Do investors overweight personal experience? evidence from IPO subscriptions

Journal of Finance

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2679-2702

  Kaustia, Markku ^a   Knüpfer, Samuli ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

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EID: 55949118727     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2008.01411.x     Document Type: Article

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