Contrarians, Extrapolators, and Stock Market Momentum and Reversal

Adem Atmaz (), Huseyin Gulen, Stefano Cassella () and Fangcheng Ruan ()
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Adem Atmaz: Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
Stefano Cassella: School of Economics and Management, Tilburg University, 5037 Tilburg, Netherlands
Fangcheng Ruan: Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907

Management Science, 2024, vol. 70, issue 9, 5949-5984

Abstract: We document considerable cross-investor variation in survey expectations about aggregate stock market returns. Although most investors are extrapolators who expect higher returns after a good market performance, some are contrarians who expect lower returns after a good performance. More notably, compared with extrapolators, contrarians have less persistent expectations that are corrected more quickly. We then develop a dynamic equilibrium model accounting for these differences in expectations and find that the equilibrium stock price exhibits short-term momentum and long-term reversal as in the data. Furthermore, we test the key predictions of our model linking the observable differences in extrapolators’ and contrarians’ expectations to aggregate stock market momentum and future stock performance and find supportive evidence for our model mechanism.

Keywords: extrapolative expectations; extrapolators; contrarians; autocorrelation; momentum; reversal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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