The Behaviour Of Malaysian Stock Market Investors

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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Main Author: Abdullah, Nurliyana Thoh
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2005
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HF5001-6182 Business
Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/25690/1/THE_BEHAVIOR_OF_MALAYSIAN_STOCK_MARKET_INVESTORS.pdf
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spelling my-usm-ep.256902017-04-17T06:24:18Z The Behaviour Of Malaysian Stock Market Investors 2005 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 http://eprints.usm.my/25690/ http://eprints.usm.my/25690/1/THE_BEHAVIOR_OF_MALAYSIAN_STOCK_MARKET_INVESTORS.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Siswazah Perniagaan
institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
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Abdullah, Nurliyana Thoh
The Behaviour Of Malaysian Stock Market Investors
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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author Abdullah, Nurliyana Thoh
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title The Behaviour Of Malaysian Stock Market Investors
title_short 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_sort behaviour of malaysian stock market investors
granting_institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
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publishDate 2005
url http://eprints.usm.my/25690/1/THE_BEHAVIOR_OF_MALAYSIAN_STOCK_MARKET_INVESTORS.pdf
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