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Sports Sentiment and Stock Returns

Alex Edmans
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

Diego Garcia
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Oyvind Norli
Norwegian School of Management (BI) - Department of Financial Economics


May 2006

Sixteenth Annual Utah Winter Finance Conference
EFA 2005 Moscow Meetings

Abstract:     
This paper investigates the stock market reaction to sudden changes in investor mood. Motivated by psychological evidence of a strong link between soccer outcomes and mood, we use international soccer results as our primary mood variable. We find a significant market decline after soccer losses. For example, a loss in the World Cup elimination stage leads to a next-day abnormal stock return of -49 basis points. This loss effect is stronger in small stocks and in more important games, and is robust to methodological changes. We also document a loss effect after international cricket, rugby, and basketball games.

Keywords: Football, sports, soccer, sentiment, mood, stock returns, behavioral finance

JEL Classifications: A12, G14

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Date posted: March 02, 2005 ; Last revised: November 07, 2006

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Edmans, Alex, Garcia, Diego and Norli, Oyvind, Sports Sentiment and Stock Returns (May 2006). Sixteenth Annual Utah Winter Finance Conference; EFA 2005 Moscow Meetings. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=677103


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Oyvind Norli (Contact Author)
Norwegian School of Management (BI) - Department of Financial Economics ( email )
Oslo N-0442
Norway
+4746410514 (Phone)
Alex Edmans
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School ( email )
3641 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6365
United States
Diego Garcia
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( email )
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3490
1-919-962-8404 (Phone)
HOME PAGE: http://www.unc.edu/~garciadi/
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