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Weather, institutional investors and earnings news
We examine how pre-announcement weather conditions near a firm’s major institutional in-
vestors affect stock market reactions to firms’ earnings announcements. We find that unpleasant
weather experienced by institutional investors leads to more delayed market responses to sub-
sequent earnings news. Moreover, unpleasant weather of institutional investors is associated with
higher earnings announcement premia. The influence of institutional investors’ weather is robust
after controlling for New York City weather, extreme weather conditions, and firm local weather.
Additional cross-sectional evidence suggests that the strength of this weather effect is related to
institutional investors’ trading behavior.