Patterns of behavior of professionally managed and independent investors

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1573-1587

  Shapira, Zur ^a   Venezia, Itzhak ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Churning; Disposition effect; G11; G24; Investor behavior; Professional vs. amateur investment decisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012296912     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(00)00139-4     Document Type: Article

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