Risk behavior in share transactions: When investors think about reasons;Risikoverhalten bei aktiengeschäften: Wenn anleger nachdenklich werden

Zeitschrift fur Sozialpsychologie

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 65-78

  Florack, Arnd ^a,b   Zoabi, Hisham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Decision making; Financial market; Heuristic; Shares

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038307298     PISSN: 00443514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024//0044-3514.34.2.65     Document Type: Article

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