IS THERE A WEEKEND EFFECT IN EUROPE? AN ANALYSIS OF DAILY RETURNS, NON-TRADING RETURNS, AND TRADING RETURNS
This paper examines the stock markets o f eight European countries for recent evidence o f a weekend effect where Monday s return is significantly less than the re. ·t o f the week. We further decompose daily returns into non-trading periods (close-to-open) and trading periods (open-to-close) and te...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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People & Global Business Association (P&GBA)
2004-09-01
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| Series: | Global Business and Finance Review |
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| Online Access: | http://www.gbfrjournal.org/pds/journal/thesis/20150624150834-BS1EL.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper examines the stock markets o f eight European countries for recent evidence o f a weekend effect where Monday s return is significantly less than the re. ·t o f the week. We further decompose daily returns into non-trading periods (close-to-open) and trading periods (open-to-close) and test those return series using both parametric and non-parametric tests to address methodological problems identified in earlier studies. While are unable to find a weekend effect in European stock markets. While one major study uncovered a unique twist to the weekend effect in non-trading returns in the US stock market. we find no such unique twist tn the European stock markets. |
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| ISSN: | 1088-6931 2384-1648 |