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An Empirical Study of Investors¡¯ Disposition Effect in China Based on Open Data from the Chinese Stock Markets

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  • Huan Cai
  • Meining Wang
  • Chaonan Bai

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This paper focuses on investors¡¯ different behavioral biases in China¡¯s segmented stock markets and investigates the correlation between average holding periods, stock returns and investors¡¯ disposition effect between 2010 and 2014. The results show that the disposition effect is prevalent in A-share market but is very weak in Growth Enterprise market and there is a lack of evidence to support the existence of disposition effect in B-share market. The study supports the view that investors¡¯ experience and sophistication can partly help reduce investors¡¯ behavioral biases in stock markets. It also indicates that investors in A-shares market prefer to hold stocks with larger market capitalization for longer periods, while investors of B-shares markets and Growth Enterprise market do not reveal a specific preference for market capitalization.

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  • Huan Cai & Meining Wang & Chaonan Bai, 2018. "An Empirical Study of Investors¡¯ Disposition Effect in China Based on Open Data from the Chinese Stock Markets," International Journal of Economics and Finance, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 10(5), pages 165-172, May.
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