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How do investors react to overnight returns? Evidence from Korea

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  • Ham, Hyuna
  • Ryu, Doojin
  • Webb, Robert I.
  • Yu, Jinyoung

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We find a negative relationship between overnight and daytime returns on the Korean equity market. Overnight returns are positively (negatively) and nonlinearly associated with subsequent daytime returns when the overnight news is relatively good (bad). Trades by individual investors respond negatively to overnight returns, whereas those by domestic and foreign institutional investors exhibit positive-feedback trading behavior. Our findings challenge the conventional presumption about investors’ responses to overnight returns.

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  • Ham, Hyuna & Ryu, Doojin & Webb, Robert I. & Yu, Jinyoung, 2023. "How do investors react to overnight returns? Evidence from Korea," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 54(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:54:y:2023:i:c:s1544612323001526
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2023.103779
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    Keywords

    Daytime reversal; Institutional investor; Korean equity market; Overnight return; Individual investor;
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    JEL classification:

    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
    • G17 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Financial Forecasting and Simulation

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