Do mutual fund managers exploit the Ramadan anomaly? Evidence from Turkey

Jędrzej Białkowski, Martin T. Bohl, Philipp Kaufmann and Tomasz Wisniewski

Emerging Markets Review, 2013, vol. 15, issue C, 211-232

Abstract: Recent literature shows that the holy month of Ramadan exerts a positive influence on investor sentiment in predominantly Muslim countries. This anomaly has been found to be particularly pronounced in Turkey. We therefore examine whether mutual fund managers investing in Turkish stocks are able to benefit from the Ramadan effect. We find that risk-adjusted performance of domestic institutional funds, hybrid funds and foreign Turkish equity funds is substantially higher during Ramadan compared to the rest of the year. By contrast, domestic index funds fail to deliver higher abnormal returns as they are adversely affected by increased money inflows during Ramadan.

Keywords: Mutual fund performance; Ramadan effect; Calendar anomaly; Investor sentiment; Behavioral finance; Emerging markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G11 G14 G23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ememar.2013.02.003

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