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Stock Market Returns and Weather Anomaly: Evidence from an Emerging Economy

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  • Hammad Hassan Mirza
  • Muhammad Jam e Kausar Ali Asghar
  • Naveed Mushtaq

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Financial economists believe that the arbitrage forces in the market are the main reason of market efficiency and these forces are the fundamental concept of efficient market hypothesis (EMH). During last few years, various theoretical and empirical evidences have been presented to support the work of financial modeling for the markets with less than rational investors whose trading strategies are based on psychological factors like mood and emotions. Weather condition is among the substantial factors affecting investors’ mood and emotions. Present study investigates the impact of temperature on stock market returns in emerging economy of Pakistan. Using the daily temperature records and stock market indices of Karachi and Islamabad, the study has employed auto regressive (AR) – generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity (GARCH) model from 2006 to 2010. Based on AR (1)-GARCH (1, 1) estimation the study has found that weather temperatures of both Karachi and Islamabad are negatively related with Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) and Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE) index returns, respectively.

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  • Hammad Hassan Mirza & Muhammad Jam e Kausar Ali Asghar & Naveed Mushtaq, 2012. "Stock Market Returns and Weather Anomaly: Evidence from an Emerging Economy," Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, AMH International, vol. 4(5), pages 239-244, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:rnd:arjebs:v:4:y:2012:i:5:id:2398
    DOI: 10.22610/jebs.v4i5.323
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