Do extreme returns matter in emerging markets? Evidence from the Chinese stock market

GV Nartea, D Kong, J Wu - Journal of Banking & Finance, 2017 - Elsevier
Recent evidence in the US and Europe indicates that stocks with high maximum daily
returns in the previous month, perform poorly in the current month. We investigate the …

Does investor sentiment create value for asset pricing? An empirical investigation of the KOSPI‐listed firms

A Bouteska, T Sharif, MZ Abedin - International Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This paper proposes the development of an improved investor sentiment index (ISI) to apply
on the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) and assess the vitality of sentiment …

The MAX effect: An exploration of risk and mispricing explanations

A Zhong, P Gray - Journal of Banking & Finance, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper studies the role that risk and mispricing play in the negative relation between
extreme positive returns and future returns. We document a strong 'MAX effect'in Australian …

Is the idiosyncratic volatility anomaly driven by the MAX or MIN effect? Evidence from the Chinese stock market

X Wan - International Review of Economics & Finance, 2018 - Elsevier
The literature documents that the IVOL anomaly is subsumed by the MAX effect in US and
European stock market. Consistent with the literature, we find strong IVOL and MAX effects …

Lottery mindset, mispricing and idiosyncratic volatility puzzle: Evidence from the Chinese stock market

H Van Hai, JW Park, PC Tsai, C Eom - The North American Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigates the MAX effect regarding lottery mindset in the Chinese stock market.
The MAX effect significantly affects stock returns through quintile portfolio and cross …

Limits to arbitrage and the MAX anomaly in advanced emerging markets

M Seif, P Docherty, A Shamsuddin - Emerging Markets Review, 2018 - Elsevier
Evidence of a negative relationship between extreme positive returns and future returns has
been reported in developed markets (Bali, Cakici, & Whitelaw, 2011; Zhong & Gray, 2016) …

[HTML][HTML] Lottery demand, weather and the cross-section of stock returns

R Bradrania, Y Gao - Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2024 - Elsevier
We investigate the role that weather-induced mood plays in underperformance of lottery
stocks. We hypothesize that during pleasant weather conditions, investors are more likely to …

[HTML][HTML] Idiosyncratic volatility and the cross-section of abnormal returns in Pakistan: Evidence from a country with religious bans on lotteries and substantive …

MU Khurram, F Ali, N Ülkü - International Review of Economics & Finance, 2025 - Elsevier
The idiosyncratic volatility (IVOL) puzzle has been associated with individual investors'
preference toward lottery-like stocks, causing mispricings. Existing studies that relate the …

[HTML][HTML] Property crime and lottery-related anomalies

Y Gao, R Bradrania - Global Finance Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, we explore the association between property crime rate and lottery demand
anomalies. Motivated by criminology literature that suggests a positive relation between …

Extreme returns and the idiosyncratic volatility puzzle: African evidence

J Wu, EP Chimezie, GV Nartea, J Zhang - Applied Economics, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
We examine the cross-sectional relationship between the expected stock return and both the
maximum daily return (MAX) and the idiosyncratic volatility (IVOL) in the five largest …