Social Interaction and Stock Market Participation: Evidence from China

Zhifeng Liu, Tingting Zhang and Xiaoguang Yang

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2014, vol. 2014, 1-9

Abstract:

Current research on the impact of social interaction on the stock market participation only involves the traditional way of social interaction, and this paper further investigates the modern social interaction effects on the stock market participation and its activeness. The sample containing 150 Chinese counties is selected, and we apply grouping analysis and linear regression to conclude that social interaction has positive influence on the stock market participation and its activeness. Both traditional and modern social interaction ways affect the stock market participation and its activeness to the similar extent, so modern social interaction is of the same importance. Controlling for the respondents’ age, wealth, and education level, the above conclusion still holds.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1155/2014/906564

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