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<p>We examine turn of the month effect for the Macedonian Stock Exchange using daily return data utilizing OLS and pooled regression analysis for the 10 components of the MBI10 index. We find that for most of the individual stock returns the coefficients of the turn-of-the-month effect are all positive indicating the presence of the turn-of-the-month effect. When the data is pooled, we obtain even stronger results. The study confirms that the turn-of-the-month effect holds for Macedonian Stock Exchange which has not been examined before. Therefore, on average, the daily return over the turn-of-the-month effect period is significantly higher than the daily return over the rest-of-the-month period and hence providing room for more investment opportunities.</p>
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We examine turn of the month effect for the Macedonian Stock Exchange using daily return data utilizing OLS and pooled regression analysis for the 10 components of the MBI10 index. We find that for most of the individual stock returns the coefficients of the turn-of-the-month effect are all positive indicating the presence of the turn-of-the-month effect. When the data is pooled, we obtain even stronger results. The study confirms that the turn-of-the-month effect holds for Macedonian Stock Exchange which has not been examined before. Therefore, on average, the daily return over the turn-of-the-month effect period is significantly higher than the daily return over the rest-of-the-month period and hence providing room for more investment opportunities.

The Turn-of-the-Month Effect: Evidence from Macedonian Stock Exchange

Studia Universitatis „Vasile Goldis” Arad – Economics Series

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We examine turn of the month effect for the Macedonian Stock Exchange using daily return data utilizing OLS and pooled regression analysis for the 10...

The Turn-of-the-Month Effect: Evidence from Macedonian Stock Exchange

Publié en ligne: 15 juil. 2023

Pages: 86 - 100

Reçu: 01 juin 2022

Accepté: 01 sept. 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sues-2023-0015

Mots clés
anomalous returns, turn-of-the-month effect, OLS, pooled regression

© 2023 Fitim Deari et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

The Turn-of-the-Month Effect: Evidence from Macedonian Stock Exchange

Publié en ligne: 15 juil. 2023

Pages: 86 - 100

Reçu: 01 juin 2022

Accepté: 01 sept. 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sues-2023-0015

Mots clésanomalous returns, turn-of-the-month effect, OLS, pooled regression

© 2023 Fitim Deari et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
anomalous returns, turn-of-the-month effect, OLS, pooled regression