Confidence and the welfare of less-informed investors

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 623-647

  Bloomfield, Robert ^a   Libby, Robert ^a   Nelson, Mark W ^a  

^a The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management   (United States)

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EID: 0033229048     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-3682(99)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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