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Alok Kumar - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Political Activism information costs and stock market participation
Journal of Financial Economics, 2013Co-Authors: Yosef Bonaparte, Alok KumarAbstract:This paper examines whether Political Activism increases people's propensity to participate in the stock market. Our key conjecture is that Politically active people follow Political news more actively, which increases their chance of being exposed to financial news. Consequently, their information gathering costs are likely to be lower and the propensity to participate in the market would be higher. We find support for this hypothesis using multiple micro-level data sets, state-level data from the US, and cross-country data from Europe. Irrespective of their Political affiliation, Politically active individuals are 9–25% more likely to participate in the stock market. Using residence in “battleground” states and several other geographic instruments, we demonstrate that greater Political Activism reduces information gathering costs and causes higher market participation rates. Further, consistent with our conjecture, we find that Politically active individuals spend about 30 minutes more on news daily and appear more knowledgeable about the economy and the markets.
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Political Activism, Information Costs, and Stock Market Participation
Journal of Financial Economics, 2013Co-Authors: Yosef Bonaparte, Alok KumarAbstract:This paper examines whether Political Activism increases people's propensity to participate in the stock market. Our key conjecture is that Politically active people follow Political news more actively, which increases their chance of being exposed to financial news. Consequently, their information gathering costs are likely to be lower and the propensity to participate in the market would be higher. We find support for this hypothesis using multiple micro-level data sets, state-level data from the US, and cross-country data from Europe. Irrespective of their Political affiliation, Politically active individuals are 9–25% more likely to participate in the stock market. Using residence in “battleground” states and several other geographic instruments, we demonstrate that greater Political Activism reduces information gathering costs and causes higher market participation rates. Further, consistent with our conjecture, we find that Politically active individuals spend about 30 minutes more on news daily and appear more knowledgeable about the economy and the markets.
Yosef Bonaparte - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Political Activism information costs and stock market participation
Journal of Financial Economics, 2013Co-Authors: Yosef Bonaparte, Alok KumarAbstract:This paper examines whether Political Activism increases people's propensity to participate in the stock market. Our key conjecture is that Politically active people follow Political news more actively, which increases their chance of being exposed to financial news. Consequently, their information gathering costs are likely to be lower and the propensity to participate in the market would be higher. We find support for this hypothesis using multiple micro-level data sets, state-level data from the US, and cross-country data from Europe. Irrespective of their Political affiliation, Politically active individuals are 9–25% more likely to participate in the stock market. Using residence in “battleground” states and several other geographic instruments, we demonstrate that greater Political Activism reduces information gathering costs and causes higher market participation rates. Further, consistent with our conjecture, we find that Politically active individuals spend about 30 minutes more on news daily and appear more knowledgeable about the economy and the markets.
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Political Activism, Information Costs, and Stock Market Participation
Journal of Financial Economics, 2013Co-Authors: Yosef Bonaparte, Alok KumarAbstract:This paper examines whether Political Activism increases people's propensity to participate in the stock market. Our key conjecture is that Politically active people follow Political news more actively, which increases their chance of being exposed to financial news. Consequently, their information gathering costs are likely to be lower and the propensity to participate in the market would be higher. We find support for this hypothesis using multiple micro-level data sets, state-level data from the US, and cross-country data from Europe. Irrespective of their Political affiliation, Politically active individuals are 9–25% more likely to participate in the stock market. Using residence in “battleground” states and several other geographic instruments, we demonstrate that greater Political Activism reduces information gathering costs and causes higher market participation rates. Further, consistent with our conjecture, we find that Politically active individuals spend about 30 minutes more on news daily and appear more knowledgeable about the economy and the markets.
Francesca Vassallo - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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France, Social Capital and Political Activism
2010Co-Authors: Francesca VassalloAbstract:Political Participation and Democracy Political Participation in France Levels and Styles of Political Involvement Political Activism and Social Capital: The French Perspective Social Capital in France Across Borders: France within the Broader Political Context Conclusions: Citizens and Political Activism in France
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Political Activism and Social Capital: The French Perspective
France Social Capital and Political Activism, 2010Co-Authors: Francesca VassalloAbstract:As the culmination of the long development of the French Political action paradigm, this chapter starts with a direct discussion based upon the three specific research questions in this volume. 1) Is France strongly Politically active? How? 2) Does France consequently have a high level of social capital as well? How is it measured? 3) Where does France stand in comparison to other countries in regard to the link between Political Activism and social integration?
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Political Activism and Association Involvement: The French Choice in Comparative Perspective
French Politics, 2004Co-Authors: Francesca VassalloAbstract:The ‘Participatory Revolution’ of the past decades has caused not only a surge in Political Activism, but more importantly a reconsideration of the relevance of the level of Political engagement: individual and collective levels of Activism have started competing for Political participants. In this context, a close analysis of the French case might reveal whether it is Political involvement at the individual level, more than at the collective one, that drives the country's strong Political Activism. The testing of this Political behavior paradigm will provide important conclusions on the validity of the literature on social capital, questioning the positive correlation between high levels of conventional or unconventional Political Activism and high levels of associationism and collective activity in social and Political organizations.
Eric Swank - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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predictors of Political Activism among social work students
Journal of Social Work Education, 2012Co-Authors: Eric SwankAbstract:This article identifies factors inspiring greater Political participation among undergraduate social work students (N=125). When separating students into self-identified liberals and conservatives, the study uses resource, mobilizing, and framing variables to explain greater levels of Activism. After several multivariate regressions, this article concludes that Political Activism is spurred by many motivators. For liberals and conservatives, belonging to an activist network and maintaining activist identities were crucial to different modes of Activism. Moreover, the perceived legitimacy of traditional institutions predicted protest actions of liberals and conservatives, whereas notions of collective efficacy influenced only electoral Activism. Finally, demographic status mattered only for conservative students, as female and African American conservatives were less likely to protest than male and Euro American conservatives.
Charles Blaich - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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some complexities in the effects of diversity experiences on orientation toward social Political Activism and Political views in the first year of college
The Journal of Higher Education, 2012Co-Authors: Ernest T. Pascarella, Mark H. Salisbury, Georgianna L. Martin, Charles BlaichAbstract:This study analyzed longitudinal data from 19 institutions to determine if the net effects of diversity experiences on orientation toward social/Political Activism and Political views are discernible as early as the fi rst year of postsecondary education. Statistically controlling for other infl uences, including precollege measures of each outcome, we found that interactional diversity positively infl uenced both social/Political Activism and liberal Political views, and that classroom diversity had a small positive infl uence on social/Political Activism. More importantly, however, we also found that the magnitude of the effects of both interactional and classroom diversity is substantially determined by individual student precollege characteristics.
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Some Complexities in the Effects of Diversity Experiences on Orientation Toward Social/Political Activism and Political Views in the First Year of College
The Journal of Higher Education, 2012Co-Authors: Ernest T. Pascarella, Mark H. Salisbury, Georgianna L. Martin, Charles BlaichAbstract:This study analyzed longitudinal data from 19 institutions to determine if the net effects of diversity experiences on orientation toward social/Political Activism and Political views are discernible as early as the fi rst year of postsecondary education. Statistically controlling for other infl uences, including precollege measures of each outcome, we found that interactional diversity positively infl uenced both social/Political Activism and liberal Political views, and that classroom diversity had a small positive infl uence on social/Political Activism. More importantly, however, we also found that the magnitude of the effects of both interactional and classroom diversity is substantially determined by individual student precollege characteristics.
