Overconfidence, Investor Sentiment, and Evolution

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 138-170

  Wang, F Albert ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Investor sentiment; Overconfidence; Population dynamic; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039032216     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfin.2001.0311     Document Type: Article

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