Alexander Kurov

West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics

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1.

Index Option Trading Activity and Market Returns

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 22 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 20 Oct 2019
Tarun Chordia, Alexander Kurov, Dmitriy Muravyev and Avanidhar Subrahmanyam
Emory University - Department of Finance, West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics, Michigan State University - Department of Finance and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Finance Area
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index options, order flow, information, market efficiency

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Informational Role of Social Media: Evidence from Twitter Sentiment

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 21 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2020
Chen Gu and Alexander Kurov
Shanghai Business School - Research Center of Finance and West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics
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Twitter Sentiment, News Sentiment, Social Media, Return Predictability, Analyst Recommendations, Earnings Forecasts, Target Prices

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Price Drift before U.S. Macroeconomic News: Private Information about Public Announcements?

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Price Drift before U.S. Macroeconomic News: Private Information about Public Announcements?

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming, Paris December 2015 Finance Meeting EUROFIDAI - AFFI
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 30 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2017
Alexander Kurov, Alessio Sancetta, Georg Strasser and Marketa Wolfe
West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics, University of London, Royal Holloway College - Department of Economics, European Central Bank (ECB) - Directorate General Research and Skidmore College - Department of Economics
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Macroeconomic news announcements, financial markets, pre-announcement effect, drift, informed trading

Price Drift Before U.S. Macroeconomic News: Private Information About Public Announcements?

ECB Working Paper No. 1901
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 12 May 2016
Alexander Kurov, Alessio Sancetta, Georg Strasser and Marketa Wolfe
West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics, University of London, Royal Holloway College - Department of Economics, European Central Bank (ECB) - Directorate General Research and Skidmore College - Department of Economics
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Macroeconomic news announcements; financial markets; pre-announcement effect; drift; informed trading

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Do Investors Care about Presidential Company-Specific Tweets?

Journal of Financial Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 15 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2018
Qi Ge, Alexander Kurov and Marketa Wolfe
Vassar College - Department of Economics, West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics and Skidmore College - Department of Economics
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Twitter, Company-Specific Tweets, President Trump, Stock Price, Trading Volume, Volatility, Investor Attention, Event Study

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The Disappearing Pre-FOMC Announcement Drift

Finance Research Letters, Vol. 40, 2021
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 07 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2021
Alexander Kurov, Marketa Wolfe and Thomas Gilbert
West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics, Skidmore College - Department of Economics and University of Washington - Department of Finance and Business Economics
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FOMC; Announcements; Drift; Press Conferences

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Macroeconomic Cycles and the Stock Market's Reaction to Monetary Policy

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 13 Feb 2008
Arabinda Basistha and Alexander Kurov
West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics and West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics
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Monetary policy, stock market, business cycle, credit channel

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Investor Sentiment and the Stock Market’s Reaction to Monetary Policy

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 08 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2011
Alexander Kurov
West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics
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Monetary policy, Stock market, Investor sentiment

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Price Dynamics in the Regular and E-Mini Futures Markets

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Price Dynamics in the Regular and E-Mini Futures Markets

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 07 May 2003
Alexander Kurov and Dennis Lasser
West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics and State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton - School of Management
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Futures, Electronic trading, Exchange locals, Price discovery

Price Dynamics in the Regular and E-Mini Futures Markets

Posted: 07 May 2003
Alexander Kurov and Dennis Lasser
West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics and State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton - School of Management

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Futures, Electronic trading, Exchange locals, Price discovery

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When Does the Fed Care About Stock Prices?

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 31 May 2022
Alexander Kurov, Eric Olson, Eric Olson and Gulnara R. Zaynutdinova Ph.D.
West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics, IndependentUniversity of Tulsa and West Virginia University, Department of Finance
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Monetary Policy, Stock Returns, Intraday Data, Futures, Identification, Heteroskedasticity

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What Drives Informed Trading Before Public Releases? Evidence from Natural Gas Inventory Announcements

Journal of Futures Markets, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 21 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2018
Chen Gu and Alexander Kurov
Shanghai Business School - Research Center of Finance and West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics
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Natural gas futures, Inventory announcements, Pre-announcement effect, Informed trading, Inventory forecasting

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Monetary Policy Uncertainty and the Market Reaction to Macroeconomic News

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 07 May 2016 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2017
Alexander Kurov and Raluca Stan
West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics and University of Minnesota Duluth
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Monetary policy, Macroeconomic announcements, Financial markets, Intraday data

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A Shot in the Arm: The Effect of COVID-19 Vaccine News on Financial and Commodity Markets

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 01 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2022
Oleg Kucher, Alexander Kurov and Marketa Wolfe
Frostburg State University - Department of Economics, West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics and Skidmore College - Department of Economics
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COVID-19 vaccine, stock market, interest rates, commodities, foreign exchange

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Relief Rallies after FOMC Announcements as a Resolution of Uncertainty

Journal of Empirical Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 16 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2018
Chen Gu, Alexander Kurov and Marketa Wolfe
Shanghai Business School - Research Center of Finance, West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics and Skidmore College - Department of Economics
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Monetary policy, FOMC meetings, Communication, Stock returns, Uncertainty

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Volatility Forecasting: The Role of Internet Search Activity and Implied Volatility

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Volatility Forecasting: The Role of Internet Search Activity and Implied Volatility

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 21 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2019
Arabinda Basistha, Alexander Kurov and Marketa Wolfe
West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics, West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics and Skidmore College - Department of Economics
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Volatility forecasting, realized volatility, implied volatility, Internet search activity, Google Trends search volume index, information

Volatility Forecasting: The Role of Internet Search Activity and Implied Volatility

Journal of Risk Model Validation, Vol. 14, No. 1
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 09 Feb 2021
Arabinda Basistha, Marketa Wolfe and Alexander Kurov
West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics, Skidmore College - Department of Economics and West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics
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volatility forecasting; realized volatility; implied volatility; internet search activity; Google Trends search volume index; information.

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The Information Content of the VIX Options Trading Volume

Journal of Futures Markets, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 22 Dec 2021
Chen Gu, Xu Guo, Alexander Kurov and Raluca Stan
Shanghai Business School - Research Center of Finance, Shenzhen University - College of Economics, West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics and University of Minnesota Duluth
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VIX options, put-call ratio, information, volatility

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Trading Around Macroeconomic Announcements: Are All Traders Created Equal?

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 07 Apr 2005
Grigori Erenburg, Alexander Kurov and Dennis Lasser
University of Western Ontario - King's University College, West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics and State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton - School of Management
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Macroeconomic announcements, futures, trading, exchange locals

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What Determines the Stock Market's Reaction to Monetary Policy Statements?

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 08 Jun 2012
Alexander Kurov
West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics
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Monetary policy, FOMC statements, Stock market, Business cycle

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Is it Time to Reduce the Minimum Tick Sizes of the E-Mini Futures?

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 03 Jan 2004
Alexander Kurov and Tatyana Zabotina
West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics and University of Illinois at Springfield
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Tick size, Spreads, Liquidity, Futures, Electronic trading

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Information and Noise in Financial Markets: Evidence from the E-Mini Index Futures

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 22 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2008
Alexander Kurov
West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics
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market microstructure, futures markets, price discovery, transitory volatility

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What Do Chinese Macro Announcements Tell Us About the World Economy?

Journal of International Money and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 15 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2015
Christopher F. Baum, Alexander Kurov and Marketa Wolfe
Boston College - Department of Economics, West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics and Skidmore College - Department of Economics
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Macroeconomic news, China, Economic integration, Financial markets, Commodity prices

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Monetary Policy and Stock Prices: Does the 'Fed Put' Work When It Is Most Needed?

Journal of Futures Markets, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 21 Mar 2016
Alexander Kurov and Chen Gu
West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics and Shanghai Business School - Research Center of Finance
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Monetary policy, Stock returns, Intraday data, Financial crisis

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Market Inefficiencies Surrounding Energy Announcements

Journal of Futures Markets, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 08 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2021
Sultan Alturki and Alexander Kurov
King Saud University and West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics
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Inventory Announcements, Market Efficiency, Financial Market Predictability, Oil Futures, Market Conditions

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Trader Survival: Evidence from the Energy Futures Markets

Journal of Futures Markets, 32 (2012), 809-836
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 13 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2014
Naomi E. Boyd and Alexander Kurov
West Virginia University and West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics
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Survival, Financial Markets, Market Structure, Futures Markets, Microstructure

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The Impact of Monetary Policy Surprises on Energy Prices

Journal of Futures Markets, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 24 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2013
Arabinda Basistha and Alexander Kurov
West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics and West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics
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monetary policy, energy prices, macroeconomic news

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Noisy Inventory Announcements and Energy Prices

Forthcoming, The Journal of Futures Markets
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 07 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2013
Marketa Wolfe, Alexander Kurov and Oleg Kucher
Skidmore College - Department of Economics, West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics and Frostburg State University - Department of Economics
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futures markets, energy prices, inventory announcements, event study, measurement error

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Drift Begone! Release Policies and Preannouncement Informed Trading

Journal of International Money and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 01 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2022
Alexander Kurov, Alessio Sancetta and Marketa Wolfe
West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics, University of London, Royal Holloway College - Department of Economics and Skidmore College - Department of Economics
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Macroeconomic news announcements, foreign exchange market, release policies, preannouncement effect, drift, informed trading

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Estimating Earnings Trend Using Unobserved Components Framework

Economics Letters, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 09 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2009
Arabinda Basistha and Alexander Kurov
West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics and West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics
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Valuation ratios, Unobserved components model

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Business Cycle, Storage, and Energy Prices

Review of Financial Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 10 Aug 2014
Oleg Kucher and Alexander Kurov
Frostburg State University - Department of Economics and West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics
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Energy Prices, Inventory, Business Cycle

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Investor Sentiment, Trading Behavior and Informational Efficiency in Index Futures Markets

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Investor Sentiment, Trading Behavior and Informational Efficiency in Index Futures Markets

Financial Review, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 107-127, February 2008
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 08 Feb 2008
Alexander Kurov
West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics
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Investor Sentiment, Trading Behavior and Informational Efficiency in Index Futures Markets

Financial Review, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 107-127, February 2008
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 29 Jan 2008
Alexander Kurov
West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics
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Investor Sentiment, Trading Behavior and Informational Efficiency in Index Futures Markets

The Financial Review, Vol. 43, No. 1, February 2008
Posted: 03 Dec 2007
Alexander Kurov
West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics

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feedback trading, investor sentiment, informational efficiency, market microstructure, futures markets

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Execution Quality in Open Outcry Futures Markets

Posted: 07 Apr 2005
Alexander Kurov
West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics

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Execution quality, Bid-ask spreads, Liquidity, Futures, Order submission strategies