Boys will be boys: Gender, overconfidence, and common stock investment

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 261-292

  Barber, Brad M ^a   Odean, Terrance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0040884260     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355301556400     Document Type: Article

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