The Dynamics of Disagreement

57 Pages Posted: 11 Dec 2018 Last revised: 22 May 2023

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Kent D. Daniel

Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Alexander Klos

University of Kiel - Institute for Quantitative Business and Economics Research (QBER)

Simon Rottke

University of Amsterdam - Finance Group; Tinbergen Institute

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Date Written: December 2018

Abstract

We infer how the estimates of firm value by “optimists” and “pessimists” evolve in response to information shocks by examining returns and disagreement measures for portfolios of short-sale constrained stocks which have experienced large gains or large losses. Our analysis suggests the presence of two groups, one of which overreacts to new information and remains biased over about five years, and a second group which underreacts and whose expectations are unbiased after about one year. Our results have implications for the belief dynamics that underly the momentum and long-term reversal effect.

Suggested Citation

Daniel, Kent D. and Klos, Alexander and Rottke, Simon, The Dynamics of Disagreement (December 2018). NBER Working Paper No. w25346, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3298824

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