Does the sales seasonality anomaly exist in China?

In this paper, we examine the relationship between sales seasonality and future stock return in the US and Chinese markets. Consistent with Grullon et al. (2020), we find low-sales-season firms tend to significantly outperform high-sales-season firms in the US market. Our empirical results suggest t...

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Main Authors: Huang, Jiexiang, Tan, Yongxian, Zhao, Hailong
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2020
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89108
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Tan, Yongxian
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description In this paper, we examine the relationship between sales seasonality and future stock return in the US and Chinese markets. Consistent with Grullon et al. (2020), we find low-sales-season firms tend to significantly outperform high-sales-season firms in the US market. Our empirical results suggest that the sales seasonality anomaly does not exist in the Chinese market.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-891082022-08-31T02:25:27Z Does the sales seasonality anomaly exist in China? Huang, Jiexiang Tan, Yongxian Zhao, Hailong In this paper, we examine the relationship between sales seasonality and future stock return in the US and Chinese markets. Consistent with Grullon et al. (2020), we find low-sales-season firms tend to significantly outperform high-sales-season firms in the US market. Our empirical results suggest that the sales seasonality anomaly does not exist in the Chinese market. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89108 10.1016/j.pacfin.2020.101425 restricted
spellingShingle Huang, Jiexiang
Tan, Yongxian
Zhao, Hailong
Does the sales seasonality anomaly exist in China?
title Does the sales seasonality anomaly exist in China?
title_full Does the sales seasonality anomaly exist in China?
title_fullStr Does the sales seasonality anomaly exist in China?
title_full_unstemmed Does the sales seasonality anomaly exist in China?
title_short Does the sales seasonality anomaly exist in China?
title_sort does the sales seasonality anomaly exist in china?
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89108