The role of salience in portfolio formation

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 78-94

  da Silva Rosa, Raymond ^a   Durand, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Availability heuristic; Behavioral finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549025814     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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