An analysis of private investors' stock market return forecasts

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-43

  Theissen, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; INVESTMENT; STOCK MARKET;

EID: 33845244830     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: 14664305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603100600606172     Document Type: Article

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