Mental accounting, loss aversion, and individual stock returns

Journal of Finance

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1247-1292

  Barberis, Nicholas ^a   Huang, Ming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039739798     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.00367     Document Type: Article

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