The Impact of Sentiment on Price Discovery

38 Pages Posted: 14 Sep 2012 Last revised: 4 Mar 2015

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Jeffrey Coulton

UNSW Business School

Tami Dinh

University of St. Gallen, Institute of Accounting, Control, Auditing

Andrew B. Jackson

UNSW Australia Business School, School of Accounting

Date Written: December 26, 2014

Abstract

We study how investor sentiment a ects the speed with which prices reflect information. Price discovery is more timely for firms with greater sensitivity to sentiment, as measured by a sentiment beta. Our research improves our understanding of the price formation process when sentiment is not assumed to be constant. Our research design is novel as it considers a sentiment beta as well as economy-wide sentiment. This provides more comprehensive evidence on the impact of differing types of sentiment on the price formation process.

Keywords: Price Discovery, Sentiment, Timeliness

JEL Classification: G1, G14, G02

Suggested Citation

Coulton, Jeffrey J. and Dinh, Tami and Jackson, Andrew B., The Impact of Sentiment on Price Discovery (December 26, 2014). Accounting & Finance, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2146320 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2146320

Jeffrey J. Coulton

UNSW Business School ( email )

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Tami Dinh

University of St. Gallen, Institute of Accounting, Control, Auditing ( email )

St. Gallen, 9000
Switzerland

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Andrew B. Jackson (Contact Author)

UNSW Australia Business School, School of Accounting ( email )

Sydney, NSW 2052
Australia

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