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Chinese Lunar New Year effect, investor sentiment, and market deregulation

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  • Teng, Chia-Chen
  • Yang, J. Jimmy

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This paper provides empirical evidence and a behavioral explanation for the Chinese Lunar New Year (CLNY) effect and investigates whether the holiday effect weakens after market deregulation. Using emotion proxies from literature, we find that positive emotion plays an important role in contributing to higher returns surrounding the CLNY. We also show that the CLNY effect weakens when foreign investors’ participation increases, suggesting that the market deregulation may have contributed to this diminishing calendar anomaly.

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  • Teng, Chia-Chen & Yang, J. Jimmy, 2018. "Chinese Lunar New Year effect, investor sentiment, and market deregulation," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 27(C), pages 175-184.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:27:y:2018:i:c:p:175-184
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2018.03.003
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    Keywords

    Chinese Lunar New Year (CLNY); Market deregulation; Emotion;
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    JEL classification:

    • G02 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Behavioral Finance: Underlying Principles
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G18 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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