Reexamining sports-sentiment hypothesis: Microeconomicevidences from Borsa Istanbul

Ka Wai Fung, Ender Demir, Chi Keung Lau, Kwok Ho Chan

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Abstract

This paper examines the impact of international soccer matches on the Turkish stock mar-ket using firm-level and sorted-portfolio data. Applying Edmans et al. (2007) estimation method, we found a significant negative loss effect. However, once using panel data analysis as well as modeling spatial and temporal effects explicitly, the sports-sentiment effect disappeared. The same conclusions could be made by replacing win (loss) dummies with unexpected win (loss) variables, removing Monday matches, dropping sports-related firms,and sorting portfolio returns by market capitalization and past returns. Hence, there is very limited micro-evidence to support the ‘overreaction’ hypothesis of individual investors using Borsa Istanbul data. However, we found evidence that sporting events have a larger impact on stock return volatility for firms with smaller market capitalization and lower past returns.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)337-355
JournalJournal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money
Volume34
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Jan 2015

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