Stock market participation is monotonically related to IQ, controlling for wealth, income, age, and other demographic and occupational information. The high correlation between IQ, measured early in adult life, and participation, exists even among the affluent. Supplemental data from siblings,...

Although there has been an increasing interest in the links between aesthetics and the market economy, researchers have largely ignored the aesthetics related one class of economic behavior, i.e., individuals' investments. The purpose of this article is to explicate certain roles that aesthetics...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to contribute to corporate marketing literature by examining how an individual's identification with a company influences their willingness to invest in the company's shares.Methodology/Approach – A set of hypotheses were developed based on theory,...

Using unique trading data for investor classes from Sri Lanka, this study finds asymmetric investor behavior between buyside and sellside in large trades. Investors are positive feedback traders on the buyside and contrarians on the sellside. Domestic investors exhibit more feedback and...