Calendar anomalies: a survey of the literature Online publication date: Mon, 12-Oct-2015
by Nikunj Patel; Martin Sewell
International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance (IJBAF), Vol. 5, No. 2, 2015
Abstract: The specific purpose of this paper is to investigate the empirical evidence of stock price anomalies, especially day-of-the-week, month-of-the-year and the holiday effect. The review covers the critical evaluation of calendar anomalies, and the major focus has been given to extensively cited papers. Most of the researchers have found evidence of a negative Monday effect, though a relatively small number of researchers have refuted these results. We found a clear indication of a January effect in developed stock markets; however, there was no consensus in developing and least developed countries. Most of the researchers found a strong pre-holiday effect in the majority of markets; however, a few researchers found that the pre-holiday effect has diminished. The research could be extended to include other calendar anomalies such as the turn-of-the-month effect and semi-month effect. This research is helpful to all stakeholders of the stock market, specifically to regulators for maintaining market efficiency.
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