Is the aggregate investor reluctant to realise losses? Evidence from Taiwan

European Financial Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 423-447

  Barber, Brad M ^a   Lee, Yi Tsung ^b   Liu, Yu Jane ^b,c   Odean, Terrance ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disposition effect; Individual investors; Institutional investors; Prospect theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249070804     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2007.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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