Are M.B.A. students a good proxy for nonprofessional investors?

Accounting Review

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 139-168

  Elliott, W Brooke ^a   Hodge, Frank D ^b   Kennedy, Jane Jollineau ^b   Pronk, Maarten ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Experimental research in accounting; Financial statement analysis; Investor sophistication

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847707841     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2007.82.1.139     Document Type: Article

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