Charles, Constantin ORCID: 0009-0009-2110-1664 (2024) Memory moves markets. Review of Financial Studies. ISSN 0893-9454 (In Press)
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Abstract
I show that memory-induced attention can distort prices in financial markets. I exploit rigid earnings announcement schedules to identify which firms are associated in investors’ memory. Firms with randomly overlapping earnings announcements are associated in memory because they were experienced in the same context by many investors. Months later, when only one of the two firms announces earnings, this context is cued, and triggers the recall of the other, associated firm. On such days, I find that memory-induced attention leads to buying pressure in the associated firm’s stock. The strength of this effect varies as predicted by associative memory theory.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | © 2024 |
Divisions: | Finance |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HG Finance |
Date Deposited: | 27 Sep 2024 11:42 |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 16:27 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/125551 |
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