Individual preferences, monetary gambles, and stock market participation: A case for narrow framing

American Economic Review

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1069-1090

  Barberis, Nicholas ^a   Huang, Ming ^b   Thaler, Richard H ^c  

^a YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 33847618000     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.96.4.1069     Document Type: Article

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