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Mood, music and money: what our Spotify playlists reveal about the emotional nature of financial markets

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The researchers results hold across 40 countries and is not driven by a couple of outliers. Image: Unsplash/Wes Hicks

Ivan Indriawan
Senior Lecturer in Finance, Auckland University of Technology
Adrian Fernandez-Perez
Senior Research Fellow in Finance, Auckland University of Technology
Alex Edmans
Professor of Finance, Academic Director, Centre for Corporate Governance, London Business School, Professor of Finance, Academic Director, Centre for Corporate Governance, London Business School
Alexandre Garel
Chercheur en Finance, Audencia
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