Are household portfolios efficient? an analysis conditional on housing

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 401-432

  Pelizzon, Loriana ^a   Weber, Guglielmo ^b  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 46849089913     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022109000003574     Document Type: Article

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