Investor Inattention and Friday Earnings Announcements
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Investor Inattention and Friday Earnings Announcements
Does limited attention among investors affect stock returns? We compare the response to earnings announcements on Friday, when investor inattention is more likely, to the response on other weekdays. If inattention influences stock prices, we should observe less immediate response and more drift for Friday announcements. Indeed, Friday announcements have a 15% lower immediate response and a 70% ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Finance
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0022-1082,1540-6261
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01447.x