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News aggregators, volatility and the stock market

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  • Hans Byström

    (Department of Economics, Lund University)

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In this paper we employ the news aggregator Google News to demonstrate a strong link between the volatility in the stock market and the amount of news available to market participants. The paper also highlights some other areas, in finance and elsewhere, where news aggregators could be useful.

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  • Hans Byström, 2009. "News aggregators, volatility and the stock market," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 29(4), pages 2673-2682.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-09-00625
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    • G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets
    • C8 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs

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