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A New Chinese Financial Sentiment Dictionary for Textual
Analysis in Accounting and Finance
Shibo Bian
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, Dekui Jia
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, Feng Li
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, and Zhipeng Yan
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First version: February 2018
This version: July 2019
Abstract: Using a multi-stage filtering procedure based on both algorithms and human
judgement, we develop a Chinese Financial Sentiment Dictionary (CFSD) with the
hope to help advance textual analysis of Chinese documents in accounting and finance.
There are 1,489 negative words and 1,108 positive words in the CFSD. We translate all
2,597 words into English. We also briefly discuss two unique settings in which
researchers can investigate some important and interesting research questions that are
rarely studied due to lack of data.
Key words: textual analysis; sentiment analysis; Chinese financial sentiment dictionary
This project is a part of the research, “Do small investors matter?” (Bian, Jia, Li and
Yan, 2019)
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School of Statistics and Management, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai 200433, China,
Tel: 8613524558839, Email: bian.shibo@mail.sufe.edu.cn.
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College of Business, Changzhou University, 1 Gehu Road, Wujin District, Changzhou Jiangsu, China 213164,
Tel: 8613817798472, Email: jdk@cczu.edu.cn. Jia acknowledges financial support from the Chinese National
Social Science Fund (Grant No. 17BJL036).
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Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai China 200030, Tel: 86-21-
6293-4533, Email: fli@saif.sjtu.edu.cn.
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Martin Tuchman School of Management, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University Heights, Newark, NJ
07102-1982. Tel: (973) 596-3260, Email: zyan@njit.edu.
Electronic copy available at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3446388