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IMPACT OF INTERNET FORUM TRENDS AND RETAIL INVESTORS ONLINE DISCUSSION ON STOCK PRICE: ANALYZING WALLSTREETBETS USERS’ ACTIVITIES IN THE 1ST & 2ND QUARTER OF 2021

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Song_cornell_0058O_11305.pdf (1.33 MB)
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https://doi.org/10.7298/hy2s-mk46
https://hdl.handle.net/1813/110461
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Applied Economics and Management MS Theses
Author
Song, Jiachen
Abstract

A series of short squeeze activities during the last six months has drawn the public's attention to an online forum called WallStreetBets. As the community which starts the whole short squeeze series, the posts and discussions on WallStreetBets are highly related with the stocks they choose as targets to short squeeze. The aim for us is to clarify the influence of WallStreetBets discussions on stock prices. In this paper, the Granger Causality tests conducted on 15 stocks prove that for a certain stock, either a one-directional relationship or a bi-directional relationship exists between its stock price and its discussion frequency on WallStreetBets. To further examine the relationship, we use 2SLS and OLS regressions to acquire numerical and specific results for the elasticity between 15 stocks’ prices and discussion intensity on WallStreetBets respectively.

Description
69 pages
Date Issued
2021-08
Keywords
Granger Causality test
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Online Forum
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Short Squeeze
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Stock Market
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Stock Price
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WallStreetBets
Committee Chair
Turvey, Calum G.
Committee Member
Wolf, Christopher Allen
Degree Discipline
Applied Economics and Management
Degree Name
M.S., Applied Economics and Management
Degree Level
Master of Science
Type
dissertation or thesis
Link(s) to Catalog Record
https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/15160140

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