Stock market aversion? Political preferences and stock market participation

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 98-112

  Kaustia, Markku ^a   Torstila, Sami ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Household finance; Limited participation; Political preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751527366     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2010.10.017     Document Type: Article

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