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Trusting the Stock Market [PDF]

open access: possibleSSRN Electronic Journal, 2007
ABSTRACTWe study the effect that a general lack of trust can have on stock market participation. In deciding whether to buy stocks, investors factor in the risk of being cheated. The perception of this risk is a function of the objective characteristics of the stocks and the subjective characteristics of the investor. Less trusting individuals are less
GUISO, LUIGI, Sapienza, P, Zingales, L.
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Stock market aversion? Political preferences and stock market participation

Journal of Financial Economics, 2010
We find that left-wing voters and politicians are less likely to invest in stocks, controlling for income, wealth, education, and other relevant factors. This finding from unique data sets in Finland is robust both at the zip code and at the individual level. A moderate left voter is 17-20% less likely to own stocks than a moderate right voter.
Torstila, Sami, Kaustia, Markku
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TAKEOVERS AND THE STOCK MARKET

Contributions to Political Economy, 1987
In a market economy the stock exchange has a triple role, first to pool together society’s savings dispersed among individual savers; second to channel selectively these savings to companies with the best investment prospects, and third to encourage the efficient use of assets embodying past savings. Two interrelated mechanisms are involved.
Hughes, Alan, Singh, Ajit
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Oil and the Stock Markets

The Journal of Finance, 1996
ABSTRACTWe test whether the reaction of international stock markets to oil shocks can be justified by current and future changes in real cash flows and/or changes in expected returns. We find that in the postwar period, the reaction of United States and Canadian stock prices to oil shocks can be completely accounted for by the impact of these shocks on
Jones, Charles M, Kaul, Gautam
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An artificial stock market

Artificial Life and Robotics, 1999
The Santa Fe Artificial Stock Market consists of a central computational market and a number of artificially intelligent agents. The agents choose between investing in a stock and leaving their money in the bank, which pays a fixed interest rate. The stock pays a stochastic dividend and has a price which fluctuates according to agent demand. The agents
R. G. Palmer   +3 more
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