Testing the Sentiment-Scaled CAPM Model in China: Evidence from the Shanghai Stock Exchange

Purpose The purpose of this study is to use investor sentiment as a conditional variable in the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and test the validity of this sentiment-scaled CAPM by conducting cross-sectional return tests on Shanghai Stock Exchange. Data For all the stocks listed on the Shang...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sun, Shukun
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2020
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/66442/
_version_ 1848800329234120704
author Sun, Shukun
author_facet Sun, Shukun
author_sort Sun, Shukun
building Nottingham Research Data Repository
collection Online Access
description Purpose The purpose of this study is to use investor sentiment as a conditional variable in the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and test the validity of this sentiment-scaled CAPM by conducting cross-sectional return tests on Shanghai Stock Exchange. Data For all the stocks listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (A shares) for the period of July 2001 to July 2020, monthly transaction and valuation data was obtained from the CSMAR database. Methodology Fama-Macbeth cross-sectional tests on CAPM, Fama-French three-factor model and sentiment-scaled CAPM using the 25 size and book-to-market ratio sorted portfolio returns. The factors and portfolios are constructed according to the steps in Fama and French (1993) with python. Findings Results reveal that investor sentiment as a conditional variable contains significant information for explaining the cross-section of stock returns. The coefficient estimates and adjusted R2 are slightly different from previous studies, which implies the distinction between different stock markets and the need to conduct further research on sentiment scaled asset pricing models in developing stock markets.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T20:49:50Z
format Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
id nottingham-66442
institution University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-14T20:49:50Z
publishDate 2020
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling nottingham-664422023-04-25T09:47:53Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/66442/ Testing the Sentiment-Scaled CAPM Model in China: Evidence from the Shanghai Stock Exchange Sun, Shukun Purpose The purpose of this study is to use investor sentiment as a conditional variable in the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and test the validity of this sentiment-scaled CAPM by conducting cross-sectional return tests on Shanghai Stock Exchange. Data For all the stocks listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (A shares) for the period of July 2001 to July 2020, monthly transaction and valuation data was obtained from the CSMAR database. Methodology Fama-Macbeth cross-sectional tests on CAPM, Fama-French three-factor model and sentiment-scaled CAPM using the 25 size and book-to-market ratio sorted portfolio returns. The factors and portfolios are constructed according to the steps in Fama and French (1993) with python. Findings Results reveal that investor sentiment as a conditional variable contains significant information for explaining the cross-section of stock returns. The coefficient estimates and adjusted R2 are slightly different from previous studies, which implies the distinction between different stock markets and the need to conduct further research on sentiment scaled asset pricing models in developing stock markets. 2020-12-01 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/66442/1/20245197_BUSI4020_2021.pdf Sun, Shukun (2020) Testing the Sentiment-Scaled CAPM Model in China: Evidence from the Shanghai Stock Exchange. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)]
spellingShingle Sun, Shukun
Testing the Sentiment-Scaled CAPM Model in China: Evidence from the Shanghai Stock Exchange
title Testing the Sentiment-Scaled CAPM Model in China: Evidence from the Shanghai Stock Exchange
title_full Testing the Sentiment-Scaled CAPM Model in China: Evidence from the Shanghai Stock Exchange
title_fullStr Testing the Sentiment-Scaled CAPM Model in China: Evidence from the Shanghai Stock Exchange
title_full_unstemmed Testing the Sentiment-Scaled CAPM Model in China: Evidence from the Shanghai Stock Exchange
title_short Testing the Sentiment-Scaled CAPM Model in China: Evidence from the Shanghai Stock Exchange
title_sort testing the sentiment-scaled capm model in china: evidence from the shanghai stock exchange
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/66442/