Limited attention and the allocation of effort in securities trading

Journal of Finance

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3031-3067

  Corwin, Shane A ^a   Coughenour, Jay F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 55949091140     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2008.01420.x     Document Type: Article

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