Psychological mechanisms of investors in Chinese Stock Markets

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 762-780

  Wang, Xiao Lu ^a,b   Shi, Kan ^a,b   Fan, Hong Xia ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese Stock Markets; Individual investors; Investment behaviors; Psychological mechanisms; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750630583     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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