An Empirical Inquiry into Psychological Heuristics in the Context of the Korean Distribution Industry within the Stock Marketopen access
- Authors
- Lee, Jeong Hwan; Lee, Se-Jun; Son, Sam-Ho
- Issue Date
- Sep-2023
- Publisher
- Korea Distribution Science Association (KODISA)
- Keywords
- Availability Heuristics; Anchoring Heuristics; Drifts; Large-Price Change; Korean Distribution Industry.
- Citation
- Journal of Distribution Science, v.21, no.9, pp.103 - 114
- Indexed
- SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- Journal of Distribution Science
- Volume
- 21
- Number
- 9
- Start Page
- 103
- End Page
- 114
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/191784
- DOI
- 10.15722/jds.21.09.202309.103
- ISSN
- 1738-3110
- Abstract
- Purpose: This paper aims to assess psychological heuristics’ effectiveness on cumulative returns after significant stock price changes. Specifically, it compares availability and anchoring heuristics’ empirical validity due to conflicting stock return predictions. Research Design, Data, and Methodology: This paper analyzes stock price changes of Korean distribution industry stocks in the KOSPI market from January 2004 to July 2022, where daily fluctuations exceed 10%. It evaluates availability heuristics using daily KOSPI index changes and tests anchoring heuristics using 52-week high and low stock prices as reference points. Results: As a result of the empirical analysis, stock price reversals did not consistently appear alongside changes in the daily KOSPI index. By contrast, stock price drifts consistently appeared around the 52-week highest stock price and 52-week lowest stock price. The result of the multiple regression analysis which controlled for both company-specific and event-specific variables supported the anchoring heuristics. Conclusions: For stocks related to the Korean distribution industry in the KOSPI market, the anchoring heuristics theory provides a consistent explanation for stock returns after large-scale stock price fluctuations that initially appear to be random movements
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