Behavioral finance and asset prices: Where do we stand?

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 373-405

  Stracca, Livio ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anomalies; Behavioral finance; Market prices; Rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942442489     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(03)00055-2     Document Type: Article

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