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dc.contributor.authorKhuu, Joyce
dc.contributor.authorDurand, Robert
dc.contributor.authorSmales, Lee
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:57:34Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:57:34Z
dc.date.created2016-07-13T19:30:17Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationKhuu, J. and Durand, R. and Smales, L. 2016. Melancholia and Japanese stock returns - 2003 to 2012. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. 40 (Part B): pp. 424-437.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7081
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.pacfin.2016.05.011
dc.description.abstract

Japan's “lost decades” challenge a central tenet of finance, namely a positive relationship between risk and expected return. We present evidence that Japan's dismal returns are a function of sentiment both at the aggregate market and individual firm level. Utilizing a text-based measure of news sentiment (Thomson Reuters News Analytics) to proxy for investor sentiment, we find that sentiment is predominately negative during our sample period (2003 to 2012) and is associated with negative returns. We also find that the effect of news sentiment is greatest for smaller firms.

dc.publisherElsevier
dc.titleMelancholia and Japanese stock returns - 2003 to 2012
dc.typeJournal Article
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dcterms.source.issn0927-538X
dcterms.source.titlePacific-Basin Finance Journal
curtin.departmentSchool of Economics and Finance
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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