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Table 2 Correlation coefficients among variables

From: Does communication increase investors’ trading frequency? Evidence from a Chinese social trading platform

 

Trades

Turnover

Leader

Leader

Leader

Leader

Return

Return

No.

   

comment

count

positive

negative

 

SD

securities

Trades

1

        

Turnover

0.68

1

       

\(Leader\ comment\)

0.11

0.03

1

      

\(Leader\ count\)

0.04

− 0.03

1

     

\(Leader\ positive\)

− 0.02

− 0.03

0.11

1

    

\(Leader\ negative\)

− 0.01

− 0.02

0.17

0.26

1

   

Return

− 0.05

− 0.09

0.01

0.01

0.01

-0.02

1

  

\(Return\ SD\)

0.08

0.09

0.02

0.01

0.00

0.00

− 0.02

1

 

No.securities

0.29

0.11

0.14

0.13

0.02

0.02

0.01

0.07

1

No.followers

0.03

0.00

0.09

0.03

0.01

0.03

0.02

0.02

0.14

\(Portfolio\ age\)

− 0.10

− 0.09

0.03

− 0.02

0.07

0.12

0.01

0.00

− 0.01

No.leaders

0.04

− 0.02

0.41

0.03

0.08

0.12

0.01

0.01

0.11

\(Leader\ Return\)

− 0.01

0.00

0.03

0.01

0.02

− 0.02

0.36

− 0.02

0.01

\(Leader\ SD\)

0.05

0.06

0.04

− 0.01

0.00

0.02

− 0.06

0.05

0.00

\(Leader\ trades\)

0.13

0.11

0.18

0.05

− 0.03

− 0.04

− 0.02

0.02

0.04

\(Leader\ securities\)

0.11

0.09

0.22

0.11

0.02

0.01

− 0.02

0.02

0.09

\(Leader\ followers\)

0.06

0.03

0.39

0.40

0.12

0.15

− 0.01

0.01

0.08

\(Leader\ age\)

0.00

0.00

0.07

0.10

0.03

0.05

− 0.02

0.01

0.03

 

No.

Portfolio

No.

Leader

Leader

Leader

Leader

Leader

Leader

 

followers

age

leaders

return

SD

trades

securitiers

followers

age

No.followers

1

        

\(\text{Portofolio age}\)

0.18

1

       

No.leaders

0.19

0.28

1

      

\(\text{Leader return}\)

0.00

− 0.01

− 0.01

1

     

\(Leader\ SD\)

− 0.01

− 0.04

0.00

− 0.04

1

    

\(Leader\ trades\)

0.00

− 0.13

− 0.04

0.04

0.14

1

   

\(Leader\ securities\)

− 0.01

− 0.22

− 0.06

0.04

0.19

0.56

1

  

\(Leader\ followers\)

− 0.02

− 0.02

0.05

0.03

0.15

0.29

0.57

1

 

\(Leader\ age\)

− 0.02

− 0.01

0.02

− 0.01

0.23

0.11

0.41

0.48

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  1. This table presents the Pearson correlation coefficients among the variables over the whole sample period