The Behaviour Of Malaysian Stock Market Investors
This research comes from a behavioral viewpoint on corporate finance and tries to explain the behavior of investors from a psychological approach, specifically by using prospect theory. The behavior of investors is captured through trading volume and the reaction is based on earnings surprise during...
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| author | Abdullah, Nurliyana Thoh |
| author_facet | Abdullah, Nurliyana Thoh |
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| description | This research comes from a behavioral viewpoint on corporate finance and tries to explain the behavior of investors from a psychological approach, specifically by using prospect theory. The behavior of investors is captured through trading volume and the reaction is based on earnings surprise during earnings announcements. It is hypothesized that trading volume and earnings surprise is positively correlated, thus, predicting that investors would trade more during positive earnings surprises compared to negative earnings surprises. |
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| format | Thesis |
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| institution | Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| institution_category | Local University |
| language | English |
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| publishDate | 2005 |
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| spelling | usm-256902017-04-17T06:24:18Z http://eprints.usm.my/25690/ The Behaviour Of Malaysian Stock Market Investors Abdullah, Nurliyana Thoh HF5001-6182 Business This research comes from a behavioral viewpoint on corporate finance and tries to explain the behavior of investors from a psychological approach, specifically by using prospect theory. The behavior of investors is captured through trading volume and the reaction is based on earnings surprise during earnings announcements. It is hypothesized that trading volume and earnings surprise is positively correlated, thus, predicting that investors would trade more during positive earnings surprises compared to negative earnings surprises. 2005 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/25690/1/THE_BEHAVIOR_OF_MALAYSIAN_STOCK_MARKET_INVESTORS.pdf Abdullah, Nurliyana Thoh (2005) The Behaviour Of Malaysian Stock Market Investors. Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia. |
| spellingShingle | HF5001-6182 Business Abdullah, Nurliyana Thoh The Behaviour Of Malaysian Stock Market Investors |
| title | The Behaviour Of Malaysian Stock Market Investors |
| title_full | The Behaviour Of Malaysian Stock Market Investors |
| title_fullStr | The Behaviour Of Malaysian Stock Market Investors |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Behaviour Of Malaysian Stock Market Investors |
| title_short | The Behaviour Of Malaysian Stock Market Investors |
| title_sort | behaviour of malaysian stock market investors |
| topic | HF5001-6182 Business |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/25690/ http://eprints.usm.my/25690/1/THE_BEHAVIOR_OF_MALAYSIAN_STOCK_MARKET_INVESTORS.pdf |