Do investment risk tolerance attitudes predict portfolio risk?

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 369-381

  Corter, James E ^a   Chen, Yuh Jia ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Investing; Risk aversion; Risk tolerance; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646480783     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-005-9010-5     Document Type: Article

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