Investor behavior and the persistence of poorly-performing mutual funds

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 257-276

  Harless, David W ^a   Peterson, Steven P ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral finance; D80; G11; Mutual funds; Representativeness heuristic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001256603     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(98)00093-6     Document Type: Article

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