The Role of Social Media in the Capital Market:

Evidence from Consumer Product Recalls

What is/are the independent variable(s)of interest?

An independent variable of interest isthe factor that is hypothesized to influence the dependent variable

Are there or should there be any control variables?

A control variable is an independent variable that is not a variable of interest,but still needs to be included because of its correlation with the dependent variable and the independent variable of interest.

What are the conclusions of the paper? Do the tests of the data support the conclusions reached in the paper ?