Review of Behavioral Finance: Volume 1 Issue 1/2

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Book/Market Fluctuations, Trading Activity, and the Cross‐section of Expected Stock Returns

Amber Anand, Avanidhar Subrahmanyam

We analyze trading activity accompanying equities’ switches from “growth” (low book‐tomarket ratios (BMRs)) to “value” (high BMRs), and vice versa. We find that a large BMR…

Asymmetric Asset Price Reaction to News and Arbitrage Risk

John A. Doukas, Meng Li

This study documents that high book‐to‐market (value) and low book‐to‐market (glamour) stock prices react asymmetrically to both common and firm‐specific information…

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Does Risk Aversion Vary with Decision‐Frame? An Empirical Test Using Recent Game Show Data

Daniel Mulino, Richard Scheelings, Robert Brooks, Robert Faff

An aspect of prospect theory posits that decision‐makers, when making decisions in the face of risk, make their decisions with respect to a pre‐existing reference point or ‘frame’…

The Effect of Perceived Uncertainty on Analysts’ Recommendations and Earnings Forecasts

Susan M. Young

Prior literature has found that as uncertainty in a firms information environment increases, optimism increases in equity analysts’ earnings forecasts. The studies suggest an…

Cover of Review of Behavioral Finance

ISSN:

1940-5979

Online date, start – end:

2009

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Professor Gulnur Muradoglu