{"title":"Calendar effects on returns, volatility and higher moments: Evidence from crypto markets","authors":"Bernardina Algieri , Kokulo K. Lawuobahsumo , Arturo Leccadito , Iliess Zahid","doi":"10.1016/j.najef.2025.102441","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study aims to investigate calendar effects in the cryptocurrency market. We consider the day-of-the-week, the month-of-the-year, quarter-of-the-year, the US Holidays, and Weekend calendar anomalies for the leading cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Dash, Dogecoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Monero Ripple, and Stellar. Our study employs the Autoregressive Conditional Density model with dummy variables to scrutinize these calendar effects. We find anomalies in the mean, variance, skewness, and kurtosis for these cryptocurrencies’ returns. Our result suggests that the cryptocurrency market in some periods tends to violate the Efficient Market Hypothesis.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47831,"journal":{"name":"North American Journal of Economics and Finance","volume":"79 ","pages":"Article 102441"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"North American Journal of Economics and Finance","FirstCategoryId":"96","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1062940825000816","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"BUSINESS, FINANCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This study aims to investigate calendar effects in the cryptocurrency market. We consider the day-of-the-week, the month-of-the-year, quarter-of-the-year, the US Holidays, and Weekend calendar anomalies for the leading cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Dash, Dogecoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Monero Ripple, and Stellar. Our study employs the Autoregressive Conditional Density model with dummy variables to scrutinize these calendar effects. We find anomalies in the mean, variance, skewness, and kurtosis for these cryptocurrencies’ returns. Our result suggests that the cryptocurrency market in some periods tends to violate the Efficient Market Hypothesis.
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The focus of the North-American Journal of Economics and Finance is on the economics of integration of goods, services, financial markets, at both regional and global levels with the role of economic policy in that process playing an important role. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome. Empirical and policy-related papers that rely on data and the experiences of countries outside North America are also welcome. Papers should offer concrete lessons about the ongoing process of globalization, or policy implications about how governments, domestic or international institutions, can improve the coordination of their activities. Empirical analysis should be capable of replication. Authors of accepted papers will be encouraged to supply data and computer programs.