Political activism, information costs, and stock market participation

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 760-786

  Bonaparte, Yosef ^a   Kumar, Alok ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic instruments; Individual investors; Information costs; Political activism; Stock market participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875539417     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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