Table 1

Returns around the turn of the month

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Panel A: Average returns by trading day of the month
VW−0.097 (−0.80)0.036 (0.33)0.356 (3.36)−0.218 (−1.79)−0.194 (−1.54)−0.057 (−0.51)0.280 (2.82)0.109 (0.94)0.400 (3.95)0.472 (4.09)0.087 (0.93)0.024 (0.21)0.121 (1.08)0.149 (1.42)−0.049 (−0.45)−0.080 (−0.75)0.045 (0.37)0.185 (1.72)
EW−0.068 (−0.59)0.099 (0.96)0.307 (2.85)0.289 (2.55)−0.183 (−1.49)−0.032 (−0.29)−0.174 (−1.67)0.174 (1.61)0.374 (3.91)0.527 (4.84)0.255 (2.95)0.151 (1.41)0.204 (2.02)0.189 (1.92)0.076 (0.73)0.029 (0.28)0.189 (1.82)0.237 (2.41)
TOM [–1, +3]ROM [–1, +3]Diff.TOM [–1, +1]ROM [–1, +1]Diff.
Panel B: Returns at the TOM and ROM
VW0.243*** (3.46)−0.049 (−1.35)0.292*** (3.69)0.431*** (5.25)−0.037 (−1.03)0.468*** (5.22)
EW0.331*** (5.02)0.006 (0.17)0.325*** (4.33)0.455*** (5.97)0.028 (0.82)0.427*** (5.11)

Note(s): This table reports returns around the turn of the month. Panel A presents the value-weighted (VW) and equal-weighted (EW) average returns on the KOSDAQ market by trading day of the month. Panel B presents average daily returns at the TOM and ROM, and their differences. t-statistics are in parentheses. In Panel A, numbers in italic denote statistical significance at the 5% level. In Panel B, *, ** and *** indicate significance at the 10%, 5% and 1% levels, respectively. The sample period is from 2000 to 2020

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