How do investors make predictions? Insights from analogical reasoning research

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 307-327

  Gregan Paxton, Jennifer ^a   Cote, Jane ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogical reasoning; Investor decision making; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744457930     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-0771(200007/09)13:3<307::AID-BDM354>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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