• Consumer attention and company performance: Evidence from luxury companies 

      Cheraghali, Hamid; Høydal, Hannah; Lysebo, Caroline; Molnar, Peter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-08)
      Previous research has shown that investor attention, measured by Google searches for company tickers, can predict companies’ returns. However, for companies offering luxury goods in consumer-driven industries, consumer ...
    • Fear of the coronavirus and the stock markets 

      Lyocsa, Stefan; Baumöhl, Eduard; Vyrost, Tomas; Molnar, Peter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-08)
      Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, stock markets around the world have experienced unprecedented declines amid high uncertainty. In this paper, we use Google search volume activity as a gauge of panic and fear. ...
    • Online attention and mutual fund performance: Evidence from Norway 

      Cheraghali, Hamid; Igeh, Sofia Aarstad; Lin, Kuan-Heng; Molnar, Peter; Wijerathne, Iddamalgodage (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-14)
      This paper studies whether flows of funds into and out of equity mutual funds depend on investor attention measured as Google searches for company names and on fund’s performance. We find that mutual funds which performed ...