DOI
doi.org/10.1016/j.jcae.2018.03.001
Abstract
We examine whether ambiguity in the market leads to an increase in information demand by individual investors. Drawing on the asset-pricing model proposed by Mele and Sangiorgi (2015), which incorporates market ambiguity, we measure individual information demand using daily Google searches and measure market ambiguity using a metric based on the market trades of institutional investors. We find that individual investors increase their information demand during periods of greater market ambiguity. We also provide evidence that information demand from individual investors spikes around earnings announcement days primarily when market uncertainty is driven by net-selling activity. Overall, these results suggest that the disagreement among institutional investors either represents uncertainty or contributes to the uncertainty related to a stock, leading to increased demand for information from individual investors.
Document Type
Post-print Article
Publication Date
2018
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. Article first published online: April 2018.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcae.2018.03.001
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Full citation:
Hasan, Rajib, Abdullah Kumas, and van der Laan Smith, Joyce. “Market Ambuiguity and Individual Investor Infomration Demand.” Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics 14, no. 1 (2018): 126-141. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1815566918300183?via%3Dihub.
Recommended Citation
Hasan, Rajib; Kumas, Abdullah; and Laan Smith, Joyce Van Der, "Market Ambiguity and Individual Investor Information Demand" (2018). Accounting Faculty Publications. 33.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/accounting-faculty-publications/33