Online media causes biased stock investment: Evidence from a regression-discontinuity design

Jiali Zhou, Ka Chung Ng

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference Proceeding/ReportConference Paper published in a bookpeer-review

Abstract

This study builds the causal link between the online media and finance market using the context of Chinese stock market. We find that, ranking higher in a typical daily market report causes a stock to have 10% more chance to open higher on the second day than those lower ranked stocks. We further find evidence that this impact of social media reflects a bias rather than a rational expectation, and the effect is stronger when more stocks reach the price limit. However, this effect disappears when investors are given more time to think.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2020 - Making Digital Inclusive
Subtitle of host publicationBlending the Local and the Global
PublisherAssociation for Information Systems
ISBN (Electronic)9781733632553
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event2020 International Conference on Information Systems - Making Digital Inclusive: Blending the Local and the Global, ICIS 2020 - Virtual, Online, India
Duration: 13 Dec 202016 Dec 2020

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2020 - Making Digital Inclusive: Blending the Local and the Global

Conference

Conference2020 International Conference on Information Systems - Making Digital Inclusive: Blending the Local and the Global, ICIS 2020
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityVirtual, Online
Period13/12/2016/12/20

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Keywords

  • Bias
  • Online media
  • Ranking effect
  • Stock market

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