Investor recognition affects cross-sectional stock returns. In informationally incomplete markets, investors have limited recognition of all securities, and their holding of stocks with low recognition requires compensation for being imperfectly diversified. Using the number of posts on the...

Mood is associated with investors' decision making and influences stock market performance, which is supported by psychological and financial researches. However, previous studies have not provided a strong evidence that their proxies can influence moods in an efficient way.We use data of...

Using individual-level data of antidepressant prescriptions filled and the local bias phenomenon of investors in the United States, we study the effects of stock declines on the psychological health of investors and find that a one standard deviation decrease in local stock returns increases...