Persuading Investors: A Video-Based Study

The paper was previously circulated under the title "Human Interactions and Financial Investment: A Video-Based Approach." We thank seminar participants at ASSA, Boston College, Chicago, Colorado, EFA, Finance in the Cloud, Georgia State, IESEG, Indiana, MFA, NBER Behavioral Finance Meeting, NBER Summer Institute (Corporate Finance; Entrepreneurship), RFS/GSU FinTech Conference, SFS Cavalcade, Washington St. Louis, WFA, Yale, and numerous colleagues for helpful comments. Ran You provided excellent research assistance. The project received IRB approval at Yale University. All errors are our own. For code examples and instructions to implement the method, please email the authors. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.