The association between nonprofessional investors' information choices and their portfolio returns: The importance of investing experience

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 473-498

  Elliott, W Brooke ^a   Hodge, Frank D ^b   Jackson, Kevin E ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 45849148207     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/car.25.2.7     Document Type: Review

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