Literature Review for Stock Message Board Studies

Abstract

Although the first stock message board study appeared in 1998, academic research on this topic is still in its infancy. So far, there are about 50 research papers directly related to stock message boards; scholars in artificial intelligence, computer science, management information system, finance, and applied statistics are all interested in this topic. Figure 15.1 shows the number of papers (published and unpublished) per year from 1998 to 2014. The number of papers per year has generally increased over time with a peak of six papers in 2011. There were four papers published in 2000, which was likely due to the Internet bubble. (Note that it shows only two papers in 2014 as I wrote this chapter in the beginning of 2014.)