Political Interference and Stock Price Consequences of Local Bias |
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| Authors: | Tom Aabo Christos Pantzalis Jung Chul Park |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Aarhus University;2. University of South Florida |
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| Abstract: | Politics can interfere with capital markets. We show that political interference is a necessary condition for local bias in the stock market. We extend the framework of Hong, Kubik and Stein (2008) and find that the inverse relation between market‐to‐book ratios and the ratio of the aggregate book value of firms to the aggregate risk tolerance of investors in a state (RATIO) is only prevalent among firms located in areas where politics has substantial influence on local markets. Our results indicate that the impact of politically induced local bias is primarily demand driven and stronger among firms that are less visible. |
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| Keywords: | political influence local bias segmented markets G11 G12 H1 |
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