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Trading volume theories and their implications for empirical information content studies

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  • H. JONATHAN JANG
  • BYUNG T. RO

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. In this study we explore implications of extant trading volume theories for empirical information content studies. Using a simple general equilibrium model, we analyze and illustrate how trading volume reacts to information conveyed by an event. We show that a trading volume reaction to the release of an informational event is an increasing function of dispersion in belief changes among investors caused by information in the event, rather than belief changes per se. We also show that because of a possibility of no significant price change, a price effect study alone is not sufficient to accurately assess the information content of an event and a simultaneous volume effect study is necessary. Résumé. Les auteurs étudient les conséquences des théories existantes relatives au volume de titres négociés sur les études à contenu informationnel empirique. À l'aide d'un simple modèle d'équilibre général, ils analysent et illustrent comment le volume de titres négociés réagit à l'information transmise par un événement. Leur étude révèle que le volume de titres négociés par suite de la publication d'un événement informationnel croît en fonction de la dispersion dans les changements d'attitude chez les investisseurs attribuables à l'information que livre l'événement, plutôt qu'en fonction des changements d'attitude eux†mêmes. Elle démontre également qu'en raison de la possibilité qu'il n'y ait aucun changement de prix important, l'étude du comportement des prix risque de ne pas suffire à elle seule à évaluer avec précision le contenu informationnel d'un événement, et qu'une étude simultanée du comportement du volume de titres négociés s'impose.

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  • H. Jonathan Jang & Byung T. Ro, 1989. "Trading volume theories and their implications for empirical information content studies," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 6(1), pages 242-262, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:coacre:v:6:y:1989:i:1:p:242-262
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.1989.tb00755.x
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