Do investor sophistication and trading experience eliminate behavioral biases in financial markets?

Review of Finance

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-351

  Feng, Lei ^a   Seasholes, Mark S ^b  

^a Bear Stearns & Co Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 24944590466     PISSN: 15723097     EISSN: 1573692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10679-005-2262-0     Document Type: Review

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