Abstract
This paper examines the issue of information advantages via observing the trading behavior of foreign and domestic institutional investors during the entire execution periods of open-market repurchases (OMR) in Taiwan. A credibility index (foresighted) is constructed to measure the false signal of OMR firms. We find that foreign institutional investors possess an information advantage over domestic institutional investors. They buy companies with higher credibility, whereas domestic institutional investors cannot distinguish between true and false signals, signifying that foreign institutional investors are sophisticated and possess specialized investment experiences. In addition, we find that foreign institutional investors hold high-credibility firms because those firms are linked with higher excess returns than firms with lower credibility.
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