Judgemental overconfidence, self-monitoring, and trading performance in an experimental financial market

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 287-312

  Biais, Bruno ^a   Hilton, Denis ^a   Mazurier, Karine ^a   Pouget, Sébastien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FINANCIAL MARKET; PSYCHOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 16344367290     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2005.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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