%0 Journal Article %A Jim Kyung-Soo Liew %A Garrett Zhengyuan Wang %A Barbara J. Mack %T Practical Applications of Twitter Sentiment and IPO Performance: A Cross-Sectional Examination %D 2017 %R 10.3905/pa.2017.5.1.225 %J Practical Applications %P 1-4 %V 5 %N 1 %X Twitter Sentiment and IPO Performance: A Cross-Sectional Examination Jim Kyung-Soo Liew Garrett Zhengyuan Wang In recent years, the rise of social media has generated opportunities for collecting vast amounts of user data; the question is: How useful is it and what are the lessons that can be drawn from it? Jim Kyung-Soo Liew and Garrett Zhengyuan Wang of Johns Hopkins Carey Business School examine this new field in Twitter Sentiment and IPO Performance: A Cross-Sectional Examination , which was published in the Summer 2016 issue of The Journal of Portfolio Management . Focusing strictly on the financial markets, they assess how a proper sentiment model can serve investment banks, quant funds, and hedge funds in their quest for keys to human behavior and investment.TOPICS: In markets, quantitative methods %U https://pa.pm-research.com/content/iijpracapp/5/1/1.5.full.pdf