Can Day of the Week Effect be Explained by Interbank Rates: An Evidence from an Emerging Market

Abstract:     
This paper reports the results of various tests of the day of the week effects using daily observations on the National 30 Index for Turkish stock exchange and interbank rates for the period January 3, 1997 and July 23, 2001. It is also searched whether day of the week effects be explained by interbank rates or not. While significant evidence of day of the week effects is reported and tried to explain it's reasons in literature, there is no significant explanation about it. The paper reports a significant day of the week effects for both market and investors can beat the markets and earn excess returns by using an active trading strategy than a simple buy and hold strategy. It's also could be said day of the week effect can be explained by interbank rates for an emerging market, namely Turkey.

Keywords: Day of the week effects, Turkish stock market and interbank market

JEL Classifications: C14, C32, G14

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