by Lam Suk-ting, Angelina, Lin Yuen-tung, Anthony. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 59-64). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.iii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.vi / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vii / Chapter CHAPTER I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Pre-Holiday Effect --- p.1 / Hong Kong Situation --- p.2 / Objectives of The Research --- p.3 / Outline of The Report --- p.3 / Chapter CHAPTER II. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.4 / Literature on Holiday Effect --- p.4 / "Possible Explanations for the "" Holiday Effect""" --- p.7 / Literature Review on Other Anomalies --- p.10 / """January Effect""" --- p.10 / """ Firm Size Effect""" --- p.12 / """ Weekend Effect"" and ""Monday Effect""" --- p.14 / Monthly Effect'' --- p.15 / Literature on Hong Kong Market's Anomalies --- p.16 / Chapter CHAPTER III. --- DATA AND METHODOLOGY --- p.18 / Data --- p.18 / Holiday Selection --- p.19 / Data Source --- p.19 / Methodology --- p.20 / Procedure of Analysis --- p.21 / General Effect Before Holidays --- p.21 / General Effect After Holidays --- p.22 / Individual Holiday Effect --- p.22 / Length of Holiday vs. Market Performance --- p.25 / Theoretical Framework --- p.26 / Student's t Test For Two Separated Samples --- p.27 / Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test --- p.28 / One-Way ANOVA --- p.31 / Chapter CHAPTER IV. --- RESULT --- p.33 / General Pre-Holiday Effect --- p.33 / General Post-Holiday Effect --- p.35 / Individual Holiday Effect --- p.36 / The Pre-Holiday Effect Of Individual Holiday --- p.37 / Returns On Pre-Holiday Trading Day vs. Returns On Three Days Before Holiday --- p.39 / The Post-Holiday Effect Of Individual Holiday --- p.40 / Christmas-New Year Holiday Effect --- p.41 / The Relationship Between Length Of Holiday And Market Performance --- p.42 / Chapter CHAPTER V. --- FURTHER ANALYSIS OF RESULT --- p.44 / "Is the ""Pre-Holiday Effect"" a manifestation of other anomalies ？" --- p.45 / "Not A ""January Effect""" --- p.45 / "Not a "" Week-End Effect""" --- p.48 / Existence of the effect across the whole test period --- p.51 / Chapter CHAPTER VI. --- CONCLUSION --- p.53 / APPENDIX I. LIST OF GENERAL HOLIDAYS IN HONG KONG --- p.55 / APPENDIX II. LENGTH OF HOLIDAY VS. MARKET RETURN --- p.56 / APPENDIX III. CONSTITUENT STOCKS OF HANG SENG INDEX --- p.58 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.59
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_318272 |
| Date | January 1995 |
| Contributors | Lam, Suk-ting Angelina., Lin, Yuen-tung Anthony., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Business Administration. |
| Publisher | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, vii, 64 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Coverage | China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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