Illusion of expertise in portfolio decisions: An experimental approach

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 355-376

  Fellner, Gerlinde ^a   Güth, Werner ^a   Maciejovsky, Boris ^a  

^a Max Planck Inst Res Economic Syst   (Germany)

Author keywords

Egocentric biases; Experimental economics; Investment decisions; Overconfidence; Portfolio selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 4844222523     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2003.05.004     Document Type: Article

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