Volume and price patterns around a stock's 52-week highs and lows: Theory and evidence

Management Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-31

  Huddart, Steven ^a   Lang, Mark ^b   Yetman, Michelle H ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Behavioral finance; Decision analysis; Prospect theory; Reference point; Value function

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BEHAVIORAL FINANCE; DECISION ANALYSIS; PROSPECT THEORY; REFERENCE POINT; VALUE FUNCTION;

COMMERCE; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; INVESTMENTS;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 67650021359     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1080.0920     Document Type: Article

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