Framing effects in stock market forecasts: The difference between asking for prices and asking for returns

Review of Finance

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 325-357

  Glaser, Markus ^a   Langer, Thomas ^b   Reynders, Jens ^c   Weber, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Siemens Management Consulting   (Austria)

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EID: 34547518440     PISSN: 15723097     EISSN: 1573692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rof/rfm008     Document Type: Article

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