Financial speculators' underperformance: Learning, self-selection, and endogenous liquidity

Journal of Finance

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1313-1340

  Mahani, Reza ^a   Bernhardt, Dan ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

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EID: 34248201053     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2007.01237.x     Document Type: Article

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