Bachelor’s Thesis / Finance & Investor Behavior

The Determinants of Stock Market Participation of Undergraduates

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Description

Quantitative research investigating the factors influencing undergraduate participation in the Colombo Stock Exchange, focusing on stock-market awareness, income, and access to the internet as determinants of investment participation.

Research method

Quantitative survey research with 100 undergraduate participants from the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. The study used questionnaire data and analyzed it in STATA, applying descriptive statistics, Cronbach’s alpha, correlation analysis, Probit regression, and marginal-effects analysis.

Research topics & keywords

Stock Market ParticipationInvestor BehaviorFinancial LiteracyInvestment DecisionsColombo Stock ExchangeQuantitative ResearchProbit Regression

Visual evidence

Research at a glance.

Selected frameworks, experimental materials, and results from the original study.

Conceptual framework connecting awareness, income, and internet access to undergraduate stock-market participation — 01Conceptual framework · Determinants of stock-market participation

Charts showing stock ownership and broker registration among participants — 02Participation and broker registration

Probit regression results for broker registration — 03Probit regression estimates

Marginal effects results for undergraduate stock availability — 04Marginal-effects analysis