News Consumption in the Wild
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY
Finance Department
Research Seminars in Finance
Paper Title: News Consumption in the Wild
Speaker: Tony Cookson, University of Colorado Boulder
Time and Date: 12-1 pm, Wednesday 20 March 2024 (AEDT)
Location: UTS Business School, theatre room CB08.03.005. This is an in-person seminar.
Abstract: We study how market returns shape news consumption, employing 700 million pageviews over 27 months from Australia's largest financial newspaper, the Australian Financial Review. Aggregate news consumption intensifies on days when the Australian market index decreases, led by a dramatic spike in consumption of markets news. By contrast, firm-specific news consumption declines when the aggregate market moves more (up or down). These findings imply aggregate and firm-specific news are substitutes for one another, consistent with theories of limited attention. These news consumption effects are strongest for fresh news, but they are also present for stale news articles on days when there are no articles about the firm.
You can also keep up-to-date on information about our seminar series by following our LinkedIn page or checking out our seminar webpage.
If you would like to be removed from our seminar mailing list, please click here.
Co-ordinator: Kenny Phua
Enquiries: Chloe Qu