Feedback and the success of irrational investors

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 311-338

  Hirshleifer, David ^a   Subrahmanyam, Avanidhar ^b   Titman, Sheridan ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral finance; Feedback; Investor psychology; Irrational trading; Market efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745935158     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2005.05.006     Document Type: Article

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