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Corporate Scandals and Household Stock Market Participation
Author(s) -
GIANNETTI MARIASSUNTA,
WANG TRACY YUE
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the journal of finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 18.151
H-Index - 299
eISSN - 1540-6261
pISSN - 0022-1082
DOI - 10.1111/jofi.12399
Subject(s) - demise , revelation , stock market , equity (law) , stock (firearms) , business , monetary economics , economics , law , political science , mechanical engineering , art , paleontology , literature , horse , biology , engineering
We show that, after the revelation of corporate fraud in a state, household stock market participation in that state decreases. Households decrease holdings in fraudulent as well as nonfraudulent firms, even if they do not hold stocks in fraudulent firms. Within a state, households with more lifetime experience of corporate fraud hold less equity. Following the exogenous increase in fraud revelation due to Arthur Andersen's demise, states with more Arthur Andersen clients experience a larger decrease in stock market participation. We provide evidence that the documented effect is likely to reflect a loss of trust in the stock market.