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Buyers versus Sellers: Who Initiates Trades, and When?

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  • Chordia, Tarun
  • Goyal, Amit
  • Jegadeesh, Narasimhan

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Models that examine investors’ motivations to trade often make opposite predictions about the relation between trading decisions and past returns. We find that, in the aggregate, both buyer- and seller-initiated trades increase with past returns. The difference between buyer- and seller-initiated trades is negatively related to short horizon returns but positively related to returns over longer horizons. Tax-loss-related seller-initiated trades in December and January are accompanied by increased buyer-initiated trades. Past returns significantly affect trading decisions, and these findings are consistent with a number of different models of trading behavior.

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  • Chordia, Tarun & Goyal, Amit & Jegadeesh, Narasimhan, 2016. "Buyers versus Sellers: Who Initiates Trades, and When?," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 51(5), pages 1467-1490, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jfinqa:v:51:y:2016:i:05:p:1467-1490_00
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    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates

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