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May 2015

Investor Attention: Seasonal Patterns and Endogenous Allocations

Peng LIN, Hongqi LIU
Using a Google search-based measure of investor attention, this paper investigates investor attention patterns and its determinants. We document that investor attention displays strong seasonality. It is significantly lower on Fridays and in summer months. We find that investor attention increases s...
Keywords: limited attention, information processing, attention allocation, information efficiency
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