Testing behavioral finance theories using trends and consistency in financial performance

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 3-50

  Chan, Wesley S ^a   Frankel, Richard ^b   Kothari, S P ^b  

^a AlphaSimplex Group LLC   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral finance; Conservatism; Financial performance; Representativeness

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344320370     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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