Textual sentiment in finance: A survey of methods and models

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 171-185

  Kearney, Colm ^a   Liu, Sha ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Behavioral finance; Internet messages; Market efficiency; News; Textual sentiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902206396     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2014.02.006     Document Type: Review

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