Experimental evidence on the irreversibility effect

Theory and Decision

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-78

  Rauchs, Alexandra ^a,b   Willinger, Marc ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; FINANCE;

CHOICE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; INVESTMENT; PORTFOLIO SELECTION;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 0030355808     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00133160     Document Type: Article

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