%0 Journal Article
%T The SAD Cycle for the Bucharest Stock Exchange
%A Razvan STEFANESCU
%A Ramona DUMITRIU
%J Risk in Contemporary Economy
%D 2011
%I Dunarea de Jos University of Galati
%X The SAD effect is a calendar anomaly linked to the few length of the daylight during the autumn and the winter. In this paper we investigate the presence of this seasonal effect on the Romanian capital market. We find evidences of a significant SAD effect for an important index of the Bucharest Stock Exchange. We also identify some differences of this anomaly from before and during the crisis.
%K Behavioral finance
%K Calendar anomalies
%K Seasonal affective disorder
%K Romanian capital market
%U http://www.rce.feaa.ugal.ro/sites/default/files/RStefanescu_RDumitriu.pdf