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标题：The impact of investors sentiment on the equity market: Evidence from Indian stock market
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作者：E. Bennet ; M. Selvam ; N. Vivek 等
期刊名称：African Journal of Business Management
印刷版ISSN：1993-8233
出版年度：2012
卷号：6
期号：32
页码：9317-9325
DOI：10.5897/AJBM11.588
语种：English
出版社：Academic Journals
摘要：The investors’ sentiment can be defined as investors’ attitude and opinion towards investing in the Stocks. The aim of this research is to analyse the individual investor’s sentiment. This study also analyses the influence of market specific factors on investors’ sentiment. The investor’s attitude towards investing is influenced by rumours, intuition, herd behaviour among investors and media coverage of the stock. A simple random sample of 375 investors in Tamil Nadu were chosen for the study. These investors were administered a structured schedule, containing pre-validated scales to measure the investor sentiment. Once the constructs were found to be both reliable and valid, the impact of Herd Behaviour, Internet Led Access to Information and Trading, Macro Economic Factors, Risk and Cost Factors, Performance Factors and Confidence Level of Institutional Investors, Best Game in Town Factors were tested by using the Bootstrapping method. The Market Specific Factors had a significant impact on the investors’ sentiment in India.
关键词：Investors’ sentiment; best game; PLS path modeling; market specific factors; herd behaviour