TY - JOUR

T1 - Attracting attention from peers

T2 - Excitement in social trading

AU - Pelster, Matthias

PY - 2019/5

Y1 - 2019/5

N2 - I study the impact of peers showing interest in investors’ trading on the latters’ future trading activities. To this end, I investigate the trading patterns of investors who attract attention of their peers on a social trading platform. My empirical findings suggest that social traders who draw attention of their peers show an increased trading activity and are more willing to take risks. This finding may be explained by investors becoming more excited about trading once they receive attention from their peers.

AB - I study the impact of peers showing interest in investors’ trading on the latters’ future trading activities. To this end, I investigate the trading patterns of investors who attract attention of their peers on a social trading platform. My empirical findings suggest that social traders who draw attention of their peers show an increased trading activity and are more willing to take risks. This finding may be explained by investors becoming more excited about trading once they receive attention from their peers.

KW - Emotions

KW - Excitement

KW - Investor behavior

KW - Social interaction

KW - Trading activity

KW - Management studies

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85064075376&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.jebo.2019.03.010

DO - 10.1016/j.jebo.2019.03.010

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:85064075376

VL - 161

SP - 158

EP - 179

JO - Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

JF - Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

SN - 0167-2681

ER -