A new study using music streaming data to measure national mood underlines how much stock markets are governed by emotion rather than rational calculation.
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Accounting, University of Technology Sydney
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Director, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Accounting Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Economics, University of the Western Cape
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Lecturer, Accounting Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Economics, Melbourne Business School
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Professor of Finance, London Business School
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Associate Professor of Finance, Audencia
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Senior Lecturer in Finance, University of Adelaide
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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Senior Research Fellow in Finance, Auckland University of Technology
