The Disposition Effect as a Determinant of the Abnormal Volume and Return Reactions to Earnings Announcements

abstract: I examine the degree to which stockholders' aggregate gain/loss frame of reference in the equity of a given firm affects their response to the firm's quarterly earnings announcements. Contrary to predictions from rational expectations models of trade (Shackelford and Verrecchia 2...

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Other Authors: Weisbrod, Eric (Author)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.14670