Out of the Limelight But in Play: Trading and Liquidity of Media and Off-Media Stocks

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Lily H. Fang

INSEAD - Finance

Jun "QJ" Qian

Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University

Huiping Zhang

James Cook University - College of Business, Law and Governance,

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Date Written: October 2017

Abstract

Using hand-collected TV programming data and intra-day trading data from China, we compare the trading, liquidity, and returns of on-show and off-show stocks in the same sector. Our difference-in-difference analysis reveals that post-show, off-show stocks experience significant improvements in liquidity that is attributable to small trades. The pre-show return gap between the on-show and off-show stocks closes post-show, and there is no return reversal. We show that retail investors’ focus on off-show stocks could reflect a lack of media trust. Overall, our evidence suggests that media coverage facilitates price discovery and retail investors appear to respond rationally to media coverage.

Keywords: media, retail investors, trading, liquidity, return

JEL Classification: G14, G12, G02

Suggested Citation

Fang, Lily H. and Qian, Jun and Zhang, Huiping, Out of the Limelight But in Play: Trading and Liquidity of Media and Off-Media Stocks (October 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2531253 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2531253

Lily H. Fang

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Huiping Zhang

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