The effect of weather on stock returns : a comparison between emerging and developed markets / Irina Prodan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prodan, Irina.

Series:

Compact

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stocks--Prices.

Stocks.

Stock exchanges.

Speculation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (55 p.)

Other Title:

Is there a difference in the weather effect between developed and emerging markets : a comparison between around the world.

Place of Publication:

Hamburg : Anchor Academic Pub., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hauptbeschreibung One renowned and frequently researched anomaly over the last two decades is the weather effect, more precisely, the impact of weather on stock market returns. The extensive literature on the weather effect fails to converge towards a unique, systematic and robust relationship between the weather, and the stock market. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to explain the contradictory results in the literature by testing whether stock prices are affected by the weather in a significantly different manner depending on the level of market development, and explaining how this diffe

Contents:

The effect of weather on stock returns: A comparison between emerging and developed markets; Abstract; Table of contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Literature review; 2.1. Weather, mood and decision making behavior; 2.2. Weather and the stock market; 2.3. Two decades of weather effect literature: a lack of consensus; 3. Data description; 3.1. Data collection; 3.2. Data analysis; 4. Methodology and results; 4.1. City-by-city tests; 4.2. Joint tests; 4.2.1. Pooled least squares regression; 4.2.2. Binary regression; 5. Robustness check; 5.1. City-by-city tests; 5.2. Joint tests

5.2.1 Pooled least squares regression5.2.2. Binary regression; 6. Potential explanations; 7. Conclusion; 8. References; 9. Appendix

Notes:

"Disseminate knowledge"--Cover.

Original title of the thesis: Is there a difference in the weather effect between developed and emerging markets : a comparison between around the world.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3-95489-556-0

OCLC:

854977222