of yearling racehorses. Horse breeders possess superior information about their own horses and have strong financial incentives to buy the best of these back at auction. However, those they repurchase subsequently perform significantly worse on average, earning 30% less at the racetrack than horses purchased by outsiders. Moreover, this underperformance is concentrated in male horses, despite these being purchased exclusively for racing purposes. These puzzling findings cannot be explained by differences in horse risk or breeder abilities, or by nonfinancial objectives, or by behavioral or selection biases. (JEL G02, G11, G14, L83, D44)
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