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Holiday Effects and Stock Returns: Further Evidence.
- Source :
- Journal of Financial & Quantitative Analysis; Mar1994, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p145-157, 13p, 5 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 1994
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Abstract
- This paper provides further evidence of the holiday effect in stock returns and additional insight into the effect. This paper reports abnormally high returns on the trading day before holidays in all three of the major stock markets in the U.S.: the NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ. The holiday effect is also present in the U.K. and Japanese stock markets, even though each country has different holidays and institutional arrangements. This study finds that the holiday effects in the U.K. and Japanese stock markets are independent of the holiday effect in the U.S. stock market. Unlike the other seasonal patterns in stock returns, such as January and weekend effects, this investigation of size decile portfolios shows that the size effect is not present in mean returns on preholidays. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00221090
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Financial & Quantitative Analysis
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9412274119
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2331196